Last night brought some very sad news to those of us in the world of creative, technology… and well, to those of us who’ve ever owned a piece of technology. The passing of Mr. Steve Jobs, co-creator of Apple, has hit every one of us here in a different way, but for me personally, the owner of the company, it hit me hard. I think what it comes down to is without the innovation and leadership of Mr. Jobs, my company wouldn’t exist. Not only are all the working machines in this office Apple products, but the iPhone fundamentally changed the game for us. So much of our business has been …
There’s been a lot of hype lately around the rush of touch devices, particularly tablets, to the marketplace. Well why is this such a big deal? Many claims point to “touch” being the new revolution in computing, and to a certain degree that’s a true statement, but touch has always been one of the primary instincts of human interaction. Yeah yeah yeah, we just got around to making devices you can touch, instead of click, and that’s exciting, but you can’t tell me for the last almost 20 years the concept of a mouse and arrow on screen was the best thing we could come up with.
Touch is a …
Mobile is all the rage these days, and everyone wants in on it because its literally changing the way we interact with the world. Whether its with a brands website, a fun social experience, just checking email or the weather, the idea of a touch based interface on a portable device has changed the way we design.
So what does that really mean? Why can’t I just take the website I designed, scale it down to 640×960 and make my buttons a little bigger? Well, you COULD do that, and it would work just fine from a technical standpoint (so long as its not Flash… that’s right, I said …
So this past week’s huge craze was Color. Literally everyone was talking about, whether they were hating or praising, you couldn’t avoid it. So what is Color? Why do I care about Color, you ask? Well, lets break it down a bit, as its a pretty exciting concept.
Color is essentially another camera app for your iPhone, but where it differs is in what it DOES when you take that photo. We all know the disposable wedding camera game… well this takes that idea to a whole new level. Say you’re at a sporting event or a music festival, pull …
I’m not what you would call a “joiner” when it comes to using companies’ rewards programs. For some reason, I’m always hesitant. Most of the time, I like to keep things strictly business. I don’t want corporate America to know where I live, my birthday or favorite episode of Full House (obviously it’s the one where they have the Greek Wedding).
Starbucks, though, has broken through and provided a mobile rewards program I can’t stop using. Their Mobile Card app (on iPhone & Blackberry), launched last year, has gotten me to do the impossible: sign up for an account and register a gift card.
The on-screen barcode …
Well its no surprise now that the new iPad will be announced on March 2nd, after Apple sent out this little invite to all the major tech folks in the industry.
So we know its coming, but we DON’T know what it will entail. There have been lots of rumors floating around the past few months, even one that they’re already working on the iPad 3, but we’re not even going to get into THAT yet. Lets take a minute and talk about what we would LIKE to see in the new iPad, from a realistic standpoint. The initial …
