John Tokash » John Tokash http://blog.tokash.org Gadgets, Games, Hacks Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:09:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en iPhone Apps http://blog.tokash.org/2008/11/21/iphone-apps/ http://blog.tokash.org/2008/11/21/iphone-apps/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:09:45 +0000 John Tokash http://blog.tokash.org/?p=1015 Here are the iPhone apps I currently have installed and my thoughts on them. Note: I delete apps that I’ve tried and have decided not to use.

Bottom Bar:
Phone
Email
Calendar
Safari (Web Browser)

Page 1:
SMS
Tweetsvile: I like this better than the others (Twitterrific, Twittelator, Twinkle) mainly because it automatically downloads a lot more tweets than the others. I rely on that functionality because I usually only check twitter 3 times per week. A nice feature addition would be to track which tweet I last read and start me there when the app opens. Haven’t played much with Tweetie, yet, but I hear that’s also a great app.
fring: I haven’t used this, yet, but I hear it’s a great multi-IM-protocol chat application.
Facebook
Contacts
Web shortcut to Google Reader Mobile
Maps
Weather
Clock
Google Mobile
Yelp: I love this app.
Stocks: This app would be much more useful if it updated in the background.
Wikipanion: Best of the Wikiperia browser apps.
PCalc: Bought this mostly for the paper tape functionality. Very handy to look at past calculations.
Units
i.TV

Page 2:
Things: Great TODO app. The pairing / syncing feature is well designed - syncs with Things on my MacBook.
iTalk: Cool voice recorder app. I would use voice recording on the iPhone much more if there was a button on the phone that triggered it. Perhaps Apple could let us choose which app to load when a user double clicks the home button.
Evernote
WordPress: Haven’t posted much from the road. But maybe.
ShoZu: Another app that I haven’t really used. The promise is that it integrates with Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Wordpress, etc.
iPod
Shazam: Very handy for telling you what song you just heard on the radio.
YouTube
Photos
Camera
Web shortcut to Flickr Mobile
App Store
Settings
Ocarina: The globe browser is a very nice touch.
TatomicLite: Similar to lumines in a lot of ways. Like lumines, though, I wish it became difficult faster.
Word Warp: Fun word game. Wish the words were clickable and could show you each word’s definition.

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Doppler: Best offline browser for Google Reader on the iPhone.
Deliveries: Track FedEx, UPS, etc.
Jaadu: VNC client. Takes a little time to get used to the interface, but otherwise excellent.
FileMagnet: Don’t use this much. Could be useful for file transfers and reading docs on the go. Typically, I use email for those tasks, so I haven’t given FileMagnet a solid try.
iTunes
OpenTable: Haven’t had a need to use this. It came out earlier this week.
Movies
WebMD: Just in case.
Phone Aid: First Aid. Just in case.
Web Shortcut to iGoogle: Never use this. Might delete it.
Cor.kz: Wine ratings/reviews. I get an error every time I try to use this app. Will probably delete it soon.
FieldRunners: Fun tower-defense game.
GasBag: Gas prices locally.
Dual Level: Mine is not calibrated correctly, but will be useful next time I hang something.
Cube: Tech demo. s’ok.
Frenzic: Extremely difficult game. Though, I might be playing it wrong.

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Web Shortcut to Fuelly: I’m behind on entering my mileage. Might need to start from scratch.
Stanza: Nice ebook reader. Since the colors are configurable, you don’t need to stare at black on white.
Geocaching: Haven’t used this much, but felt the need to pick it up.
Twitterrific
Colors: Generates color schemes based on photographs. It’s fun. Really.
TideGraph: Beth and the kids like to go tidepooling.
Google Earth: Overkill.
IGN Reviews: GameRankings and IGN’s site are not iPhone friendly. This app takes you right to the meat.
Firewall: Another tower-defense game.
Toy Bot 2, touchPhysics, JellyCar - games I thought I’d like but don’t. Yet.
Exposure: Cool Flickr app. Lately, though, Flickr Mobile is just right for me.
BigOven: A recipe app. Haven’t used it, yet.
SnapTell: Take a picture of a box and SnapTell will tell you about the product inside. It recognized my Fable II box.

Page 5:
Bloom: Surreal music generator. Charlie likes it.
Strategic Assault: Rough around the edges, but a decent alpha attempt at an RTS.
Galcon Lite: Fun game.
Twittelator
Calculator
Notes
Tweetie
Gas Cubby

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]]> http://blog.tokash.org/2008/11/19/macbook-trackpad-update/feed/ iPhone Wish List http://blog.tokash.org/2008/11/19/iphone-wish-list/ http://blog.tokash.org/2008/11/19/iphone-wish-list/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:48:20 +0000 John Tokash http://blog.tokash.org/?p=1011 I put this in a comment this morning, but it really deserves its own post.

