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Fraser Speirs: ‘We Need to Talk About Android’
Grreat piece answering the question “what’s wrong with Android.” i have friends who love their Android devices, but I think Speirs hits the nail on the head when he notes that Android devices are probably fine as long as you’re not thinking beyond the length of your contract. With iOS, you’re buying into a platform, which is more of a long-term decision. With Android, you’re buying a device with a two-year lifespan. The distinction may not matter to you, but it does matter to a lot of folks in a lot of industries (including education, where Speirs is).
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Fraser Speirs: ‘We Need to Talk About Android’
Grreat piece answering the question “what’s wrong with Android.” i have friends who love their Android devices, but I think Speirs hits the nail on the head when he notes that Android devices are probably fine as long as you’re not thinking beyond the length of your contract. With iOS, you’re buying into a platform, which is more of a long-term decision. With Android, you’re buying a device with a two-year lifespan. The distinction may not matter to you, but it does matter to a lot of folks in a lot of industries (including education, where Speirs is).
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Reflection.app: AirPlay Mirroring to your Mac
I’m not sure I need it,but it feels pretty damn cool nonetheless. I currently use a product called AirServer to send AirPlay audio and video to my Mac, but this actually mirrors the entire display of your iOS device onto your Mac.
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Reflection.app: AirPlay Mirroring to your Mac
I’m not sure I need it,but it feels pretty damn cool nonetheless. I currently use a product called AirServer to send AirPlay audio and video to my Mac, but this actually mirrors the entire display of your iOS device onto your Mac.
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Word Lens
Astonishingly impressive piece of iOS software that translates text in the real world on the fly, using the iPhone camera. For example, point your phone at a street sign, and see the sign in a different language — in real time. This is the first piece of “augmented reality” software that didn’t feel cheesy to me. Amazing. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” right?
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Jeff Croft
I’m a digital product designer and developer in Seattle, WA. I currently work with Simply Measured, and recently co-founded Lendle, a Kindle book sharing service.
Some of my past clients include Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Copious, The New York Review of Books, Django, The Lawrence Journal-World, and the University of Washington.
I’ve authored two books on web and interactive design and spoken at dozens of conferences around the world.