Month: April 2009
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A cure for colony collapse
In case you weren’t aware, and I wasn’t for a long time, the foundation in common usage by beekeepers results in much larger bees than what you would find in a natural hive. I’ve measured sections of natural worker brood comb that are 4.6mm in diameter. This 4.6mm comb was drawn by a hive of…
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Are mapping applications spatial browsers? Yes, but better.
My wife’s old school chum posted an interesting status on his GoogleTalk account. [stag_image style=”no-filter” src=”https://pixelsandwidgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Bryans_question.png” alignment=”center” url=””] My wife didn’t have a response, but she asked me what I thought about it. It struck me that yes, mapping applications are a type of spatial browser, but not in the classic UI design sense…
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Why am I loyal to Nokia and Symbian?
Working with my current client and developing mobile applications for every mobile platform under the sun has made me more aware of the user experiences for each device. In the past, I have dabbled using Windows Mobile, but for the past 5 years have stuck with Symbian powered phones from Nokia (with a brief 5…
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iPhone (iFun) for a Weekend
I had a chance to take the iPhone from work and use it over the past weekend and I felt that I should write about it. The process was very simple: Just switch SIM cards and sync my contacts, email settings using iTunes. It was so seamless. Pretty jaw dropping if you have a Mac…