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Category Archives: mobiles

Useful links: Interoperability, Organizing mobile, Moms with apps

CSS, HTML, ARIA, browsers, assistive technology and interoperability Organizing Mobile. I don’t often link to A List Apart, because I assume everyone is already reading it without my encouragement. But just in case you aren’t, check out this post by Luke Wroblewski. A group of women app developers are online at momswithapps.com. They share all [...]

The Smartphone Password Protection Quandry

I was reading Most Don’t Password Protect Their Smartphones – Here’s Why You Should at ReadWriteWeb. Sure, protect your privacy, ensure you security. I, however, have a point of view on the password entry to smartphones that is more nuanced. When you’re trotting around the globe in your 20s and 30s with you mobile phone in [...]

Guest Post: 7 Things Everyone in Your Organization Should Know

This weekend, I attended the Online News Association Conference in Boston. It was a great gathering of multimedia developers and those concerned with all things digital – quite a fantastic event. I had the opportunity to participate on a panel called “If I Were in Charge, I’d…” Proposals for the panel were solicited before the [...]

Useful links: Git links, HTML5 Readiness, Responsive Design, HSLA, Responsive Content

Git link roundup from Tiffany B. Brown. HTML5 Readiness is an infographic site, showing adoption of various HTML5 features by the major browsers. 21 Top Tips for Responsive Web Design at .net has tools and links and great resources. HSLA Color Picker from Standardista is a really nice tool that lets you see your color as [...]

My Endless Tech Support Calls to AT&T

I have an iPhone. It’s my only phone, so when it fails me it’s serious. I’ve been with AT&T for years – no jailbreaking involved. For all those years, I’ve had great service in my house. About 3 or 4 months ago, my service in my house went bad. Dropped calls, failed calls, calls that [...]

Guest Post: How to Synch and Send Files Between Your Phone and Computer

Image Credit: Andrew* How many times have you created a document on your laptop but aren’t in a WiFi-accessible area when you really need to send the file—or picture—to someone? If you have a cell phone that is Bluetooth(r)-enabled and you have room on your data plan with your cell phone provider, fear not. You [...]

Guest Post: 4 Web Design Trends in 2011

With the unavoidable presence of mobile devices and social networking, 2011 saw some major changes in the way websites are designed. In order to have any presence in the new online experience, web designers have embraced a number of changes, but here are four trends that won’t be going away any time soon. Image Credit: [...]

Location based music performance

No, I’m not talking about a live band. I’m talking about an app that plays music – but only in certain locations. Is that brilliant, creative thinking, or what? Right now, there’s an app for music you can hear in Washington DC on The National Mall. The music you hear depends on your path through [...]

The Future will be Captioned – On Your iPhone – Maybe

There’s a new free app called Clear Captions. It captions phone calls. It works with a phone and an Internet-connected computer, but it can also be downloaded as an app on iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone. When I heard about it and checked out clearcaptions.com, I thought it was worth a look. If it’s as [...]

Useful links: Content First, Web Power Tales

Read this: Content First. Why? Because you’ll learn about current changes and trends in web design that are important to you. danah boyd had a problem: Tumblr disappeared me. She wrote about it on her blog and within hours, Tumblr heard about it and responded. Tumblr called me, apologized & restored my account. More details [...]