Best Paid T-Mobile G1 and MyTouch Android Games
Although the number and quality of games on the Android Market isn’t quite up to the level of what iPhone users have on the App Store yet, there are some promising examples of what the possibilities are on the Android platform for mobile gaming. (more…)
June 23, 2009 at 10:16 pm | Android | 4 comments
Best Free T-Mobile G1 and MyTouch Android Desktop Widgets
Since my post about the Best Free Android Apps was such a hit, I’m going to try and keep track of what I think are the Best Free Android Widgets too! Just like the other post, I’m not going to write about all the widgets out there, just the ones that are most practical that I find useful and actually use on my own G1. Let me know in the comments if you want to suggest any apps or widgets that I should try out. (more…)
June 16, 2009 at 8:21 pm | Android | 10 comments
Uploadify by RonnieSan
My buddy RonnieSan recently released Uploadify, an awesome jQuery file upload plugin that’s easily customizable and simple to implement. It’s open source, improvements are frequently released, and there’s an active community forum. (more…)
April 8, 2009 at 5:56 pm | Web Development | No comment
Hijacking Standardized Keyboard Shortcuts
I love keyboard shortcuts, and I think they can make you extra productive if you utilize them. I always use keyboard shortcuts, and use them for everything when I can: alt+tab, shift+end, ctrl+tab, ctrl+c, etc. I even use ones that seem crazy complex for certain applications like Photoshop: ctrl+alt+shift+s (save for web), but it definitely saves time. Using these shortcuts, I can pretty much use almost all the features on a computer without a mouse.
The problem I have is with the use of keyboard shortcuts for web applications. (more…)
March 15, 2009 at 9:55 pm | Usability | 2 comments
BusinessOnLine’s Optimized Newsletter
I recently wrote a featured article for BusinessOnLine’s March newsletter, OPTIMIZED. I talk about a couple of the most common usability problems that we come across, and walk through a couple of examples. (more…)
March 12, 2009 at 9:07 pm | Usability | No comment
A List of the Best Free T-Mobile G1 and MyTouch Android Apps [updated w/ screenshots, QR Code, download link]
After owning the G1 since it was released, I’ve tried to test all the free apps available on the market. With the introduction and subsequent flood of paid apps, it’s become pretty crazy in the Android Market to search for applications. Ironically the search results on the Market are pretty bad (C’mon Google, at least let me sort my search results!). I hope this list helps new users to the Android platform find useful apps that are worth downloading. I will periodically update this post with more applications I find useful, so check back once in a while! (more…)
March 6, 2009 at 3:31 pm | Android | 47 comments
Skittles Social Media Experiment
There’s been a lot of buzz recently regarding the new Skittles.com website, and their creative use of social media websites and user generated content on Twitter, Wikipedia, Flickr, and YouTube. Check out the blog post I co-authored with Thanh for our Usability Blog, Re:Cognition.
March 2, 2009 at 2:29 pm | Usability | No comment