apps

Quick! look at my face!

(Dec 05, 2012) Lately my friends have been really psyched on silly apps like Snapchat and Morpho. The first one allows you to send nudes that ca...

Something Like A Phenomenon

(Jun 07, 2012) What obsession do I share with millions of other people? – My love for playing Draw Something.  I’m guilty of playin...

Zombies Run! Mixes Horror, Fitness, and Tech in One Interactive App

(Jun 05, 2012) I’ve previously blogged here about using my iPhone and various apps to keep track of a healthy lifestyle. Over the past year...

Ultra Music Festival Reveals New Musical Routes to Commercial Success, New Spaces for Technology Experiments

(May 29, 2012) SBTRKT was one of the most interesting artists on the lineup. (Photo by Dan Wilton) In late March I attended the Ultra Music Festi...

Quantified Self

(Apr 12, 2012) What did you do today? Nothing? Zero? Oh, go on facebook and compare your productivity with others – “X” finished an im...

Mobile Carnival

(Mar 07, 2012) Carnival has gone mobile. With the aid of dozens of apps, the foliões of the 21st century can now easily find the nearest stree...

Bjork for the New Millenium

(Dec 23, 2011) I can’t really imagine a more appropriate medium for Bjork’s music than an iPad. It’s as if Bjork’s two decade career an...

Want To Get Punchd?

(Dec 01, 2011) I dislike carrying a ton of cards around, so despite the promise of free things I don’t bother with bonus cards.  Punchd b...

The Technical Art Of Biophilia

(Sep 20, 2011) Trust in Bjork and she delivers. Twenty years of popping the pop bubble and she’s come along with the most intriguing way t...

The New Yorker iPad app – how Yuppie is TOO Yuppie?

(Aug 09, 2011) I’ve always found keeping up with the New Yorker to be a little stressful – you get caught up in a book, you have a b...

A New Generation Of Comic Books

(Jul 18, 2011) My appreciation of the print medium likely started when I was a kid. My mom would drop me off at the local drug store’s com...

Instagram Phenomenon (?)

(Jun 07, 2011) Before I begin, let me explain why I chose to write about Instagram. I call it a phenomenon because Instagram is much more than o...

Apps Apps Apps

(May 10, 2011) Bloom What happens when a master ambient composer and a brilliant musician team up to make an iPhone app?  Bloom is an iPhone ap...

Summer’s Coming, But No Need for the Gym With Fitness Apps

(May 06, 2011) iPhone 4: my favorite gym (Photo CC by 2.0, via Patrick Hoesly on Flickr) With summer approaching, of course comes the annual rac...

iLove

(Mar 29, 2011) I did it. I bought an iPhone.  And you know what?  I love that thing like I’ve never loved a phone before. I equate this m...