Loving the iphone. Still, some issues:

1. The browser crashes a lot.
2. Mail has no search functionality.
3. No copy/paste.
4. No video streaming options other than youtube.
5. Calendar functionality does not have an invite others feature.
6. I’d like to sync via Wifi
7. You can’t download podcasts directly to the phone (coming soon)
8. The screen by screen app launcher navigation doesn’t work when you have 70+ apps. It needs to be hierarchical.
9. No background Google / AIM / Jabber chat application.
10. There is no background-download rss feed reader.

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  • Email in my inbox tonight that does not mention the election feels out of touch. #

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    The good news is that the official Apple 4GB RAM seems to work fine AND they are charging a very agreeable $150 (after buying back the original 2GB the MacBook comes with).

    Hopefully, a firmware update will come along to resolve the issue.

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  • @boxee thanks for the invite! #
  • Played through Fable II. Extremely enjoyable. Probably wouldn’t have played it until next month if LittleBigPlanet hadn’t been delayed… #

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    The RAM didn’t work. Based on the responses to my post on the Apple discussion board, the new MacBooks are extremely finicky about their RAM. PC3-8500 DDR3 1066 Mhz may not be the only qualifications required…

    The hard drive did/does work. It’s a Western Digital Scorpio Black 7200 RPM 320GB drive. The installation steps in the MacBook owners manual are incomplete, though. You’ll NEED a #0 phillips and a Torx T6.

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  • I hate it when the “kernel_task” process takes over my computer. Come on Apple! http://tinyurl.com/4vghgh #

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  • I wonder why the 10/14 Apple event is called “The spotlight turns to notebooks”? Why notebooks instead of MacBooks? #
  • The US version of Life on Mars is good - so far! #

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  • History Hacker on the History Channel last night was fantastic. Nice job Bre! #

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  • Taking the kids for a drive. #

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    Nissan Scepter by Adrian Florea

    Bat Starfighter by Peter Morris

    UM-5D Spec-Ops WAR DOLL by Brian Kescenovitz

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  • If you want to download or stream podcasts on your iphone without a mac or PC, buy Podcaster. I did. http://bit.ly/podcaster #

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  • Oakland Zoo was a blast. We’ll be back! #
  • Consider me curious about Mike Lee’s next app (Mary Ann): http://tinyurl.com/52ph97 #

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  • Heads up to family members now following me on Twitter: I don’t check it often. #
  • We’re about to drive over to the Oakland Zoo. http://oaklandzoo.org/ #

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  • This is another incredible Lego MOC called “War Doll” http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/63296 #

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  • Incredible Lego MOC: http://tinyurl.com/5cdovp #

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  • Interesting commentary on the Russia/Georgia thing. http://tinyurl.com/6qzutp #
  • Took my mom to SF last night for dinner. Accidentally took a detour to Treasure Island - really great views there!! #
  • And then, of course, there’s this Nogovitsyn guy. http://tinyurl.com/6n2heo #
  • The new Dell Latitudes with the Instant-On OS (Exchange-integration and Firefox) sound awesome. Now, Dell: get licensed to run OS X. #

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  • Importing footage into iMovie. I wonder if there is a faster way…. #

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  • ok, iMovie is awesome. #

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  • @missrogue I love perogies. But even good perogies lie on the plate. #

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  • Reading about grilling Porterhouse. The discussion following this recipe is awesome: http://bit.ly/porterhouse #
  • I wonder why Twitter Tools only posted one of yesterday’s tweets to my blog. #
  • Grilled Porterhouse steaks. Went extremely well. Family stuffed. Eating Pocky now. #
  • On the Twitter Tools issue I mentioned: I checked the Wordpress DB and the tweets are stored there. Maybe it will ‘catch up’ tonight. #
  • Cool! Color your car with a tape that protects your paint job and lasts for 4 years. http://bit.ly/cartape #
  • RSS Bandit can synchronize with NewsGator or Google Reader. I wonder if that code could be repurposed to sync NewsGator with Google Reader. #
  • Maybe there will be an XBox phone soon. Pro: Chat/highscore/multiplayer in the form of XBox Live. Cons: No independent games. Loud fan. #
  • Seriously, there should be XBox Live style functionality built into the iPhone SDK. Maybe in v3? #
  • By the way, Braid for the 360 is an incredible game. #
  • Applied electricbob’s patch to Twitter Tools. Future tweets should be blogged on the correct day. http://bit.ly/tweettimefixer #
  • Reverted electricbob’s patch. Will manually update posts until an official fix is available. #

