The Magic Mouse does not contour to the users hand. So, being a product designer and manufacturer, I decided to see what I could do to fix it.
I started by building prototypes out of clay and testing them until I came up with one that fit my hand nicely and eliminated the wrist pains I was developing…. From there, I had it converted to a three-dimensional model and put into production.
To fix my battery issue with the iPhone, Apple did a complete software restore. When I synced the next time, I had 8 pages of apps. @_@ Yikes! Apparently iTunes syncs all of the apps I ever downloaded.
Some asked me what could those possibly be, so here they are along with a short description of what I use them for. My favorites are in bold.
Home Screen
Calendar
Photos
Camera
Stocks
Maps
Weather
Voice Memos
Notes
Clock
Calculator
Contacts
iTunes
Mail
Tweetie – My favorite Twitter App so far
App Store
iPod
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Color Process – A really cool photo filtering app
The Love Dare – from the movie Fireproof
Abduzeedo – Amazing art & design inspiration
ActionMethod – A different kind of GTD App by Behance
AirMouse – I can’t believe I bought this. It’s crap.
Analytics – Very useful app to see all of my sites’s traffic data
ArcadeBowling – A very addicting game
Avatar Creator – Not worth $0.99
Beauty Tips – This app is actually very helpful. I’ve learned a few cool tips & tricks with it
Bejeweled 2 – Another app to waste my time
Best Camera – Alright camera app (not the “Best”)
Holy Bible – Great app and it’s FREE
Engadget – Not a fan. Not sure why I downloaded it.
Billings – Great app. Love the interface!
Birdbrain – I can see who unfollows me. Woot!
Birdfeed – Good Twitter app. Kind of expensive for what it has.
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Bank of America – To see how rich (or poor) I am.
Bump – Share contacts while touching fists. Kind of uncomfortable with people you hardly know.
CameraBag – Totally love this app. Cool photo filters.
CameraFlash – Suks.
CC Terminal – Works great. Very impressive for $0.99
Classics – Nice interface and great books.
Collapse – Another awesome game to pass the time.
Daily Mug – Cool app but I have not kept up with it. I know, I suk.
DoodleJump – Everyone said this was great. I don’t agree. Waste of money.
Dropbox – I heart Dropbox forever. Awesome file app that syncs with your iPhone, Mac, PC & has online interface.
Ego – To see how many people care about the stuff I talk about.
Ellen – I love Ellen. She’s my favorite. Gotta have her app.
iBattery – To prepare myself emotionally.
Evernote – I have everything on Evernote (ideas, dreams, songs, code, recipes, thoughts, etc.)
Facebook – Not sure why I still have a Facebook. Mostly to talk to my mom. Sad, I know.
iFarm – No comment.
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Flickr – Where I share my photos with the world. Scary.
Fling Free – Difficult game. Don’t like it.
Flixter – Movie times & reviews.
Font Game – To perfect my font knowledge.
Format 126 – Retro camera app.
Fountain Pen Free – Actually pretty cool but not so useful.
Google – You just have to have the Google app.
Gowalla – To share where I am, see how many people are around me and see what they think about the location.
Grammys – POC App
Groundwork – For Basecamp (Project Management)
Hipstamatic – Retro Camera. One of the best interfaces ever. Very fun to use. Great results too.
I love the 80’s – I suk at this game.
Old Booth – Put your face in some funny old pictures. Very realistic results.
iDisk – to see files from MobileMe
iHandy Level – To make sure things are straight
Instapaper – Where I keep a bunch of articles to read as I have the time
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iVideoCamera – A really good video camera for the iPhone 3G
JungleCrash – Fun game. Very well done. Super strategic.
LineUp – Like tetris but not as fun.
LittleSnapper – I’ve used this once. Not sure why I bought it. Very nice interface.
LoMob – Another Retro Camera but this one is really nice. I like it a lot.
Mars Hill – Mars Hill Church’s app – I don’t open it at all.
