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How iPhone OS4 Folders Should Work

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.

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

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

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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