John Haro’s Blahg |
posts from a technologist and ne'er-do-well |
Finally got around to purchasing the quite awesome TiltShift Generator for the iPhone, one of a few great photography apps around these days. Here is a great blog post from photographer Phil Coffman that discusses many of those at length.
Its out and its awesome. Get a free (2g) drop box account. Dropbox is my personal choice for file synching, collaboration and sharing and the iPhone app takes the it to a new level of usefulness.
Get a free 2 gigabyte dropbox account at the link above and then get the app here itms://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=327630330&mt=8&s=143441
"MSA Remote is a remote control application for iPhone & iPod Touch that sends OSC messages over the wifi network. This allows you to control any OSC supporting applications such as Max/MSP/Jitter, PureData, Reaktor, VDMX, vvvv, Resolume, Quartz Composer etc."
and also
"You can see MSA Remote controlling a Java fluid simulation at vimeo.com/3975324"
I have nothing to add- these videos speak for themselves. Extremely impressed.
I just created a quick and dirty screencast of Briefs code in action after pulling it from Github and just running it. We develop iPhone apps for clients at iCrossing and I just think this is a simple (read: elegant) way to demo work without putting in too much up front time (which I'm told equals money).
I don't work on the consulting side anymore but did for a very long time. We always tried to think of useful ways for our creative to show their stuff without having to us in (us = software engineers).
code here: http://github.com/capttaco/Briefs
Test & Validate Your Designs on the iPhone
Briefs is a framework for packaging concept screens & control schemes that run live on the iPhone and iPod Touch. This allows you to experience the feel of your concept without the expense of development.
Each brief is simply a
.plistthat references images, in formats such as PNG, GIF and JPEG. Since they are image based, it allows anything from scanned paper sketches, to the full blown mockups you created in your favorite image editor. These briefs are loaded into the Briefs application and can be run directly on the device. Briefs can be loaded manually onto the device or pulled dynamically from a briefcast.Other Uses
There are several creative uses for Briefs. Elevator pitches, notes, and interactive books can all take advantage of the technology in the framework. And using briefcasts, there is a simple avenue for distributing your content to other Briefs users.
Beta source code available today on Github
Great idea and a lot easier for designers to mock up UI for touch apps without having to learning Interface Builder or having to ask a developer to mock up for you.
Now that the millions of iPhone users in the US will have access to the latest and greatest (2002) MMS technology - I'm officially predicting HERE on this sh*tty BLAHG, a new era of goatse, rickrolling, and the favorite in my circle of friends "The Archer". Which i will not post here but is a surreal photo of a large man wearing nothing but a leather utility belt and posing with his hunting bow.
It was only when i plugged in my iPhone just now that I realized that its Friday - or the day that AT&T exploded . So far I have 1 bar and I'm on EDGE so everything is working as normal :(
I am a software designer turned suit, occasional low-rent photographer, and as a friend once said a "sarcastic mother @#$@r". I can sleep soundly through any team sporting event but I'm passionate and politely opinionated about music, technology, and many other less valuable topics.
