Layers brings you… layers– for the iPhone. There are a myriad of painting apps available for the iPhone, all with their own shortcomings. Layers isn’t Photoshop, but it’s a pretty cool painting app. This is the latest app from Ben Gotow, a Mac programmer, web developer and photographer, and senior in Computer Engineering at Vanderbilt University. The [...]
Continue reading...9. September 2009
… or “Self-knowledge through numbers.” Familiar with the Hawthorne Effect aka the Observer’s Effect? Researchers discovered that people often change their behaviors when they know they are being observed, often times for the better. Keeping track of our lives is nothing new. Athletes keep training logs to quantify and analyze their workouts. Counting calories has often [...]
Continue reading...2. September 2009
If you believe in David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) workflow philosophy, the Omni Group’s app for the Mac, OmniFocus, has an iPhone counterpart that is an excellent utility to help you manage your tasks. There is a slight learning curve because of the addition of a “context” category which isn’t entirely intuitive at first. [...]
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11. November 2009
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