Having a web view is a great way to display a lot of text or similar in your app. The result will be similar to the image to the left, the webview is transparent and has rounded corners. It will look different in your own apps because this is just one of the views in [...]
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The Madness : Wednesday 30th April 2008 12.53pm That was the day I joined Twitter. Joining Twitter and becoming ‘part of the community’ are two very very different things. I sent my first Tweet on 18th November 2008 at 18:16:06 I joined not really knowing why I was joining, and not knowing what the purpose [...]
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The Why Signing up for a new service or social networking site can have its own set of rules. It can sometimes be difficult for people to join in and feel part of the community. There are new terms to use, and etiquette to be familiar with. I have discussed Twitter with my students, and [...]
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Developer: Naan Studio (also makers of Twitterfox the plugin for Firefox) Price: FREE Version Reviewed: 1.4 iPhone integration rating 5/5 User Interface rating 5/5 Reuse / Replay value 5/5 TwitterFon is a simple, clean, easy to use, and super fast Twitter client for your iPhone and iPod Touch. A week has passed and I have [...]
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The Jump Well, I decided to jump in at the deep end after reading a tweet sent from @loic (see below the video for a full write up) I’m not going to make excuses about the poor sound quality, or the colour balance on the video, just I wanted to give it a try and [...]
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[guest post] see David Berridge’s blog: more milk yvette THE VOICE AND NOTHING MORE: SIMON MORRIS AND ROB LAVERS All images from Voice and Void, curated by Thomas Trummer, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (sep 16 2007 – Feb 24 2008). (ABOVE:) Christian Marclay, Double Doors (The Electric Chair), 2006. Private Collection. Courtesy Paula Cooper [...]
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Here is my self imposed challenge to find *The Ultimate* Twitter Client, the breakdown… THE BACKGROUND what the heck is Twitter? Twitter, founded by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams was launched in July 2006. It is a social networking (and micro-blogging service) that allows users to post latest updates. Each update (or Tweet [...]
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Decided that since the move to WordPress, and my official love of it and all its customizable features, that I am going to set one up for my students work. They will be able to showcase their projects (and there are some serious contenders in my groups, and I’m not just being the proud teacher) [...]
Continue Reading →“I want everything we do to be beautiful. I don’t give a damn whether the client understands that that’s worth anything, or that the client thinks it’s worth anything, or whether it is worth anything. It’s worth it to me. It’s the way I want to live my life. I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares.” - Saul Bass