Archive for July 2008

Quick look: Intua BeatMaker

In Reviews on 31 July 2008 tagged apps, Audio, ipod touch, mobile, Music, synth

I’ve been using Intua BeatMaker for about a week now on my iPod Touch. It works well as a mobile sketchpad for writing simple tracks of beats and patterns. The user interface took some getting used to, as features are split up between Home, Pads, Sequencer and FX screens. There’s a noticeable lag when [...]

links for 2008-07-31

In Links on 31 July 2008

Exformation – is “explicitly discarded information”
Lost tapes of the Dr Who composer – interesting electronic music before synths
Inside Ghostly International
Interview: Paul Humphreys of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – I forgot how much I liked their early, post-punk music
UK Design Council’s Good Design Plan
Derek Powazek’s 10 Ways Newspapers Can Improve Comments
Gazelle will resell or recycle [...]

MobileMine

In Reviews on 25 July 2008 tagged apple, apps, ipod touch, movies, Music, video, web

I’m lovin’ my recent birthday present from my wife: a shiny new iPod Touch. It’s quite a step-up from my 2nd gen iPod (which served me well for six years, despite its monochrome display, bulky form, dwindled battery life and lack of a dock connector).
It’s handy to check email, news feeds or the weather from [...]

links for 2008-07-23

In Links on 23 July 2008

Todd Selby photographs people and their possessions in their NYC homes
Indie Game Developers Enlist Algorithms to Do the World-Building for Them
Neo2 Magazine Free Experimental Fonts
Circos visualizing genomes and genomic data
History of Debt in America
A Brief History of Money

links for 2008-07-20

In Links on 21 July 2008

Winners of 2008 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)

Beatmaker – The first music creation studio for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Secrets of book publishing I wish I had known – from the author of Bit Literacy
Rickshaw Commuter Messenger Bags – from former Timbuk2 designers
Time Travel Posters – interesting work
Visualizing On The Road as a literary organism
The [...]