Asking what is a browser reveals that actually people are happy to use whatever is on their machines. How does this affect design and user experience? This clip is showing the response in America but it was asked in several different countries and the responses were similar.
Archive for the ‘Videos and Photos’ Category
YouTube – What is a Browser?
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Visions of the Future: The Biotech Revolution
Saturday, August 29th, 2009A friend sent me a link to this video, and I really wanted to be sure I had it somewhere to reference it. Worth a watch, interesting!
Q*Bert finally here!!!!
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
This is fantastic news! I had been review a lot of the classic games that have been coming to the iPhone, and often wondered when the heck is that darling Q*Bert gonna find its way there too. I can’t wait to try it. Looks like it’s been submitted to the app store and they are just waiting for approval.
It has been approved and is now available for download… 
I’m off to grab a copy!!
Jonathan Ive Interview
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009mac book transforms
Monday, July 20th, 2009I had to include this fantastic small video clip. No comment other than it would be great if I could carry it to work this way.
Hope you enjoyed that!
Apps and Hats (teaser episode 9)
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Wanted to post this teaser video here this time as well as on the apps and hats site. This episode features the clothing from Charlie Barker who is a young designer based where we are located in the North of England. She is very talented and her clothes were amazing! We will feature a blog post for her in the week coming up.
Local designer Charlie Barker designed and hand sewed the girls equestrian themed clothes in the next episode. Have the girls managed to find a good app category to review? Do they succeed in finding you those apps worthy of your download?
All that to find out and more!
Hope you tune in next week to A & H.
EPISODE 8: LIFESTYLE
Friday, June 26th, 2009Christine isn’t happy this time. She has some pretty strong opinions on the entire Lifestyle category!
Oh-Oh, can you find her an app that is worth the, erm, 0’s & 1’s it’s written with?
Watch it & watch out! x
THIS WEEKS APPS WERE: (SORT OF…)
Epicurious FREE Developer CondeNet
iShoes FREE Developer MobileAppStudio
Lotto@UK Developer WeesWares
Can you help? What apps have you found that are the gems in Lifestyle? Or is there an app missing that you would love to see? Should this category be doomed to app destruction ville?
CREDITS: This weeks episode was…
Filming/sound/photography by Nick Schneider
Styling / Hair / Make up and clothing sourced by Kate Swindells
Original Music / composition / performance Rob Lavers (the music is created by performing a musical score, then removing all the notes so you are left with the gaps and breaths – featured on our teasers – genius)
Other production bits were by the obsessive Christine Morris and of course starred the wonderful Hattie Medd.
EPISODE 7: GAMES (WILD WEST VS CATCHA MOUSE)
Thursday, June 11th, 2009Medieval damsels join us this week and they have nearly $100 of loot for you from Zagg.com, reviews & goodies what more do you need? Oh – and do they ever escape from the the evil clutches of a madman!!! (erm ok ok it was just a tree, but you know what I’m sayin’)
This weeks apps were:
Wild West Pinball $1.99 Developer OOO Gamepron
Catcha Mouse FREE Developer Odasoft
Catcha Mouse 2 $0.99 Developer Odasoft
CREDITS: This weeks episode was…
Filming/sound/photography by Nick Schneider
Styling / Hair / Make up and clothing sourced by Kate Swindells
Original Music / composition / performance Rob Lavers (the music is created by performing a musical score, then removing all the notes so you are left with the gaps and breaths – featured on our teasers – genius)
Other production bits were by the obsessive Christine Morris and of course starred the wonderful Hattie Medd.
Web Video: Evolution
Sunday, June 7th, 2009Blip.tv’s CEO, Mike Hudack, chatted with Red Write Web about how online video and television are evolving and informing one another.
This is so topical with the statistics of how video bloging / video posting / and people creating their own shows are on the rise. Can TV last, will it need to make fundamental changes? Perhaps in addition to that do people need to think more about adding video to their sites, is this what the audience is expecting?
EPISODE 6: MUSIC (SHAZAM VS OCARINA)
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
MUSIC
Shazam FREE Developer: Shazam Entertanment Limited
Ocarina $0.99 Developer: Smule, Chuck Inc.
Well well well girls, who actually baked those cookies or is that as secret as your apps seem to be this time round?
This week they are looking at music as the category and they are convinced that they have some great apps for you. Hattie talks you through Shazam, which is a great way to find out what the heck is the name of ‘that’ song. While Christine takes you through the delights that is Ocarina. This app is $0.99 and she is ’singing’ it’s praises.
