First look: iPhone OS loses beta feel with 2.1 update. i really hope the SMS typing lag has been fixed.
First look: iPhone OS loses beta feel with 2.1 update. i really hope the SMS typing lag has been fixed.
Dropbox - Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy.. I’ve been using this for a month. It’s awesome.
YouTube - Mach Dice for the iPhone. the app makes good use of the iPhones accelerometer. via ram.
IPhone Software Sales Take Off: WSJ.com. they did $30M in the first 30 days. $3M was super monkey ball alone.
Matches for the iPhone. this game is oddly addictive.
DataCase iPhone App Video: Turn Your iPhone Into A Wireless Drive. iphone screen was kinda ugly but that’s a pretty cool demo.
Silverback — guerrilla usability testing. really slick app for recording usability testing sessions.
macosxhints.com - Force ‘new window’ links to open in new tabs in Safari. added preference for safari 3.1. think it’s time to uninstall saft.
iTunes 7.7 to allow remote iPhone/iTouch control. that’s cool. via ram.
ToDo’s On Your Desktop // RailsTips.org by John Nunemaker. some interesting tools i’ve never heard of (todoist and geektool).
Cocoia Blog » Swiss Interface Syndrome.. on the misuse of helvetica in MacOS.
Muxtape + Fluid + AirFoil. turn muxtapes into a stand-alone app and pump it to your airport express.
Daring Fireball: Firefox 3 vs. Safari 3. i’m going to wait for a prod release to try out firefox 3.
Spirited Away. mac app that makes unused windows automatically hide. saw juan using this while in argentina. i’m liking it.
1Password. mac app that creates and manages passwords across multiple browsers. can create new passwords for every site (which kinda leaves you screwed when you’re not on your computer though they have a new site coming out for that).
“dropclock is an aesthetically intriguing motion clock screensaver. every minute of real time is numerically expressed with heavy helvetica dropping into water in super slow-motion.” a simply gratuitous use of computing capacity.
DebugBar - IE extension for web developer. basically firebug for IE.
SimpleBits ~ Safari 3.1 Develop Menu. i was just about to write everything that i just read in this post. i know have even less reasons to fire up firefox though firebug is still better than the safari console.
Steve Jobs speaks out - FORTUNE. page 10 on “overcoming roadblocks” is really interesting.
Dropbox - Screencast. very cool demo for an online backup & sync tool that’s really well integrated with macos and windows.
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