Tag Archives: iPhone

WordPress App

Posted on by
Reply

This site is built on WordPress blog software, not because I could not build this site myself because I have created many other websites. But why should I spend the energy when I have so many other responsibilities.  Using the software has proven interesting as I am not accustom to working with other people code for anything other than learning and adapting to my own will.  But it has been an adventure implementing a software of another’s design.  I have found excitement with the amount of plugins that offer great extensibility to my new website.  

One of these was a plugin that offered an iPhone interface for the WordPress administration functions.  While I thought this might be useful and it was well produced, it seemed a bit limiting.  When the Apple App Store opened I was forlorn to discover that a TypePad application is available for the iPhone.  Well that was just turned around when I discovered that a iPhone application for WordPress is under development.  And it appears to be very feature rich, see the video below and/or check out the WordPress blog.

https://videopress.com/v/bMa9CH71/fmt_std

The Blendtec Adventures

Posted on by
Reply

The iPhone is very useful you can manage email, calendar, photos, media, and surf the web.  I must admit that it is in my hand quite a bit. (Did I mention I am a self diagnosed technology-addict? Should I seek help?)  But as useful as this device may be I must admit that using the iPhone for a marketing tools is a great idea.  Capitalizing on the all the press and the excitement works out out to be cheap advertising.  Blendtec produces high end blenders that seem to handle just about anything.  Based on the videos, I would consider getting one. (that means the marketing is working)  People were astounded when that first iPhone was released that Blendtec created a video that converted the device into black powder.  Well it has been 48 hours since that new iPhone 3G was released and version two of the video is now available.  

The 3G iPhone blended.

 

This train wreck fascination that is leveraging new media is one companies way of marketing out side the box. Creative ways of leveraging new media and meeting the active consumer is something that other companies need to embrace.  As television and print media fade away (yeah I said it) the companies that succeed in the future are the ones that will have established themselves in this next generation of marketing mindset.  Only time will tell, who will survive. 

iPhone 2.OOOOhh

Posted on by
1

For my birthday last year, my wife (a sweetheart) bought me an iPhone.  While I thought that the iPhone would have third-party applications last year, around October, but instead there was just an announcement stating that Apple would allow applications sometime in the future.  Then again a few months later with my hopes high, it did not happen in March like I hoped.  But finally a little over twenty-four hours ago the Apple opened the App Store.  Now finally, I can load third-party apps on my phone without hacking by using some warranty voiding method, not that I was not tempted a few times.  

There is quite a variety (over 500) of applications at Apple’s iTunes store and I have downloaded a several already.  Some are good some have questionable value.  One in the later category is Saber Phone which simulates a Star Wars light saber.  It did bring big smiles to the kids face and we had a few laughs but I do not see this one lasting on my phone very long.  On the other end of the scale I have been playing a game and I am not by nature a gamer.  What is this wast of time that has caught my interest, Super Monkey Ball.  The game is played by rolling a ball that contains a monkey through mazes that become quite challenging fast.  And currently I am stuck at level seven.

 

Super Monkey Ball - Level 7

Besides being a fun game to play, the quality is amazing.  The graphics are stunning and I find the physics of using the phones motion sensors to control by tilting and shifting the game very entertaining.  The one need that the game does not fill that I wanted is a game that I could play when I am waiting (e.g. doctor, dmv).  But a grown man swerving around with a candy colored screen is a bit more than I think most of the public could handle.  But there is always solitaire or Bejeweled to fill that void.