I think at one point she is almost off the couch with excitement over it! It’s getting heated in here folks~
CREDITS: This weeks episode was…
Filming/sound/photography by Nick Schneider
Styling / Hair / Make up and clothing sourced by Kate Swindells
Original Music / composition / performance Rob Lavers (the music is created by performing a musical score, then removing all the notes so you are left with the gaps and breaths – featured on our teasers – genius)
Other production bits were by the obsessive Christine Morris and of course starred the wonderful Hattie Medd.
Thanks to: @MartinSFP @bootooyou @sizemore and @ernmander
Hope you enjoyed the show and we look forward to seeing you in 2 weeks time…. hmmmm what ever do we have for you next?
EPISODE 5: ENTERTAINMENT (LCUBE LITE VS TOUCH POET)
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Oops, not again, the girls seem to be enjoying the apps too much and have once again ran to 7 minutes of chat! Hope you will find the apps and ‘one more byte’ interesting as this week has a surprise in store.
Another face makes an appearance (two more in fact if we count Snoopy). Ric Morton is on hand (Via Skype) to offer you top 3 tips for iPhone development. If you wondered where to start and needed motivation this could be the episode for you.
Get that all important app made and send it to the girls, so they have even more apps to dress through!
~ hope you enjoy
This episode sees some country gents (our gals) getting comfortable on the couch, as they look into the entertainment category for iPhone apps.
Hattie picked the free app LCube Lite. Christine features the Touch Poet app that lets you use modern words fed straight fromDigg (and other sources) and mixes them with the words of Shakespeare, E. A. Poe, Kipling and other Wordsworth. For only $0.99 you can write some fun poems and send them out using Twitter (or email)!
CREDITS: This weeks episode was…
Filming/sound/photography by Nick Schneider
Styling / Hair / Make up / clothing sourced by Kate Swindells
Original Music / composition / performance Rob Lavers (the music is created by performing a musical score, then removing all the notes so you are left with the gaps and breaths – featured on our teasers – genius)
Other production bits were by the obsessive Christine Morris and of course starred the wonderful Hattie Medd.
Coffee image used in one more byte was sourced from Flicker (Alex-S).
Hope you enjoyed the show and we look forward to seeing you in 2 weeks time, for what might be called our hungriest show to date!
ENTERTAINMENT
LCube Lite FREE Developer: CoolMoon Corp.
LCube $0.99 Developer: CoolMoon Corp.
Touch Poet $0.99 Developer: Morgan Brown Consultancy Ltd.
Touch Poet Lite FREE Developer: Morgan Brown Consultancy Ltd.
Do you already use these apps? Do you have a different favorite that you think the world should know about?
EPISODE 4: SOCIAL NETWORKING (Facebook V Tweetie, Twitterfon…)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009Firstly apologies, we slightly over ran in this episode, I’m gonna blame Hattie (but truthfully, we wanted to briefly explain a new feature called ‘One More Byte’… you’ll see)
Well now girls, make your mind up! How many good apps are out there!
This episode takes the girls through the category Social Networking, where they look at the free apps Facebook, Twitterfon, Twitteriffic and the paid for app Tweetie.
Hattie thinks the Facebook app is actually better than the web interface of Facebook, but will that mean you spend more time on it? Christine just can’t seem to decide between all her Twitter applications (we think she uses far too many!).
Specifically she mentions Tweetie, Twitterfon and the free version of Twitteriffic. So many more apps are available, some that are specifically just for tweeting location or images. Some of them just list all the feeds from the trending topics or popular searches, or just for posting your tweets. There just wasn’t enough time to cover them all – really could do another show on it!
Still, hopefully by the end of this episode you will be far wiser to the Twitter apps, Facebook’s features and of course umm… fairy clothing?
CREDITS: This weeks episode was…
Filming/sound/photography by Nick Schneider
Styling / Hair / Make up and original clothing hand made by Kate Swindells
Format alterations / structural guidance David MacGregor (Many of the changes inspired for the new format.)
Original Music / composition / performance Rob Lavers (the music is created by performing a musical score, then removing all the notes so you are left with the gaps and breaths – featured on our teasers – genius)
Catering by Simon Morris
Other production bits were by the obsessive Christine Morris and of course starred the wonderful Hattie Medd.
Hope you love the new format as much as we do – and oh – we will release on Friday another sneaky peak for you at what’s coming up the following Friday!
