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Pondering the Future of Flash in an iPad World?
A List Apart has an excellent article by Dan Mall about the necessity (or lack thereof) of a battle between Flash and standards-based development. Want to learn a lot about the current state of the web and check out some mind-blowing interactive experiences at the same time? Read on.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashstandards/
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Here is a very condensed version of my notes from the “Marketing iPhone Apps” seminar at the iPhone Forum back in November:
There are about 150 blogs that announce/review things like iPhone apps (e.g., TechCrunch)
Moopf: scrapes reviews, rankings from international iTunes stores
You should produce marketing assets for your app before launch; some of the assets can be included in your page in the App Store
Have a US-based iTunes account if possible
You must have a website that explains the app: have screenshots and video
Provide a feature in your app to “tell a friend”—unlockable content if you tell 5 friends
Put an ad for your app inside other people’s apps
Underserved markets: children, women, Latinos (my idea: create an app for female Latino children)
Track everything you can with analytics
UPDATE: Smashing Magazine has just published an article on marketing your iPhone app:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/03/03/how-to-market-your-mobile-app/
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Signals vs. Noise has a thoughtful article on how designers grow:
http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2129-great-products-are-triumphs-of-taste
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Everybody’s favourite standardista, Zeldman, posts a thoughtful assessment of the future of Flash in a world of iPads, iPhones, and standards-based design:
http://www.zeldman.com/2010/02/01/flash-ipad-standards/
To finish up (maybe), read Zeldman’s follow-up to the post as well:
http://www.zeldman.com/2010/02/03/ahem/
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Ten years of Apple, starchitects, and design for change:
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Schoeps demo
Aside from making great sounding microphones, the folks at Schoeps have truly nailed it as far having the most useful mic comparison / demo I have ever seen. Check out the seamless A/B comparison of different recording setups at: http://schoeps.de/showroom/
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Modernizr is a JavaScript library that detects your browser’s support for the latest CSS & HTML5 features. You can get an instant visual display of how your browser stacks up by going to findmebyip.com and glancing at the list. I tested a number of browsers and got the following ranking, from most modern to least:
- Safari 4.0.3 (Mac and Win) and Google Chrome Win tied for first, supporting all but one of the 20 features in the list
- Google Chrome Mac came second, supporting all but three
- Firefox 3.5.3 Mac supports 12 of the 20 features
- Firefox 3.0.14 Win supports 6 of the 20 features
- Opera 10 Win & Mac both support 5
- IE 8 & 7 & 6 all support 1
Once again, Microsoft has the best browsers! (cough)
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Need a little help here…is this website real or a joke? Why is everything about it so bad? Anyone?
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A List Apart has another fine article about all the new capabilities of HTML5:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/get-ready-for-html-5/
As always with their articles, it’s worthwhile to read the comments as well.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Making of Lynncanyon.ca
To be a part of the Interactive Design Program at Capilano University is an incredible experience. The opportunities to expand your knowledge are endless. For the first time in ages I felt that “The World is My Oyster” and the program helped me to indulge in it. The program offered a self directed study and I took full advantage of it to broaden my knowledge and understanding of the Interactive Media industry.
With a background in photography I wanted to try something that was in the same field, but web oriented. I thought that trying out 360 degree panoramic photography was a good choice to increase my knowledge in the photographic as well as the web industry. I did some research of some amazing panoramic photos and virtual tours of hotels, cathedrals, and car interiors. I kept thinking of how to jump further outside the box so I took a different approach and picked a subject that I knew quite well. An exterior (outdoor) virtual tour.
Lynn Canyon Park was my chosen subject to photograph and the end goal was to have a virtual tour of the park live on a website. I sought out the best possible website URL and lynncanyon.ca seemed to fit quite well. It just the beginning of Fall and the weather was still great so I decided to start taking photos right away. I rode my mountain bike into the park a few mornings each week equipped with a tripod, panoramic head, and a Nikon D80 DSLR camera. I loaded up with memory cards as I would be taking a large quantity of photos each day and a spare battery as well.
3 weeks and 20 hours of shooting later I had a good set of images to work with. For each 360 degree scene I set up the tripod, checked the lighting for consistency in each direction and did a rotation of 18 photographs with the panoramic tripod head. Once the scene was complete, I would hike further into the park and take another 18 shots. Each day of shooting I photographed approximately 5 scenes. At the end of the 3 weeks I had photographed over 50 scenes (9,000 Photos).
Taking the photos was half the battle, and the fun part. I spent the next month stitching each scene together with Pro Software called PTGUI. This software was highly recommended on several forums so I gave it a shot. It worked wonders for what I wanted to accomplish. The next step was to take each stitched scene and put it into a virtual tour that linked each scene together. An open source application called PanoSalado that was currently in development appeared to be the best option. It runs on flash which appeared to be more promising than QuickTime VR. More web users have flash installed, at least thats what all the stats said.
The application took a lot of time to work with and a good knowledge of PHP and Actionscript is recommended to deal with it. I found several discussions online to set up my first 360 pano and the software developers were quite helpful with any questions I sent to them.
3 months and approximately 60 hours of production time, lynncanyon.ca was online. Today the website recieves visitors from all over the world and is increasing in hits everyday.
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Lynncanyon.ca was created by Jaden Nyberg - View Portfolio
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