Infographics have become a popular way to convey a lot of information in a concise form. Rich with data, they leverage graphics to provide context to the numbers. Now a clever Swedish company called Dear Future Astronaut has released a $0.99 iPhone app that will analyze your photos and produce a beautiful infographic analysis. I […]
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Favorite iPhone Apps for Photography
I’ve always loved photography. When I was younger, I used a Konica SLR (even lugging that heavy thing over 200 miles on the John Muir Trail back in 1980). When digital cameras appeared on the scene, I quickly dove in. The ability to shoot… and shoot… and shoot as many photos as I wanted without […]
Creating Time-Lapse Videos on an iPhone
Time lapse videos have always fascinated me. Maybe it’s the illusion of condensing time to a higher data density. All I know is I’m not alone. Vimeo has an entire channel devoted to time-lapse videos, such as this: I honestly don’t know how the pros do it, but thanks to the ReelMoments iPhone app, you […]
Gaming, Circa 1974
As long as I can remember, this simply designed wooden game sat on the coffee table in my grandparents living room. Growing up, I loved playing the game with my grandpa and grandma. The gameplay was simple. You spun the top, hoping it knocked the eight wooden balls into the eight divots. Each divot had […]
Translation? There’s an App for That
Translation has long been a tough thing to do with any degree of accuracy. Remember “All your base are belong to us?” When Google Translate was introduced on the web years ago, it was an impressive and useful tool — even if it didn’t do a perfect job. Well the tools have progressed. Google Translate […]
ToonPaint iPhone App Turns Photos Into Comics
I usually reserve the fun stuff for weekends, but this was too hot to wait. If you’ve got an iPhone and like to play around with photos, you’ve got to check out the ToonPAINT app. You can use the camera or open an image from your photo gallery and it converts it to a comic-book […]
iPhone App Picks: Four Essential Utilities
I was giving Rutger Hensel some grief over just discovering the excellent (and free) Waze app for turn-by-turn driving directions. It provides a lot of the functionality of TomTom, but it’s $99 less! He asked me what other apps I recommended, and I promised to share it here. Unfortunately, I have way too many apps […]