My old friend David Peixotto was visiting Portland for the holidays and this morning we snagged breakfast at Stepping Stone. Dave and I have been working hard on a stealth iPhone application to be published by our company, Neutrinos. Backspace in northwest and Urban Grind in northeast have been some of my favorite haunts so… Continue reading Portland as an Creative Powerhouse as Broken Bells Consumes The Shins
When Business and Personal Life Collides – New Facebook Privacy Settings and the Status of Tiger Woods' Endorsement Contracts
Exactly what counts as private personal details has been a major theme underlying discussion in new media and old media in the past few weeks. Here are two interesting examples of how business and people’s personal details are colliding right now. New Media: Facebook’s Privacy Settings Updates Facebook has made major changes to how it… Continue reading When Business and Personal Life Collides – New Facebook Privacy Settings and the Status of Tiger Woods' Endorsement Contracts
Apple Touch Platform, Tablet, iTunes, Social Gaming and OpenFeint
I’ve returned my focus to Apple’s Touch platform, and in so doing I’ve been diving into a variety of interesting subject areas. Since my company’s last release, Apple has added access to a great deal of new services on the touch devices through the iPhone SDK. While some fantastic innovations have already been created for… Continue reading Apple Touch Platform, Tablet, iTunes, Social Gaming and OpenFeint
I'm Back
It’s not that I’ve been on break, I’ve just been getting a lot of my online communication out through micro blogging on Twitter and using Facebook, with a little Flickr thrown in. I had an amazing summer that included my sister getting married and traveling around the country as a rock journalist. I’m back in… Continue reading I'm Back
Substitute Tool for IKEA Malm Bed Frame and Desk
I’m in the process of moving to Cambridge, MA and was in dire need of a special tool used to take apart IKEA furniture, in particular the Malm style IKEA bed frame. My brother, the IKEA furniture assembly master specifically said, “Do not lose this tool, we will need it when you want to move… Continue reading Substitute Tool for IKEA Malm Bed Frame and Desk
Using an HTML Web View with a Transparent Background in iPhone SDK's Interface Builder and Xcode
Something almost every iPhone application needs is an About and Help view that allows the user to learn a little bit about the application they’re using and how it should be operated. The problem with a UITextView in Apple’s XCode and Interface Builder SDK is that you can not use rich-text styling or even bold… Continue reading Using an HTML Web View with a Transparent Background in iPhone SDK's Interface Builder and Xcode
Bonnaroo 2009 Pocket Images for the iPhone
The less you need to carry around, the more you can focus on the music and artistic displays at Bonnaroo. I put together two sets of Bonnaroo schedules formatted for the iPhone. Download the 2009 Bonnaroo Schedule Formatted for the iPhone Set one is meant to be saved as a athe following five jpeg images… Continue reading Bonnaroo 2009 Pocket Images for the iPhone
Display a Simple Loading Message and Animated Loading Gif Using JavaScript
Some pages require an inordinate amount of time to load. For most sites, this is a big problem. Webmasters and SEO specialists know the value of a quick landing page load, because they know that netizens have short attention spans. Dynamically built webpages, (especially applications), require time to load and visual feedback that something is happening.… Continue reading Display a Simple Loading Message and Animated Loading Gif Using JavaScript
Custom Styling the ShareThis Button Using CSS Without API Calls
I was just doing a ShareThis icon for a client I’m working with and found that how to properly style the button is poorly documented. In order to replace the whole icon and text, you are supposed to use the developer API. I only wanted to style the text, so I was hunting for some… Continue reading Custom Styling the ShareThis Button Using CSS Without API Calls
April 2009 Song of the Month: N.A.S.A – Gifted
I struggled with April’s song of the month, “Gifted,” which appears on the album Spirit of Apollo by N.A.S.A. N.A.S.A (North America / South America) is a project of Sam Spiegel aka Squeak E. Clean and Brazilian DJ Zego spent five years assembling a gang of artists spilling across genres. Performers on this record include: George… Continue reading April 2009 Song of the Month: N.A.S.A – Gifted