Oct

5

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Join me at the App Developers Conference

App Developers Conference (ADC) and Hackathon, taking place October 26-27, 2011 in Santa Clara, CA., addresses key components of app development, marketing and revenue on mobile devices and tablets. With an emphasis on cross platform development and revenue strategies, ADC provides key insight for both developers and business professionals. Continued…

Aug

2

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Greece was nice

Getting away from it all is needed upon occasion. Life has thrown a few curve balls my way lately. All of a sudden I need to really get super organized.
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Jun

20

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Every 60 Seconds on the Internet…

World Wide Web is growing at rapid pace. On average, more than a billion new pages are added to it every day. To give you an idea of how big world wide web is, our Infographic 60 Seconds will cover some really interesting facts about websites that we use on day-to-day basis.

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Jun

13

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My shortest international trip

I was booked for a flight to London. It would have had me out of the country for 39 hours. Turns out that the return flight would force me to miss a meeting. This is my fault.

I had sent off my dates to the travel agency and they booked the flight and sent a conformation. Unfortunately when I reviewed the travel itinerary, I checked the times but not the dates. turns out the dates was the thing that was wrong. The change trimmed off 24 hours from the trip. Continued…

Jun

11

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New features in iOS5 Safari

iOS5 is not out yet, however the keynote gave us lots to review anyway. From the keynote here is a round up of the new features reported in the keynote to Safari in iOS5.

  • Reading list: Read it Later functionality built in to Safari now.
  • Tabbed Browsing: Finally easier to switch between sites you have open in Safari
  • Safari Reader: A nighmare to designers and advertisers, this feature simplifies the web page into just title, images and text. While this removes distractions that some sites design in it also removes ads, the bread and butter of sites.

There are also several system wide changes that enhance Safari.

  • Tweet: iOS 5 wide integration of twitter let’s you share pages faster with your followers.
  • Shortcuts: turn RTFM into what it actually stands for
  • More to come..

I don’t use a mac as my primary tool for work, but when I have time, I do use it on the weekend. Seems to me like some iOS features have moved to the Mac. It’s fascinating that the simpler apps are trickling up, while features are added. It’s the iPadification of the Mac. Many UX and UI features that started in iOS have moved up like: the App store, simplified app UX selection, : all of these started in iOS and have moved to OSX.

I’m sure there are a lot more that we will discover when iOS5 is out

Disclaimer: when it comes to apple things can change, if they do, I’ll change them here too, but no accuracy is guaranteed

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May

31

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Solution Focused Communication

Sometimes when I’m working out what goes wrong with a discussion, I’ve had trouble figuring out where things went wrong. Today this phrase came into my mind: Solution Focused Communication. This really got me thinking about how to have the most successful conversations*. What are things that get in the way of that?  Here are some of the things that I recognize get in the way.

  • Having to be right or validated by the other person
  • Surface distractions – things that are similar to the subject at hand but discussing it does not get to the problem that needs to be uncovered and solved
  • Emotions – one of the most difficult things to get around is to look at the problem from as analytical viewpoint that does not let feelings detract from the problem that needs to be solved

I’m not sure where this idea will lead, but I hope to improve my communication skills.

*Successful does not mean that I succeed in convincing the other person, rather that both of us leave feeling that we were able to learn and share our ideas. If this means that there are actions to be taken, those should be clear and agreed upon.

Apr

14

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Author Review almost done

One last chapter to go, then it’s off to the printers. We are going through Author Review currently. Janine Warner has been a great guide as I have learned what it means to be an Author. Her mantra is: I like signing them better than I like writing them. So true.

Feb

18

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Categories: 2d Barcodes, Advertising, mobile

Future Of Mobile Tagging Report

Great Presentation on the Future Of Mobile Tagging.  Covers bar-codes to Augmented Reality and social integration. See the slide share after the jump, Or download the PDF. Continued…

Feb

17

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V.gd Leads the Pack

My favorite URL shortner is now v.gd, not only is it quick and small but is truly an ethical URL shortening service. The service is supported by MEMSET®, and they also offer ‘is.gd’ – a slightly longer shortener. Continued…

Feb

17

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Writing Phase Done

The final chapters of iPhone and iPad Web Design for Dummies has been submitted. The next phase of the process involves the editors and revising as we work toward the final manuscript. Amazon’s description after the jump.

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