Archives for the 'tech' Category
This might come in useful you need word templates for a client
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Often enough we do print stuff for a client in Indesign and in the end of the process the client needs documents like stationary as Word templates so they can use them inhouse.
This online tool should help us design do just that (create word templates that is)
http://www.pdftoword.com
let me know how [...]
TED presentation: augmented-reality bling maps demo
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
TED presentation:
Blaise Aguera y Arcas shows AR developments with MS Bling maps some nice integration of different information & media
http://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera.html
so check it out
Wired Mag Tablet App: Video Demo pretty slick video
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
looks interesting much like the sports illustrated thang I sent out a while back
here is a link to vid http://ow.ly/17Xqj
still like print…
HTML5 vs. Flash interesting webdev article on both techs
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
good & short about both technologies
also offers a good overview of current status quo
while staying neutral
here it is:
http://remysharp.com/2010/02/08/html5-vs-flash/
Dual screen laptop madness Onkyo DX & Kohjinsha DZ
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
wow!
that is magic! that is revolutionary! it’s like BOOM! just as clever as the ipad…
Mnnn What the heck??
but in a meta geek way sorta cool
maybe
and the was my last swipe at the ipad…
maybe
Sports Illustrated – Tablet Demo 1.5 somewhat interesting
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Sports Illustrated – Tablet Demo 1.5
yup a tad interesting:
like the scruffy and oh so sporty voice of the commentator/editor
What I Hope Apple Unleashes… musing on what effect the apple tablet device could have
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
all the giddy geek excitement over the possible release of an apple tablet is starting to get on my nerves…
yes I do think one will be announced and yes I do think that potentially it could be a game changer for digital “print” but let us what and see what this puppy can do [...]
PlayStation 3 hacked by iPhone cracker
Monday, January 25th, 2010
odd to be getting these infos from the BBC…
but hey
well it looks like the same dude that hacked the iphone has done the same with the playstation 3.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8478764.stm
I still think in this day and age of networked consoles where a LARGE part part of gaming takes place online using the above [...]
JQTouch – a JQuery plugin for mobile web development on the iPhone
Monday, January 25th, 2010
iphone buu yaaaa
well I have been looking into an easy way to develop for the iphone
of course the soon to be released new Adobe flash will export to iphone app which sounds quite interesting…
but in the meantime it seems quite a lot of fun stuff can be done with web apps so [...]
25 Social Media Infographics
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
errr 25 Mind Blowing Social Media Infographics
well I took the Mind blowing out since WTF… isn’t that exaggerating things a bit
anyways interesting stats but some of the infographics do look like dudu…
http://www.webdoctus.com/2010/01/25-mind-blowing-social-media-infographics
I would be more than inclined to add the f***king mind blowing if someone took some time and love and [...]
Emblaze’s First Else unveiled looks like a cool gadget/smart phone
Friday, December 11th, 2009
ok one can argue about the ‘look’ of the interface but the functionality looks quite nice
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/emblazes-first-else-unveiled-in-london-promises-to-be-a-game-c/
like the virtual wheel interface thing around min 10 of the first vid minority report here we come
and here is the product website: http://else.bz/
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HTML5 particle generator – yes eye candy but I am impressed move over Flash
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
yes yes it looks pretty and yes it is eye candy but as an example of what is possible with HTML5 well dang!!
can’t wait what comes next! I wonder how Adobe feels about HTML moving into what before has been mostly their territory…
yes I know java etc. can also do this stuff and yes flash [...]
More @font-face goodness – smoother embedding in IE7 & 8 plus Bulletproof @font-face syntax articles
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
Getting excited about this tag yes yes!
I wonder if this will result in more designers rediscovering their love of html coding!
Dying to try this in my next project!
Here are articles about how to best use it:
http://paulirish.com/2009/bulletproof-font-face-implementation-syntax/
http://allcreatives.net/2009/12/05/smoother-font-face-embedding-in-ie-7-8/
how to set a business presence on facebook
Friday, November 13th, 2009
well I won’t get into complex stuff like the facebook connect API etc… but do you need to set up a SIMPLE business page on facebook well here are articles tell you how:
http://www.searchengineguide.com/jennifer-laycock/the-super-simple-guide-to-setting-up-you.php
http://www.startupnation.com/Setting-Up-a-Facebook-Business-Page-What-to-Know/topic/
http://mashable.com/2009/09/22/facebook-pages-guide/
no go go and get some fans! [...]
Learn how to embed fonts on your webpages 2 great articles explaing the @font-face tag
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Embedding fonts in websites has been a dream of all web designers since… well the beginning of the web. Yes we all love Verdana or Times New Roman and of course there have been work-arounds and hacks to do this, be it using graphics or stuff like [...]