Check out this camo iPad case made from an old hoodie top and old t-shirt. It's awesome!
This was the first iPad case made by the beautiful Anne :)
See the full photo set on Flickr...
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
How to make a custom, unique iPad case
If you don't want a boring, mass produced, over priced iPad case - why not make your own! If you have the equipment - a sewing machine, thread, cardboard, and some material, you (or a friend) can make a beautiful, custom, unique (one of a kind) iPad cover.
Check out this camo iPad case made from an old hoodie top and old t-shirt. It's awesome!
This was the first iPad case made by the beautiful Anne :)
See the full photo set on Flickr...
Check out this camo iPad case made from an old hoodie top and old t-shirt. It's awesome!
This was the first iPad case made by the beautiful Anne :)
See the full photo set on Flickr...
Friday, June 18, 2010
The Future is NUI (natural user interface)
We are now entering the third stage of Human / Computer interaction. This is called NUI (natural user interface). The first two stages were CLI (command line interface) and GUI (graphical user interface).
Within the next few years, everything will go towards NUI (this is already happening, see iPhone, iPad, Microsoft Surface etc). Most of our computer interaction will be touchscreen and voice control. Of course keyboards, mice etc will still exist, but they will not be the dominant way of interacting with your device (computer, tablet, smart phone, tv, or whatever).
There are videos all over the web, and statistics everywhere already proving this. Just take a look at the "vision" projections from any computer, software or device manufacturer and you will see that this is not an option, it is happening.
Some examples...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoyfTciK4jg&playnext_from=TL&videos=kmqyijM6tVU
Within the next few years, everything will go towards NUI (this is already happening, see iPhone, iPad, Microsoft Surface etc). Most of our computer interaction will be touchscreen and voice control. Of course keyboards, mice etc will still exist, but they will not be the dominant way of interacting with your device (computer, tablet, smart phone, tv, or whatever).
There are videos all over the web, and statistics everywhere already proving this. Just take a look at the "vision" projections from any computer, software or device manufacturer and you will see that this is not an option, it is happening.
Some examples...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoyfTciK4jg&playnext_from=TL&videos=kmqyijM6tVU
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7801657/Samsung-announces-Galaxy-Tab-tablet-computer.html
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Is TV an evil, brain wasting, time vortex? Yes.
Why do we pay for TV channels that spew forth thousands of ads a day and turn our brains into mush? For each one hour show we watch, at least 30 minutes of that is advertizing time. This would never be acceptable on a website, the site would not get any repeat users. So why are we paying to watch so many repeated ads, and not even targeted ads! just general dumb ads for products that we have no interest in.
TV as we know it, is coming to an end. Many people (including myself) are, or have already switched to watching video online. No ads, and its free (we have no option to pay yet in Ireland - as iTunes TV, Hulu, Netflix etc don't work here).
Now for those of you who may be saying "ah but you can't really watch tv on a computer screen", well you don't have to. Just buy a small computer like the mac mini, or dell inspiron zino, or hook your laptop up to your tv using a hdmi cable or similar. Then go to sites like TV3, RTE Player, 4OD, TVshack, and of course theres always Google Video Search, YouTube and Vimeo, and there are more options are becoming available every month, like Google TV.
And for those who see little or no value in tv shows, there is a wealth of educational video available online at Vimeo, Google Video Search, and iTune U (University).
So, would you rather spend hours a day paying to watch repeating brain damaging ads? or learning something new for free?
TV as we know it, is coming to an end. Many people (including myself) are, or have already switched to watching video online. No ads, and its free (we have no option to pay yet in Ireland - as iTunes TV, Hulu, Netflix etc don't work here).
Now for those of you who may be saying "ah but you can't really watch tv on a computer screen", well you don't have to. Just buy a small computer like the mac mini, or dell inspiron zino, or hook your laptop up to your tv using a hdmi cable or similar. Then go to sites like TV3, RTE Player, 4OD, TVshack, and of course theres always Google Video Search, YouTube and Vimeo, and there are more options are becoming available every month, like Google TV.
And for those who see little or no value in tv shows, there is a wealth of educational video available online at Vimeo, Google Video Search, and iTune U (University).
So, would you rather spend hours a day paying to watch repeating brain damaging ads? or learning something new for free?
Friday, March 12, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Star Trek LCARS iPhone wallpaper
Try these. When you set one of these as your iPhone wallpaper, you will see the reason for the colored borders on the top and bottom :)
For more LCARS info try here: http://lcarscom.net/
For more LCARS info try here: http://lcarscom.net/
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Secrets of Simplicity: rules for being simple and usable (Giles Colborne)
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