Was doing some research today on an IPad case as I still don’t have one. The guys at the office got the Apple one, but I don’t really like it as it’s very cheap feeling, but I do love that it converts into the stand for the IPad. So I looked at hard/soft cases, soft sleeves, folio, folio/book-stand cases and I’m leaning towards getting protection and the book-stand functionality with a few choices I’ll show here:
1. Incase convertible book jacket – protects the IPad all the time and gives 3 viewing angles when you’re at a table. It’s close to what Apple released, but from what I’m seeing in the reviews, it’s of much better quality and people like it.
2. Macally Bookstand – Very similar to Apple case, but I like the color more and it fully exposes the edges of the ipad. No reviews to speak of, so I’m hesitate to take on for the team and buy it. The note that the IPad isn’t included is from the legal department :)
3. Marware Eco-Vue - This one is the most interesting of the 3 as it’s very slick looking, gives you the 2 bookstand options, but also throws in a hand-sleeve where you can hold the IPad like it’s a glove, check it out below:
I think the glove sleeve sells me on the Marware one, but I’m going to sleep on this on. So these are the one’s I’m thinking about, let me know what you’ve found or what you’re using for the IPad protection dilemma. I also found this article at PC World that discuss a bunch of companies that are creating cases/sleeve/ bookstands for the IPad, most of which I’ve never heard of. The custom ones are pretty cool, and there’s one in there that does decals :)
Looks like Saturday I’ll be playing with LW’s newest toy, the Apple Ipad :) Contact me if you’d like to stop by and play with them, I’ll be receiving 2 on Saturday! I have a feeling our expertise offerings are going to expand after Saturday…
There is a thin line we must walk between form and function. We’ll always have a bit of both.
If we had a scale from bare-bones utility versus over-the-top flashterbation, we’d be somewhere in the middle everytime. Sometimes we’ll lean towards the utility side and other times we’ll lean towards the experiential side. Usually this is a page-level decision depending on the page’s purpose.
Some examples of when we lean to the experiential side include: when we need to evoke emotion, display complex information, facilitate decisions, or guide through a flow.
We’ll lean to the utility side when we need to people to do something repeatedly, when delivering serious or sensitive information, or when we want to focus attention.
Congratulations Marek and Flore! Welcome to the wonderful world of wed lock :D
But that’s how I got introduced to wedsite.com. My good friend and non web developer created a lovely online experience to introduce us all to his wedding plans.
Big props to wedsite.com for allowing couples to communicate their very special wedding plans.
Now, this won’t replace the formal invitation, but there are so many ways that this is a fantastic supplement.
more information
will keep me up to date
photos
music
background (As I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting the bride to be yet)
Moreover, their pricing is great and you can get your own domain and a keepsake CD.
BTW – 4 out of 6 people who signed the guestbook complimented the website
And no, I do not work or get paid from wedsite.com to say this. Being in the web world, I get tons of friends asking me how much would a wedding site cost and this is my response.
Project Sikuli is a new automation program that can be programed using screenshots. Yes, screenshots! You can automate anything on your PC or MAC using screenshots. Don’t believe me, check out the vid. Then check out the Project Sikuli site.
We usually have to rapidly prototype website UI all the time. We’re asked all the time, what’s the best program to wireframe within. Yes, we use OmniGraffle, Adobe InDesign, as well as Microsoft Visio to properly document UI screens and flows, but that’s usually not where we start.
Working with programs are usually slow and cumbersome; not only that, but they force us to think within their own limited set of constructs.
We start with a pencil, eraser, and paper. It not only helps us to produce screens quickly, it helps us to push ourselves to create multiple variations of screens to fully explore different interaction models.
“But Pinaki, I can’t draw?!?!”, you say. After I give you a mocking laugh, I’ll tell you that anyone can draw. Go ahead, pick up a pencil and paper. Draw a line. Now, draw a rectangle. Next, draw a circle. How about a star? If the objects on your paper can be identified by someone else, then you can sketch UI and wireframes.
Google Chrome OS is an open source operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web. The concept of thin clients are really starting to take shape in this operating system. In the video below they describe how all data will be stored in a cloud.
The experience of Chrome is built around the core tenets of speed, simplicity and security. This is a demo video to give you a feel for the Google Chrome OS user experience.
Here’s is a more high-level and entertaining overview and introduction to the Chrome OS.
Last year we run into the guys from 280 North, the makers AJAX applications like 280 Slides and Cappuccino. At the Future of Web Apps they unveiled Atlas, a visual development based off the Cappuccino framework tool that made us salivate.
Today they open the beta program! Hurry while the gettin’s good!
Found this on ign.com today and was awesome segment to watch of the very near future of motion gaming. The Wii was so revolutionary with it’s motion control that Sony and Microsoft are just now showing their developments in the area (way to catch up boys!). I guess something revolutionary should buy you at least a 2-3 year head start, I mean isn’t that what the iPhone has over the next closest phone Droid. BTW, David Spira has one in our office and man it’s pretty slick. Once the open source kicks in, unless they change their policies, its going to be lights out on the iPhone.
Check out the video below, it takes like 20 seconds and you’re hooked and asking where do I pre-order!
Ran into this over at Mashable. Have to admit, competition is awesome for the public in general. If it wasn’t for Apple kicking azz and taking names in the last decade with the Ipod and Iphone, we’d all still have “Smart” phones like the blackberry… man I can’t stand that device… (10, 9, 8, calm down now)….
Now it seems like any product coming out has to have an amazing look and touch functionality to even compete. Now it seems Microsoft is throwing their hat in the mix with the Courier Tablet. It looks amazing, and it’s even been rumored that an LW employee who is a hardcore Mac user (who will not be named) is looking forward to the device. Hopefully RJay will let me play with it once he gets his hands on one… ooooops
Here’s some of the post:
“As we were clued into by earlier leaks, the Infinite Journal is the key metaphor for Courier. It’s like an enormous notebook for collecting pretty much any kind of content: clippings from the web, your own notes, diagrams and drawings, photos from the on-board camera, etc. Each item gets a timestamp and geotag, and you can add more tags for better searchability as well.
Several key “views” into your Journal are detailed in the leaked document, including a Smart Agenda that acts as a sort of a Cliff Notes representation of your entire journal, making important items visible at a glance. The Journal Overview is another style of at-a-glance window into the journal contents, with an integrated search interface. The Library is the main file browser metaphor that organizes everything by type. The left screen acts as a “favorites” tray where you can sticky your most important apps and projects in one place.
Also detailed is the Browser (pictured below), allowing you to easily clip content from the web into your journal. You can also flip through your history with a vertical Cover Flow-like index card system. Another handy organization metaphor is the ability to “tuck” items into the device’s spine to temporarily store something and move it from one section of your journal to another.”