SOCIAL NETWORKING
Facebook FREE Developer: Facebook
Tweetie FREE Developer: Atebits LLC
Twitterfon $2.99 Developer: Kazuho Okui, Naan Studio
Twitteriffic FREE Developer: The Icon Factory
Twitteriffic Premium $9.99 Developer: The Icon Factory
Not sure we want to open this can of worms but – what Twitter client do you use on your iPhone? Do you use the Facebook app already? Are there features missing?
Episode 2: Games (Tap Tap Revenge 2 v RoboLogic)
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Games are featured in this weeks episode.
This week the girls are in their business suits, ready to tackle the serious subject of games! Their suits and hats may be serious but the topic seems to be so interesting that the girls find it hard to stop giggling!
C’mon girls, will you insist on being goofy every show? Will you ever wear Victorian clothing again? And most important, who’s game do you think rocks it the most in this fun episode?
They have each picked an application to review. Hattie has chosen a free application while Christine’s is paid for.
Note: This week has a special bonus, the game Christine reviews has offered the viewers a chance to nab their very own promo code for a free download of the paid for version! Get yourself entered!
Episode 1: business (iTie v Presenter)
Friday, March 20th, 2009Apps and Hats, the episodes will also be shown here on my personal blog. Hope you enjoy.
Episode 1: Business (iTie vs Presentor) from Christine Morris on Vimeo.
Business is the category chosen for you. (Don’t forget- have your say and suggest a category or game you want to include! )
This week the girls are in their Victorian splendor. Clothes straight out of ‘The Dancing Platform at Cremorne Gardens’ Painted by Phebus Levin in 1864. More on that in a later post! If only they had iPhones back in the Victorian times, I wonder what they would have Tweeted about….
They have each picked an application to review. Hattie has chosen a free application while Christine’s is paid for.
What ratings are they giving? Do the girls finally stop laughing? And do you agree with Christine or Hattie?
Apps and Hats
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009I have been working on a project for a few weeks now, and last Sunday it all came together. The idea is basically to have a video podcast which is an iPhone app review show. We wanted a twist on it, and – well let me know, I think we have a twist!
This is the teaser that we released, before the launch of the project Friday March 20th 2009. I really hope you’ll watch us every other week, and send us some feedback – or clothing ideas!!
This won’t be posted here again, I have set up appsandhats.com where you can watch it every other week, or on the vimeo channel. Also it should be available to download as a podcast —> I say should because it doesn’t seem to support Vimeos format. If anyone has tips on how I can get it working right please let me know. Thanks.
x enjoy
Educational Tool: Twitter
Thursday, February 26th, 2009[First: BIG thanks to my CDC group Yr1 & YR2 for doing this session with me!!! Three cheers and sorry if I didn't include your pic or your tweet in the post.]
I wrote a post about Twitter and the integration of it as a learning resource and teaching device. It can be a good source for research. Tying in with that is the notion of getting students to use technology to better understand it.
I decided to try some of the ‘Twitter in the Classroom’ techniques. I set up an account called @interactivity, (that is actually the module title) but also our topic of discussion.
Ryan by Chris Landreth – NFB
Monday, February 23rd, 2009This film, I show to students for several reasons. The animation in it is amazing to watch, it completely keeps your attention by the detail and creativity shown. In addition to that, they show the work of Canadian Animator Ryan Larkin, who had made beautiful and inspiring animations in the 1970s. This film really allows you to see the differences in the animation techniques which – again for inspiration- is a great thing to demonstrate. This is one of the few films that I have purchased, and on the DVD there is additional viewing material (making of, and other work by Chris). It is a film I hope you will go back to a view more than once, because you really get more from it every time you watch it.
Additional to that, is this story is sad. It’s an emotional film and the way emotions are shown even though its using technology is an amazing achievement. If you have a chance to also click the NFB link under the film you can see the work by Ryan on their site as well.
Ryan
Chris Landreth, 2004, 13 min 54 s
Information from The National Film Board site:
This Oscar®-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who, 30 years ago, produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. Ryan is living every artist’s worst nightmare – having lost his ability to create and succumbing to addiction, he panhandles on the streets to make ends meet. Through the use of computer-generated characters, Landreth interviews his friend and colleague in an effort to shed light on his downward spiral. Some strong language. Viewer discretion is advised.
Seth Godin’s advice on Mashable
Thursday, February 19th, 2009I try to post my opinion and advice or information that is not posted somewhere already, but when I came across this post from Andrew Warner (an Internet entrepreneur and the founder of Mixergy. He interviews successful people to learn how they did it) I had to include it.
Seth Godin is always worth a watch, this video is about 7 tips for a startups up in a down market.