It wasn’t that long ago when I bought an iPhone. A year and a month ago today. I was one of the fools to stand in line. I waited for an hour… which wasn’t so bad if I didn’t have my 2 year old daughter with me at the time (she’s three now) and did not get an iPhone! It was at the AT&T store near my house. After that frustration, I took my daughter home to go potty. It was 9pm at the time. So, not feeling fulfilled for the night, I had the urge to call the Apple Store Woodfield just to see if they had any iPhones left. Luckily for me, they did. Plenty of them! So I hopped into my car and went and got one!
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Late Thursday, Apple released beta 8 (build 9m2199) of its iPhone/iPod touch software developer kit while beta certificates issued before June 9th also expired. The beta, a 1.25 gigabyte download, includes iPhone firmware version 5a345 and according to sources, improves stability as well as mentions a developer-only version of iTunes 7.7, which developers can use to “install iPhone OS Beta 8 on your Apple devices.”—from www.tuaw.com
ChordC - Connecting People With Chords, formerly a Flash Desktop Application, Chord Conquering, is now a live interactive website. This initial release brings with it a slew of exciting features not found on the CD. For one, members can interact with other members and share songs or tips on guitar playing. If you have a band and looking for members, this would be a great place to start. Or if you are the greatest guitar player and want to join a band, sign up for a free ChordC profile. This site is definitely not for people who know absolutely nothing about a guitar. The basic knowledge of chords and tabs are required.
For the past few months, I have been a part of a fast-paced web application team working to deploy an Options News website for PEAK6 Solutions LLC. I’m not allowed to disclosed any information about it until the site goes live. Technically, the site is in beta and anyone can look at it at the moment. So, please feel free to take a peek and give us some feedback on any improvement we can make on the site. http://www.optionsnews.com/optionsnews/HomePage (a new version of this site is also in the works and should be up next week). The site is now live, please have a look and tell your friends about it. The new site is now http://www.onn.tv .
You can also catch me doing a cameo at another PEAK6 Solutions owned website also in beta: http://www.weseed.com.
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Sorry for the late notice. I have been quite busy the last few weeks. Please check out Dustin Diaz’s site for more details. http://naked.dustindiaz.com/
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Are you writing articles that involve non-roman characters in the title and find that it does not fit the max 100 character length? For example, one of my client wanted to write an article in Lao, but it turns out that they needed more than 100 characters for their title. Because of the accent marks and other characters that make up a word, it was difficult to fit in into the title textfield. Well, I have found a workaround, but it is not pretty. Here we go…
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Chord Conquering is now known as Chord Connection. nawDsign and Sun Web Creations has merged to become ChordC Inc. In our first venture together, we are currently revamping the ChordC brand and website. Our main goal is to provide guitarists a way to get connected with chords. There are so many guitar chords (2,820) on our site, and we have made it quite easy to find them. Every time I pick up the guitar now, I must have ChordC up on my screen. It has helped me tremendously to pick up and learn those difficult chords.
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Chord Conquering (ChordC), the most comprehensive guitar chord reference program available anywhere, is getting a makeover. ChordC was founded by a great friend of mine, Judd Younce, to be the tool that you can use when you are at a lost for a guitar chord. Easily look up a chord in an instant with this program.
Have you ever walked down the streets of a big city that has performers doing acts or making something? And, if you are like me, you would give them some money for their performance or just watch and walk on by. Well, this same concept is how I think about webapps and internet services.
Rarely, do I get a chance to work with such a team of passionate and highly motivated group. The Legacies of War organization is fast becoming a force to be reckon with in the advocacy world. You can find out more about them at their website: Legacies of War: History | Healing | Hope
“Again, with the squeaky shoes.” A line from Kung Pow! a very funny and bizarre movie. That quote always seem to make me giggle. What does that line have to do with my redesign? Nothing. Just as random as that line in the movie, so was this redesign.
Was it really worth the wait? I would have to say heck yea. I’ve been playing with it over the weekend and I can not put it down. I’m a web designer so I live on the internet. Anywhere I can get WiFi access, I’m giddy.
Graphic linked from Apple’s website.
It has been awhile since my last post, but after learning the new policy at Apple, I just couldn’t help but write about it.
I have been supporting Apple and their products ever since I got into using computers. They make quality products and stand behind them. I don’t mind paying the premium price for their product and this new policy change makes me want to support them even more. You can read their full statement here.
The Invisible Art of Coding
Why do I call it the invisible art? Well, mainly because it’s an art form that hides behind the facade of the web browser. What you see is not always what you get. When I write my codes, I think of it as writing a story. There’s a beginning, a middle, and an end. Let’s start at the beginning.
People have often ask me how I go about designing a web site. I’m going to try and walk through my process. This is by no means the way you should do it, but just want to show you my way of approaching it.
This thing is AMAZING!!!!!!!!! I want it now, but gotta wait til June. Gosh! This phone has been in the rumor mill for over 2 years. Now that it’s finally arrived I’m glad I didnt buy into the other “smart” phones that are hell to use.
I was 9 years old when Beverly Hills Cops came out in the theaters and that same year my uncle bought me the Atari 2600 system. Pac-Man was was hot! Nothing close to the arcade version. Annoying sound effects and blocky characters. I could not be beat when I’m playing pac-man with the Axel F theme in the background.
I was playing around with the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) last night and discovered that I can browse music from other countries. After an hour of excitement and contentment, I discovered that I can’t buy any of the albums or song that I’ve been searching for. ARGGGGGGGGHHHH! sucks. Turns out, I need a credit from Japan if I want to buy music from Japan iTMS.
Welcome 2007. I look forward to making this a year of improvements. There are many things I try to improve upon this year. The most important being my health. I haven’t been getting enough sleep and lack of exercise in 2006. I’m hoping to make some improvement on that. I still say sleeping is a waste of time.
The Desktop
Leopard, Apple’s new operating system, is making it’s way to the hearts of all Mac lovers. It’s tag line “Advancing the world’s most advanced operating system.” Will it live up to its hype? Steve Jobs and Co. has a way of hyping up and making their products shine.
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