Tag: Apps

Should I learn app development or HTML5?

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

HTML5 vs. Apps: Here’s Why The Debate Matters, And Who Will Win
Business Insider, businessinsider.com

Tech/Media

HTML5 is a new tech­nol­o­gy that allows devel­op­ers to build rich web-based apps that run on any device via a stan­dard web brows­er.

Many think it will save the web, ren­der­ing native platform-dependent apps obso­lete.

So, whi…

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My iPhone apps as of February 2010
My iPhone apps as of February 2010 (Photo credit: dougbelshaw)

Transit apps and commuter happiness

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Network Science

Study: Transit Apps Make Us Happier Commuters
By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com

A study of two crowdsourcing apps suggests that a better digital infrastructure for commuters could improve urban transit overall.

We know that we tend to be hap­pi­est when we’re com­mu­ni­cat­ing with and help­ing those around us. But could th…

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Description: F Train, Manhattan-bound, 17 May ...
Description: F Train, Manhattan-bound, 17 May 2005 9:25am. New York’s subway ridership comprises much of the city’s newspaper readership base. Location: New York (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Get a good Gmail Username

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

How to Get the Gmail Address You Want
Chelsea Stark, mashable.com

1. Display Density

2. Button Labels

3. No Markers

4. Stars

5. Move Icons

6. Labels

7. Circles

8. High Contrast

9. Google Docs Gadget

10. Right-Side Chat

11. Undo Send

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Why the iPad can replace your cable subscription

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

Who Needs Cable? 3 iPad Apps That Glue Me To My TV
John Paul Titlow, readwrite.com

The Internet may be changing TV, but it is nowhere close to completely disrupting it.Why’s that? In a word, content.Web videos can rack up millions of views (and millions of dollars), but the Web isn’t yet giving us content as compelling as Downto…

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Apps for iPad that let anyone watch cable channels for free

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

History, A&E, and Lifetime Channel apps for iPad let anyone watch current episodes for free
By Dante D’Orazio, theverge.com

It may con­tin­ue to be a pain for cable sub­scribers to watch tele­vi­sion when mobile, but the sit­u­a­tion should be a bit improved now that apps for the His­to­ry Chan­nel, A&E, and Life­time are avail­able for iPad. The apps allow any­one —…

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