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May 27, 2010
 

Feature wishlist for the Penultimate note application

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Penultimate is a really nice emulation of a paper notebook on the iPad. It's a great place to do some thinking, much as if you were sketching on a whiteboard or notepad.

Here's some ideas that would make it even nicer:

  • really embrace the notepad metaphor, and add the ability to graffiti the notebook cover, inside and out 
  • add some more notebook covers/designs
  • two-fingered gestures for page flipping rather than hot spots
  • be able to "flick through" a notepad's contents from the notepad view, to figure out which to pick up 
  • integration with Evernote 
  • add save to the iPad's built-in gallery

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July 16, 2009
 

Dopplr launches iPhone app

Because your iPhone knows your location, the app can show you nearby places to eat, stay and explore, as recommended by the Dopplr community. It also comes with built-in recommendations for 250 popular cities around the world.

via dopplr.com

Very excited to see Dopplr's iPhone app hit the Apple app store today. I've been privileged to be an early tester of this, and can't wait to use it for real over the next two weeks at OSCON in San Jose.

Congratulations to @mattb and all at Dopplr!

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July 15, 2009
 

Now I can take my type fetish along with me in my pocket!

Are you a graphic designer? Do you work with letters? Do you know the difference between a font and a typeface? Do your eyes light up when conversations turn to ems, kerning, and baseline grids? If you answered yes to these questions, then The Typography Manual for the iPhone and iPod Touch is for you!

via typographyapp.com

Oh, oh, I think I've died and gone to heaven. Now I can take my type fetish along with me in my pocket!

The Typographic Manual is exactly the kind of thing that shows off the kind of application/content hybrid publishing model that the iPhone is such an excellent platform for.

A thing of beauty.

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July 14, 2009
 

Financial Times iPhone application

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I love just how good-looking the FT app is. I'm not an investor, but the FT is always my newspaper of choice for planes or trains. Great aesthetic, non-hyperbolic reporting. And of course, I always need to catch up on the exchange rates.

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