MeasuresLite – Very cool app to covert measures
Momento – One of my favorite apps. Sorta like a journal. You can also connect flickr, twitter & facebook to it.
MoronTest – It’s a test to see if you’re a moron for buying it and clearly I am. Dumb app.
Mover – Share contacts by flicking a contact to your buddy’s iPhone. Better than Bump in my opinion.
Moxie – Cool words game. Addictive.
MySpace – Um. I don’t have a MySpace account anymore.
Shazam – To figure out what song is playing and buy if you wish. Very cool app.
Old Camera – Another retro camera app.
P Tracker – Tracks that time a month. In my case, I have not been able to use this just yet. :-/
Pandora – Type the name of an artist and you get a radio station with similar music.
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PhotoForge – A photo editor. Not as good as Photoshop.
Pic Posterous – Take a pic and share it with the world via posterous.com
Polarize – Make Fauxlaroid photos
Position App – Check out the most popular apps all over the World
PS Mobile (Photoshop by Adobe) – Great photo editing app.
Rat on the Run – Very difficult game.
RockBand Free – Rockband with 1 song from the Foo Fighters – Awesome app!
Redbox – Reserve redbox movies and check redbox locations near you
The Love Dare Reminders – Yes. I need reminders since it’s a daily thing.
The Book of Revelation – An app to study the book of Revelation with Mike Bickle’s notes. Absolutely love it.
Scrabble – Who doesn’t like scrabble. Best game ever.
Scramble – Great word game, also very difficult.
The Typography Manual – Awesome info about typography. A must-have for all designers.
Skype – Chat & talk on the phone using your phone No video yet.
Snapture – Take photos faster. No need to wait. Also, you can take pics by touching anywhere in the screen.
SneakyPix – Take photos discretely as if you were talking on the phone.
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SparkPeople – Community for people that want to lose weight. Also track your water and food intake as well as fitness.
Spikey – Really cool game. Can become very difficult at one point.
Stanza – To read books (free & by purchase)
Starbucks – To make my perfect drink & know how to order it.
TextPlus – To text people. I don’t really need it but I downloaded it to take a peek.
Things – My GTD (Get Things Done) app. I absolutely love this app. It also syncs with the desktop version.
TiltShiftGen – Very nice camera & photo editing app.
Tipulator – To calculate how much I should tip our waiter/waitress
ToonPaint – Make cartoon images out of pics you take with the iPhone
A beautiful informative and didactic animation around the chart of the key figures of Internet in the world (Twitter, Facebook or Google). A brilliance work and an excellent setting in images by Jesse Thomas, inspired by the statistics of AIGA Baltimore.
I have found that when I create a new page template in Wordpress, it doesn’t appear on the ‘Template’ drop down menu, to assign it to a specific page. It is so frustrating to sit there and try everything and find that nothing gets your silly page template to show as available.
Here’s the Hack
Create the page template and save it.
Go to the ‘Themes’ area in Wordpress and deactivate and reactive your current theme.
Voila! This should force the new page template to appear on the ‘Template’ menu.
I took forever trying to figure this out so I understand how frustrating it can be now to know what to do and how silly this solution is. Hope it helps!
I’m confused. Why does Microsoft.com have 4 different widths (header, menu, main ad area and content)? Then this random ad on the lower left side of the page. :-/
My world just keeps getting better and better! I’ve been wondering when something like Apple’s App Store was going to be released but for Mac Apps. Don’t get me wrong, I’m super grateful to MacAppStorm and MacUpdate for the awesome listing and reviews of apps, but you just can’t ignore the awesomeness of great navigation, beautiful interface, and the power of having everything in one place, plus it’s FREE!
This is a huge milestone in my app world. It could definitely get better if Apple released their “Downloads” version of Apple.com on iTunes. Now that would be wonderful! Until then… thanks Bodega!
Watch the screen-cast below to see how it all works.
You can find more information on the project on this site: pleaseletmedesign.com. You can also view images on Flickr and download the free iQ font from Toyota.
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