Old, but good. David Lynch on the iPhone film experience. (And from the related videos, why he turned down Return of the Jedi.)
Eric Peltier’s DADADA-2010. Made me laugh.
The Font Game from Johno Boardley, Justin Stahl and Kari Pätilä is in the App Store approval queue, due out any day. It’s a single-player, quick-fire font identification game in which you race the clock to name 30 typefaces in a multi-choice format. The beautifully designed interface makes liberal use of H&FJ’s Whitney family, which is a welcome change from the usual Helvetica. I’ve played with an early beta and even then the subtle animation effects and slightly non-standard UI made for a very handsome product. I’m sure it’ll be a big hit.
Pocketball for iPhone
My good friend Matt has a new iPhone app out. It’s called Pocketball and it’s a physics puzzle in the style of The Incredible Machine and Enigmo. Like every good puzzle, it starts off easy and keeps getting more challenging. The rules are always clear, but you gotta get cleverer with each level to keep going. At a criminal $1.99, with no nickel-and-diming, and in this economy, you can’t afford not to buy it.
I’ve made it midway through the game in my first couple of days, and it’s quite fiendishly simple and challenging at the same time. The game’s graphics, also by its creator Matt Comi, are minimal and beautiful and add to its overall appeal.
The scary story of Hallokitty
Last October @avon and I built an app and submitted it to the App Store in plenty of time for Hallowe’en. It was approved in January of this year (thanks Apple). The point of the app is to scare your friends and mums by concealing unspeakable horrors behind some cute swipe-activated purring kittens. It makes grown men weep*, and works even better if you can trick your prey into listening through headphones.
And now our devilish, best Hallowe’en app ever can be yours. Follow @hallowkittyftw for free promo codes this weekend, “because you shouldn’t have to pay $0.99 for this pap”.**
*Possibly with laughter. **US store only though, Apple’s rules.
I’m pleased to announce version 1.6 of Ego is now available (iTunes link). This update includes a new widget type: Vimeo!
A very nice addition (that would be even better if it also displayed stats for channels and groups!).
Terrific iPhone photo by Jarred Bishop, treated with the Mill Colour grading app and Tiltshift Generator.
Other than poor performance, memory consumption, and crashiness, though, Flash is well-regarded.
— John Gruber in the wake of Adobe’s announcement regarding Flash CS5’s ability to compile native iPhone apps. (via Marco Arment)
I’m hearing HTC in response to Geoff Teehan’s iPhone Home Screen Concept but I’m seeing a more refined and Apple-esque take on that interface. I’d much prefer to see this prior to unlocking the phone rather than the wasted space we have now. (via Andrew Wilkinson)
Flurry System by The Iconfactory. Now you can make your entire system look like the iPhone home screen. By god these are some lovely icons, eh?
