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Thoughts on the iPad
Monday, February 1, 2010Apple released the iPad last week as many of you well know. I had little interest in the device, but still see some great potential in the world of tablet computing. After all I've seen and read, I feel the device, where it stands, is a great tool for someone like my parents but nothing more. As it stands, it will be a great tool for the basics (email, calendars, and simple web-browsing). I don't think this hardware will be a great e-book reader. The Kindle is good for a reason... it's not a back-light LED display.
Either way, these are where I feel the iPad has fallen short:
- No Multitasking
- No Camera
- No Flash
- Over all UI Design of the OS (identical to the iPhone)
- Closed Platform (Apple controls which applications developers can deploy)
With that said, I still have hope for the iPad. I also think it's exciting that all my iPhone developer friends are now developers for the iPad as well.
There are 3 short articles that I found good reads on this same subject at Gizmodo, idsgn, and Mike Chambers.
Enjoying the cool mist off Lake Michigan
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
I had an amazing trip back home to Milwaukee. I got to spend a lot of time with my family and old friends I miss. Living in Seattle, I definitely find myself missing Milwaukee. I think it's mainly friends and family. Milwaukee is still a beautiful place. Maybe it's just nostalgia. I took some photos on my iPhone:
View Photo Set on Flickr.com
Adobe Flash on Mobile Devices
Tuesday, June 30, 2009We're starting to see mobile devices supporting flash content within webpages on our mobile devices. When is apple going to jump on this? Will Apple ever support flash on the iPhone? Check out the video below featuring flash on the new HTC Hero:
The iPhone 3G S and the Camera.
Monday, June 22, 2009
I picked up the new phone on Friday just before lunch at the AT&T store in downtown Seattle. There was no line when I arrived, but one formed shortly after. With there being no line and AT&T stating the only phone left in stock was exactly the one I wanted, I figured it'd be best I purchase it.
Either way, the big reason I was stoked on getting a 3G S was for the new touch to focus camera features. With that said, the camera definitely lives up to what I was hoping for. Still no zoom, but other than that it's amazing! The touch to focus works great. The macro focus is amazing. The clarity and color are better and I believe it's an extra mega pixel.
Most of all I'm surprised by the speed of the new phone. The 3G S is much faster than the 3G. Kudos Apple.
I love this picture (taken with 3G S).
oh yeah, the video rocks too.
Owning a bike.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Buying a bike about 3 weeks ago now was the best thing I could have ever done. I've gone the past year in Seattle without a car. Now owning a bike, I have the freedom, adventure, and transportation.
I suggest everyone rides a bike more!
Superscript and Subscript Within Dynamic Text Fields in Flash
Thursday, April 23, 2009So today I ran into the issue of getting superscripted ® and TM characters within dynamic text fields. The doesn't work for this within flash, neither will any CSS trickery. So I turned to font embeds after reading through some other blog posts.
I found 2 fonts in a blog post at blog.ggshow.com: GG Superscript and GG Subscript.
After embedding the superscript font in another dynamic text field you're able to reference the font face and assign it to the characters that need the superscripting.
Like so:
var myString:String = "This is superscript® in a dynamic text field!";
myString = myString.replace("®", '®');
myText.htmlText = myString;
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