iPad Apps for Web Designers

To avoid that feeling overwhelmed a the Apple App store, here are a list of Apps for web designers (with links to the Apple App store):

1. Adobe Ideas – Digital sketchbook
2. iMockups – mockups for web, iPhone and iPad Apps
3. Mocking Pad – more wireframes but with annoying felt-tip font
4. OmniGraffle – planning of diagrams, charts, wireframes and other layouts – more pricey than other Apps
5. SketchyPad – more wireframes, but with colour
6. DropBox – utility for syncing content between multiple devices (eg iPad + computer)
7. Evernote – note-taking and archiving app to store imagery and ideas
8. Photoshop Express – photo editing on the run
9. Textastic – text editing app for codeing
10. Gusto – more text editing for coers, but has file transfer (FTP and SFTP)
11. Typography Insight – type comparison tool
12. CSS3Machine – CSS styles creation and testing
13. .net – practical web design publication on CSS, PHP,  JavaScipt & HTML5

This list, with longer summaries is available at WebDesign.Tutsplus.com

Shower with Facebook

Every bathroom should have one of these:

You can order one here: The Spinning Hat

Jonathon Ive awarded knight hood in Queen's New Year Honours

Had to happen sooner or later - the man who has helped define what we regard as desireable in our electronic goods has been recognised by his country of birth:

He grew up outside London and studied design at Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University) in Newcastle, England. After finishing school, he co-founded a London-based design company called Tangerine. There, he designed a range of products including combs and power tools. It was through Tangerine that he first got to work with Apple.

In 1992, while Jobs was still in the midst of a 12-year exile from Apple, Ive was hired as a senior designer.

After Jobs returned, he and Ive worked closely, ushering in products that are sleek and stylish, with rounded corners, few buttons, brushed aluminum surfaces and plenty of slick glass.

Apple's pride in this work is evident even in the packaging: Open up any iPhone box, for example, and see Apple proudly proclaim, "Designed by Apple in California".

Remember when those i-Mac's in their multi-colours were the most radical tech object you had ever seen? Not that I think Ive is lagging in his design innovation, but I wonder who is the next style guru waiting in place?

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines decide to share

As a member of Virgin Australia's Velocity Rewards scheme, you can now earn points on Singapore Airlines, and even Status Credits.

Not a bad alliance. I know my preference if I was deciding whether to travel on a code share Qantas/British Airways, or a Virgin Australia/Singapore Airlines flight. Did anyone mention convicts?

Facebook knows everything, and never forgets

Qantas new slogan?

(apologies to Kyle)

See 2PAXfly.com for more

On the eve of getting my new iPhone 4S 'shit that Siri says'

Maybe there is a new career here - thinking up smart answers for Siri . . .

 

Tipped by: JoeMyGod

Guess who ran-up more of the USA's deficit: Obama or G W Bush

Nice little diagram showing who ran up what part of the USA's deficit.

Scource: The Big Picture

2PAXfly.com: Why is Qantas prepared to screw its workers?

2PAXfly.com: Why is Qantas prepared to screw its workers?: In this SMH opinion piece, Tony Webber, an ex-chief economist with Qantas Group, and now heading Webber Quantitative Consulting argues tha...

Calling all Font and Kearning Nerds

If you are transfixed by the correct kearning of letters of a typeface, or want to understand what kearning is, or just want to amuse yourself for 5 or 10 minutes, then this site is for you:

Kearning Type - The Kearning Game

After 10 goes getting 100%, I proclaimed myself champion, and wrote this post.

Source: Reece Karena

2PAXfly.com: Qantas Lounges soon to have Optus as their ISP

2PAXfly.com: Qantas Lounges soon to have Optus as their ISP: Australian Business Traveller today reports that Qantas is ditching Telstra as its ISP in lounges, and has signed an agreement with Opt...

Dear John (Borghetti)

Dear Mr John Borghetti,

Thank you for matching my Frequent Flyer Status on Star Alliance, and giving me a Velocity Silver card.

Thank you for running an airline that is not plagued by industrial unrest.

Thanks for giving me two free entries to 'The Lounge'. I really liked the one in Brisbane - its crisp and modern and the barista made me a great coffee, but frankly the Sydney Lounge needs a total makeover. It looks like the equivalent of a middle aged hand with badly chipped nail varnish.

Thank you for having a priority boarding lane on all gates.

Oh, and thanks to the lounge staff who let my partner enter the lounge on the same pass, and the flight attendant who gave me a free snack because my partner was on a flexible fair ticket.

Thanks for moving your airline from the budget end, to something like a full service airline.

But, Mr Borgetti, you have to do something about my home terminal. Your Sydney terminal is like an underground bunker combined with the poker machine floor, including the carpet from a leagues club. It's just not a pleasant experience to be in compared to the open airiness of the Qantas terminal.

You gave me the best business class service I have ever had on my flights between Sydney and LA, but until that Sydney Domestic Terminal is upgraded, or you join the Star Alliance, my loyalty will not be completely won over.

I want to be seduced to your side - but you are going to have to try just that little bit harder.

Yours,

(so close its touching) Wannabe Fan

Steve Jobs 1955-2011