Andrew Gormley, keeping designs well-oiled since 1985.
 

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Panasonic Lumix GF1 Field Test

Pretty amazing photo journal supplementing an excellent camera review. Money quote:

Memory of travel is fleeting at best. Photographs serve as road-markers for returning to those experiences.

Read entire review here.

My Thoughts On MobileMe

Picture 1In July, MobileMe will have been around for exactly one year in it’s current incarnation.  It was always one technology that I was hesitant to jump right into because I felt like it was a tad superfluous.  I mean, why would I want to pay for over-the-air syncing of my Address Book or phone numbers when it’s just as easy for me to plug my phone in and sync thru iTunes?  Throughout the past three months I’ve found that there’s a lot more to MobileMe than just syncing contacts and information wirelessly. Let me tell you a bit about it…

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iPhone 3.0 GM Impressions

Unbeknownst to me, I’ve been a registered Apple Developer for quite some time now.  Apparently, back in the early days of OS X (that’s 10.0 for all interested parties), when you registered on Apple’s site as a user, that also gave you access to all of the neat developer tools they were working on at the time. Having a developer account is useful for gaining earlier access to plenty of fun things that Apple is working on, including the iPhone 3.0 GM that’s slated for release this Wednesday.  I took the plunge and got it set up my iPhone 3G.  Here’s the score: (more…)

Beak.app Demo and Impressions

Here’s a quick screencast taking a look at the brand new Twitter app for Mac known as Beak. Be sure to check it out on Vimeo if you want to experience it in pure HD goodness.

Gentlemen, Start Your Tweeting

tweetiem-largeIt would be an understatement to say that people were looking forward to the desktop release of the popular Twitter client Tweetie, which prior to yesterday was only available for consumption on the iPhone. In this weird world we live in, where Twitter teeters on the edge of complete mainstream absorption, it’s a great idea to step back and see what options are available to you. So, without further ado, let’s get to it.

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