Tag Archives: apple

How iPhone OS4 Folders Should Work

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Travis Isaacs

I’ve been using iPhone OS4 on my iPhone for almost 2 weeks. A notable new feature is the ability to create a folder of applications. I love this feature, but I do have a few gripes. Continue reading →

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Dear iPhone developers, dig deeper.

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Travis Isaacs

Today is iPhone 2.0 day and I’m disappointed in how few application that really take advantage of the iPhone’s revolutionary platform. In fact, a good chunk of applications are just websites (not iPhone websites, desktop websites) dumped into a local applications or apps using the stock interface builder widgets. Where is the imagination? Continue reading →

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The (almost) perfect Mac backup solution

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Travis Isaacs

Sorry Windows folks, Mac only. I really like, no, love Leopard’s Time Machine backup feature. It’s transparency is perfect for me. I plugged in my drive, turned on Time Machine, and forgot about it. A few weeks ago I launched … Continue reading →

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Leopard text effects

Posted on November 5, 2007 by Travis Isaacs

Veerle posted a great tutorial on how to recreate Leopard’s “inset” text effect in Photoshop and Illustrator. I wanted to offer up alternative way to recreate it in Photshop. Like Veerle’s method, I use layer styles, however instead of using … Continue reading →

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