Review: iPad Application Design Tips for the New Designer

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Compelling applications on mobile devices, spearheaded by the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, are introducing a new generation of people to computing technology as well as giving everyone access to innovative ways of interacting with applications, primarily with touch screens, GPS, and accelerometers. Especially due to the much smaller screen real estate and touch interface, designing effective applications for these devices can be a difficult task. As creator of the interactive book Alice . . . → Read More: Review: iPad Application Design Tips for the New Designer

Great Gift Ideas 2010

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It’s that time of year again–time to start thinking about giving gifts to your friends and relatives.

Just in case you’d like a few gift ideas, below I’ve pulled together a few items that I think you might enjoy giving (or receiving!).

1. MIR Weighted Vest

Since I travel a lot and can’t easily carry around my kettlebells (see #5 below), I’ve been doing a lot of bodyweight exercises. After working through a . . . → Read More: Great Gift Ideas 2010

Blogging using the iPad

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So here’s a quick test to see how easy it is to blog using the iPad.

As an example, this blog post was written using the iPad and the WordPress app for the iPad.

The WordPress app allows for basic text entry, the addition of images, templates for posts and pages, and previews. One thing I am noticing is that, since my site theme is custom, the preview only displays the basic post text and . . . → Read More: Blogging using the iPad