OK, this is really starting to annoy the hell out of me.
learning a new language and framework is hard enough with out a sodding NDA blocking any conversation on the subject and a host of much needed books.
You’ve got to question Apple’s motives for continuing with the NDA even after 2.0 and the 3G has been launched.
I can only think of two possible reasons for this:
- To stop everyone from jumping on board and swamping the app store with useless crap
- Because 2.0 was rushed and it isn’t finished, that’s evident with the numerous bugs and glitches in the core software.
Overall I’m throughly pissed off at the moment, as this is seriously hard to get the hang off and someone has beaten me to the punch on the app I wish to launch albeit it being a pretty shit version.
Posted on August 10, 2008 at 12:25 pm
With these tags: Apple, iphone 2.0
Well I’ve just downloaded the wordpress app for the iPhone 2.0 and o can honestly say so far(using it right now) I have not experienced any crashes or bugs in getting it hooked up to this blog.
First impressions
Well so far I haven’t seen any formating options are there any? I don’t know.
But all in all I think it’s a great app and will definately make me blog the moment more(at the moment I get a blog post idea and simply do not follow it up).
I will write more on this subject once I’ve delved a bit more into it.
Posted on July 25, 2008 at 4:32 pm
With these tags: Apple, iphone 2.0, wordpress
Looking at what Live Mesh it’s very easy to be wooed by what it promises, but is that strictly true?
BBC News has quite rightly run a story about the questions that every developer is asking themselves, is it really going to be totally open?
Just looking at Microsoft’s (or Micro$oft as ’some’ people may say) track record and it doesn’t paint a pretty picture, so why is Live Mesh going to be any different?
Well personally I think Microsoft has learnt at least some lessons with it’s previous attempts to defacto internet king. Google has definitely put Microsoft in it’s place and in some ways showed how being even a little open with your users can have a profound impact on your revenue
So yeah, I too currently doubt the full openness of Live Mesh but lets at least give them some credit, their trying. When (I prefer if) they bring Live Mesh to the Mac that will be one giant leap in the right direction we all would like them to take.
To Openness!
Posted on April 24, 2008 at 8:35 pm
With these tags: Apple, microsoft
Yup’s thats right, after my previous stance I feel somewhat embarrassed, but I am truly glad I now own an iPhone.
I must admit I have my lovely girlfriend to thank for it:
Thank you!
Well I suppose I best give you my opinion of it, this is a blog after all! Hmm, where do I start.
The actual phone
The phone aspects are outstanding, flicking through contacts and now actually having a reason to put more information about them other than their phone number is truly brilliance. I can now add their address, email and website and be able to use each piece of data. I am constantly listening to music through the day as I work, so its ability to pause the music and go straight to a call with the push of one button is a real saver for those occasions I decide to play Foo Fighters a little too loud.
Maps is the best thing since sliced bread
I don’t just mean to use a common English saying, but it really is. I just so wished I had my iPhone when my girlfriend suddenly decided she wanted Burger King. We couldn’t find one for love nor money, it would of really come in handy to be able to search all of Leeds for their locations, saving us at least an hour and a half!
Seamless synchronization
It now feels fun to have my phone perfect synced with my computer (Mac), it just makes it so easy. All my contacts, bookmarks, pictures, music and videos in perfect harmony.
You really couldn’t ask for more.
Posted on December 2, 2007 at 6:00 pm
With these tags: Apple, iPhone
I’ve now had my iPod Touch for just short of a week, so I thought I would share my thoughts on this exciting piece of equipment.
Firstly the packaging, It’s very, very small and it’s contents are fit snuggly into it. It’s great to see a company actually thinking every last detail through and Apple are well renowned for that.
The touch screen is truly amazing, it works so well and is so intuitive. Flicking through your album art is extremely pleasurable and I still smile every time I turn the Touch on it’s side to alternate between view modes. I currently have a Sony Ericsson P1i and that is extremely fiddly to use, using it without the stylus is like trying to plait fog with chopsticks.
The Safari web browse is in a class of its own! Honestly viewing the world wide web through it is amazing, truly amazing, however if you wasn’t accessing it through a Wifi connection the whole experience would be lost which is quite strange given Apple choice not to have 3g in the iPhone.
Maybe Apple are not the master’s of user experience after all…
Posted on November 2, 2007 at 9:35 pm
With these tags: Apple
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Hi! My names Damian Poole, I'm a huge web standards advocate and HTML ninja, when I'm not coding elegant web sites I like to procrastinate my time on world of warcraft.
