Late to the Party

FastFinga is back in the iTunes App Store

jezlyn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:28:22 +0000

Hey, Kids.

Just a quick note that FastFinga is back in the App Store. It’s been updated to version 2.0.1, and it seems that there are some cool new features (or maybe they were already there and I didn’t realize it?) related to changing up the backgrounds and guide rules according to different usage (like writing out music on music staffs, or writing on a blackboard-like background). Very cool. Go forth and download or update now!

Pixel in the Sun

jezlyn — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:27:49 +0000

Cool vintage cameras at The Container Store

jezlyn — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:51:46 +0000

See the full gallery on posterous

We browsed around the Container Store and happened upon a display of steel cubes that had books and old cameras in them. I wanted to shoplift them all, but I just took their pictures instead.

Sunday day trip

jezlyn — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:12:24 +0000

Finally got out of the house for fun and not just errands. Stopped at Mitsuwa and now we’re having “linner” at Sushi Station.

I want my iPadTV

jezlyn — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:28:26 +0000

Microsoft Courier…pretty frackin’ cool if it works as demoed!

jezlyn — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:18:40 +0000

Editor’s note: I heard about the Microsoft Courier a while ago, and I saw that these Gizmodo articles are from late last year, but I never really followed up on it. I just watched these demo videos today, so sorry if this is old news to some of you. At this point, IIRC, Courier is still a concept idea (please correct me if I’m wrong), and devices like the HP slate device that MS demoed at CES are what MS is focusing on right now. Hopefully, though, the Courier becomes real soon, because I think it would be a compelling device for people to consider.

via gizmodo.com

Check out Gizmodo for a demo video showing a possible usage scenario for the Microsoft Courier tablet concept. If the demo is pretty close to actual device usage, I will be so happy to plunk down some money (I’ll find it somewhere!) for it. Basically the Courier concept takes the best parts that I loved about using a Tablet PC and updating it for today. I used my Tablet PC as a digital notebook, handwriting notes, drawing diagrams, ink blogging (duh), and clipping parts of web pages to keep for reference, very similarly to what was shown in the demo video. OneNote was a great notebook, and Windows Journal was nice for simpler notes that didn’t necessarily need to be organized into a notebook. Even the snipping tool looks like it made it into the Courier concept.

I will be watching development on this device pretty closely. Even though I think the Apple iPad is a great general-use computing device for a lot of people, I am still very interested in the computing model that the Tablet PC/Courier represents. One of my ongoing clean-up/moving projects has been to go through my stacks of old magazines to cull the articles, ads, and photos/graphics that I want to keep, then recycle the remains. I have a *ton* of loose papers that I’ve been filing into expanding folders that will need further organization into more permanent binders at some point. I’d love it if I could scan them all in and organize them into a digital “inspiration notebook” that is quickly searchable. Currently I can scan all of these papers in, and do some kind of crude notebooking with the apps that are out there right now, but working with such apps now is not quite the same as the Courier’s model of a journal/notebook. The interface for the Courier is so much closer to pen and paper, which I feel puts your mind into a more creative mindset than working on a desktop computer or a laptop.

Anyway, after you’ve seen the demo at Gizmodo linked above, also check out this other Gizmodo post with a second demo video: http://gizmodo.com/5369493/leaked-courier-video-shows-how-well-actually-use-it . It is also pretty intriguing. Yay!

FastFinga pulled from US iPhone App Store?

jezlyn — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:44:04 +0000

Hi, Kids.

As you can see below, I e-mailed someone at Catalystwo to see if there was any information regarding the disappearance of FastFinga from the App Store. See their reply below (edited only to remove my e-mail address).

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Catalystwo Ltd <info@catalystwo.com>
Date: Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: FastFinga pulled from US iPhone App Store?
To: Cheryl Lindo

Hello,

We removed the app temporarily from the store until the Apple reviewers have checked and approved the update for sale.

We are expecting it should be ready in about a week.

Best Regards,
Catalystwo Ltd

On 2010/02/07, at 14:47, Cheryl Lindo wrote:

I blogged about your app, FastFinga, a few days ago (see here: http://jezlyn.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/fastfinga-iphone-app-iphone-ink-blogging/). A couple people commented on that blog post saying that they couldn't find the app in the App Store. I tried looking for it myself, and it doesn't seem to be showing up for me (I'm in the US).

Can you comment on why the app is gone from the App Store? I hope that this can be fixed, because I think it's a great app, and would love for more people to be able to use it! (I'm especially looking forward to a version updated for the iPad, if the developers there are working on it.)

Thanks in advance for any information.

=====

Cheryl Lindo Jones

More Fun with FastFinga

jezlyn — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:35:04 +0000

Editor’s note: since I’ve decided to post this from my iPhone
directly, I will type out the text “translation” of my inked post
later. For now, enjoy a fully inked post from my iPhone using just my
finger, no Pogo Sketch.

Text conversion updated:

Hey, Kids.

I saw that my blog post about FastFinga seems to have generated some interest. I’m glad that I was able to showcase this app. I think it’s pretty well-done. I’m doing this ink blog post completely via finger, instead of with the Pogo Sketch. I think the results are still fairly good, considering. However, my wrist is getting sore writing this way. Hmph. Oh, also, I turned on the setting to insert text automatically after a period of idle time and it works quite well. You can even turn on both methods of text entry, auto & manual at the same time, if you like. The app is quite flexible. I’ll also have to play with the emote and inserting photos some time. It’ll be nice to have some “enhanced” ink blog posts.

P.S. Wow, I found out that if you pinch and/or zoom the text you’ve written, it will be completely re-flowed to fit the page width. Also, there seems to be a bug where after you resize your written text, the subsequent text you write will be invisible while you write it. This whole P.S. has been written blindly. : \

Geronimo Jack’s Beard: A Lost podcast with Jorge Garcia!

jezlyn — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:41:45 +0000

LOST is back! Listen below to hear our first podcast, or subscribe to “Geronimo Jack’s Beard” on iTunes to hear all of our podcasts as they air each week.
Um…this first one was um… a little bumpy since um… we were new to the whole um… podcasting thing. We recorded this on August 31, 2009. We accidentally lost a chunk of the recording, but hopefully what is there is entertaining. Enjoy!

Listen here: GJB 601602 LA X

And don’t forget to become a fan of GJB on Facebook by clicking here

via geronimojacksbeard.blogspot.com

Actually, it’s Jorge Garcia and his girlfriend Beth. I’m looking forward to hearing what Jorge Garcia has to say about his character Hurley and the other crazy goings-on during the final season of Lost. After all, Jorge is not only an actor on the show, but also a fan like the rest of us. I think it’ll be a unique perspective!

Video sample from Sony Ericsson Vivaz cameraphone

jezlyn — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:20:20 +0000

via youtube.com

This is supposedly a video clip shot with a Sony Ericsson Vivaz cameraphone. A *cameraphone*! That is some great stuff right there! I had some interest in this phone because it is another SE phone running Symbian S60 (IIRC), similar to the Sony Ericsson Satio. I love SE phones for their cameras, and this one doesn’t seem like it will disappoint. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for more news on the Vivaz.

(hat tip to CrunchGear)