With Twitter being the go-to social network for sharing small blurbs about current on-goings, there’s undoubtedly many who love to post what music there listening to. It’s a quick and easy way to share your musical tastes, and allow friends to check out the tunes as well. However, there is very little out there that makes writing these tweets quicker and more efficient. You need to manually type out all the info, and hunt down an iTunes link to allow others a sample listen. airTweet2 is an iPhone application by Marcel Müller, that aims to bridge the gap between beautiful music playback and easy social sharing.
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Paper. Paper is an object that has been around for thousands upon thousands of years, yet we haven’t been able to find something better than it. Any designer prefers paper and pencil to an LCD screen and a stylus. Is paper the one invention that can’t be improved or perfected upon? Is Paper the one app that aims to solidify their mark by being the most elegant and simple, yet the best? We’ll find out.
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If you’re like me, you easily get irked with the bloated interface and extraneous features that iTunes contains, when you simply want to listen to music. Of course, it’s great for managing your various devices and browsing the multimedia and app stores, but the emphasis on music management is sub-par. Overall it’s slow, resource consuming, and lacks a lot of music-focused functionality. Well move over iTunes, there’s a new sheriff in town, and its name is Sonora.
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We are lucky enough to once again be joined by a world class designer. This time we chat with the man charged with keeping the hugely popular mail client Sparrow looking beautiful. Jean-Marc Denis has been working on the Sparrow team almost since its inception, but that’s not all he’s been up to. We thank Jean-Marc for taking time out of his very busy schedule to chat with us.
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Ever since I purchased my first iPhone, the iPhone 3G, back in 2008, there were a few apps at the time that were considered ‘must-have’ on any iPhone. One of these apps was Things by Cultured Code, and it’s still what I would consider the best GTD application for iPhone and iPad on the App Store.
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FTL: Faster Than Light is a spaceship simulation real-time roguelike-like game that any fan of the genre should keep an eye on. You control the starship ‘Kestrel’, tasked with a crucial mission to save the federation. To survive hostile environments and deadly foes, you will need to balance power between systems, manage your crew, and customize your ship with a variety of upgrades. Its development hasn’t even reached beta yet, but already gamers are frothing at the mouth for this unique and promising space-battle sim.
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Some apps just aren’t for everyone. But there is one that may at least give people an alternate way to think about how apps should be interacted with, and how many features one might actually need. This app is Clear.
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Earlier today Tapbots launched Tweetbot 2.0, and Tweetbot for iPad and an explosion of tweets followed. Most of the remarks were overwhelmingly positive, but there were a fair amount criticizing the Tapbots team for not making the app universal. This is an issue that I’ve wanted to write about for some time, but today forced my hand. Let me say that even though I use both Tweetbot apps (and really like them), my focus isn’t so much on the apps, but the response that the two app vs universal binary decision invokes.
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Our interview series continues with a true pro in the design world. Jono Hunt, also known as Iconaholic, has been doing graphic design for many years, working on a wide range or products for various companies big and small. Huge thanks to Jono for taking a few minutes out of his busy schedule to chat.
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The current state of blog competition is intense. Sure writers of different sites will link to each other, occasionally mention competitors, and pat each other on the back. Some writers are even close friends, but when it comes down to business they want their site to be on top. Blogs are like businesses, especially when they get popular. We each scrape and claw to carve out our little corner of the Internet in an attempt to hang on to our loyal readers.
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