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  • Getting ready to pick up my Mom from the airport. Why no iPhone flight status app? #
  • Can’t find Andrew “Bunny” Huang on twitter. :-( #
  • Thinking of picking up pizza for dinner from BJ’s Brewhouse in San Bruno. Great stuff. #
  • I’m sure olympic fencing is exciting for the participants and an informed audience. To me, though, it isn’t as exciting as I’d hoped. #
  • Trying to downgrade from 2.1 beta 2 to 2.01. Tried once before and couldn’t get the phone to connect to AT&T, but maybe this time…. #
  • I’d like to be able to access my Firefox browsing history from my iPhone. #
  • 3 tries downgrading from iPhone 2.1beta2 to iPhone 2.01 did not work. Now running 2.1beta3. #

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  • hackaday: Please go back to posting one hack per day. #
  • @rogerly what is LofN3? #
  • At @start08. Listening to the founder of lynda.com. #
  • fuzzz is taking notes at start08: http://fuzzz.gaulin.ca/ #
  • Running my thebigpicture photo downloader to feed my screensaver folder. Have to post that code. http://bit.ly/eclipse #
  • My spring evdo is holding up great. #
  • Guy on stage now: FUELLY - google analytics for your car #
  • Fuelly: Threads, trends, activity screen, filter to friends, calculate savings with small changes, 2 people, few weeks, $1000 spent so far. #
  • Fuelly: Built on the metafilter code. #
  • Fuelly: web mobile version, nike+ style challenges coming as is API, i18n, facebook app, openid, car sharing, group formation/discussion. #
  • Fuelly: “I’m a big no-funding guy.” #
  • Fuelly is up, just added my Prius. Wish I had my odometer reading handy. #
  • Blog post about Fuelly: http://bit.ly/fuelly (announced at #start08) #
  • @mathowie very cool product! #
  • Maria: “Time to Blackberry” - how long does it take a VC to get bored and pick up their blackberry during your pitch? #
  • I like M.I.A. Paper Planes. #
  • @davemc500hats I agree, mostly. Apture looks great. It’ll have to overcome the stigma associated with rich popup links in content, though. #
  • @atmasphere great mobile theme on your blog! #
  • Cool hack! This presentor reused his “vc pitch” to highlight (for the audience?) the openings available at his company. #start08 #
  • Got a free black rubber Speck case for my iPhone at #start08. The cases were given out by dom from iphonedevcamp. Much appreciated. #

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    A few minutes ago at the Start 08 conference, Matt Haughey got on stage and demoed/launched Fuelly.com. It’s a social network around cars, mileage, etc. Seems timely and useful.

    Twitter discussion is here.

    Seems to be pretty solid. My profile is here.

    Some quick notes from the presentation:

    • “I’m a big no-funding guy.”
    • Mobile version available (good call)
    • Coming soon: nike+ style challenges, API, i18n, facebook app, openid, car sharing, group formation/discussion.
    • Available now: Threads, trends, activity screen, filter to friends, calculate savings with small changes
    • It’s built on the metafilter code.
    • Built with 2 people, a few weeks, $1000.

    Pics:

    Update: Looks like comments are starting on Metafilter, Digg and the Fuelly forums.

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    Maybe if I keep talking about it as if it’s definitely going to be released, It will actually happen.

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    My last 129 tweets include:

    • iPhone and iPhone 3G usage notes
    • Product endorsements
    • A plea to comcast
    • A reminder-to-self to pay a parking ticket (which I forgot about until just now)
    • Commentary on a few blog posts / news items that I thought missed the mark
    • Notes about a couple of life events (ColdPlay concert with my son Charlie, grilling, eating an omelette, laser etching)
    • I-wish-I-had-______

    Nothing earth shattering, but I think I’ll continue to twitter (micro-blog).

    ]]>     http://blog.tokash.org/2008/08/06/twitter-129-tweets-later/feed/     More on the Apple Carputer http://blog.tokash.org/2008/07/22/more-on-the-apple-carputer/ http://blog.tokash.org/2008/07/22/more-on-the-apple-carputer/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:50:20 +0000 John Tokash http://blog.tokash.org/?p=948 Oppenheimer said: “We are working to develop new products that contain technologies that our competition will not be able to match. I cannot discuss these new products, but we are very confident in our product pipeline.”

    I think that Apple can beat the competition so well because a) it builds the hardware and the software, b) it’s OS (OS X) has an unprecedented level of scalability in footprint, UI stretchability and power usage, c) the developer community supporting Apple is notoriously agile and loyal.

    Yes, the tablet that people have been predicting for years will be fantastic when it arrives and I’ll certainly buy one, but the carputer could also be a huge win. Podcasts, Tivo for your radio, better and more integrated (with your macbook, phone and web) navigation, voice notes, etc… would be a good start. Wait ’till the App Store comes, though!!

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