Sawyer Paul's Blog, page 164
November 30, 2011
The Raveonettes - Recharge & Revolt
The Raveonettes - Recharge & Revolt
November 29, 2011
I love you, blogs & coffee.
I love you, blogs & coffee.
New International Object logo.
New International Object logo.
The reports of Windows Phone lacking in apps are greatly exaggerated
Great article on a theme I've been ruminating on lately. Windows Phone actually has lots of great apps, and they shouldn't be dismissed simply because they're not 1-to-1 with iPhone or Android apps.
A few more examples I'd like to mention:
4th & Mayor: Fantastic foursquare app that has a far nicer feel than the official versions.
LoMob: I prefer the filters for photos in this app to Instagram's, and the social functionality of Instagram doesn't really matter to me as much as posting to Twitter and Tumblr. There's an iPhone app version of it, too.
1Password: Though it's not quite as functional as the iPhone version, the fact that the Mac-dominant 1Password has an official app on Windows Phone is really great, and influenced me going full-bore on the service.
Network Dashboard: It's an app that lets you pin things like Wi-Fi and Network settings to your home screen, for easy access.
HTC Hub: I think this is only for HTC devices, but I'm not sure. I've opened the hub once: to pin the weather as a live tile. When it rains, the tile rains. When it's sunny, the tile is sunny.
Podcasts Pro: Like Instacast. It's not as polished, but it absolutely does the trick of making podcast playlists and downloading on demand.
I can't help but also mention Office and Zune. iCloud and iWork apps on the iPhone are really great, but together it's a $30 purchase. Office is baked in on Windows Phone, and Onenote's functionality duplicates a ton of apps I used on the iPhone (simplenote, for example). Zune, specifically Zune Pass, really has no equal on the iPhone natively. iTunes Match is nice, but it would be way nicer if you could simply download any song from the store at any time. That's Zune Pass. It's $10 a month, so it's really more a competitor to the excellent Rdio) with the added benefit of Xbox and Zune HD support.
Hello Little Printer.
I know so many people who would love this...
Hello Little Printer.
I know so many people who would love this thing.
November 28, 2011
The Talent of the room
Nobody can teach you how you, in particular, are going to behave when you're alone for hours a day over long periods of time trying to deal with unknown quantities: what you have to express, what experience your expression draws on, how that experience relates to the solitude necessary for its expression, the form in which it comes out (which is never quite the form you planned on), how that form changes as it progresses, and, most important, who you are — all these are just a few of the unknown quantities that are locked up with you in your room.
Good luck record purchase.
Good luck record purchase.
