A quick chat on twitter today turned into a rather large comment on Ben Werdmuller’s blog. Ben had written about how game dynamics, such as the scoring mechanism used by Foursquare, gets involvement from its users in a competitive sense, and wondered if that could be applied to open source development. This got me thinking,… Continue reading Crowdopensourcing
Category: IPhone
iPhone 3.0 – First Impressions
Well, I’ve been running the new iPhone 3.0 software update for a whole 3 hours now. What have I learned thus far? Firstly, it is that Apple can’t handle everyone updating their phones at once. The update is of course delivered via iTunes, and it’s pretty much acting as if it was a self-inflicted DOS… Continue reading iPhone 3.0 – First Impressions
How to train your iPhone to spell the words you use
Having had an iPhone 3G for a few months now, I had noticed that it seemed to learn words after you had typed them out a few times, adding them to the dictionary for that phone. I had even wondered if there was a way to get those words directly into the dictionary, but presumed… Continue reading How to train your iPhone to spell the words you use
Interesting little iPhone tip
This is what happens when you doubletap on the iPhone home button…Hidden features of the iPhone button | creativebits
iPhone games – Chess with Friends
Nice simple little application this, it does exactly what it says on the tin. It allows you to play a game of chess online with your friends. Obviously it is turn based, but as it is played via a server, you can play your game over several days, checking in to see if your friend… Continue reading iPhone games – Chess with Friends
A couple of tips for iTunes playlists
So I guess now is the time to mention I’ve got an iMac and an iPhone now. I’m loving both of them, so glad I got them. Having done so, it meant it was time to return to using iTunes, which I hadn’t been for a couple of years, whilst all my computers were mainly… Continue reading A couple of tips for iTunes playlists