Relaunch
Welcome to the redesigned Kutomo…
iPhone 5 - First Impressions
After few hours of using the brand-spanking-new iPhone 5 (black 16 GB) here are some of the first things I’ve noticed…
N9
Nokia N9 is a gorgeous looking phone challenging even iPhone 4 in elegance. And the N9’s software (Meego Harmattan OS) is really designed to go along with the hardware. I had chance to play briefly with Lumia 800, the first Windows Phone 7 device from Nokia. It had essentially…
Nokia N9 - Human Interaction
I encourage to watch at least the first 10-15 mins of the presentation (then the marketing speech takes over). I agree on the thoughts of Marko Ahtisaari how touch screen mobile devices are still (on average) somewhat awkward to use. In my opinion closest cousin to N9’s UX is…
Why Windows 8 Is Fundamentally Flawed as a Response to the iPad
John Gruber writes: But I think it’s a fundamentally flawed idea for Microsoft to build their next-generation OS and interface on top of the existing Windows. The idea is that you get the new stuff right alongside Windows as we know it. Microsoft is obviously trying to learn from…
Windows 8
Microsoft is giving a sneak-peek of Windows 8 on their YouTube channel. So instead of expanding Windows Phone 7 OS to also support tablets/slates, Microsoft slaps new GUI layer on top of bulky desktop Windows OS. I am not sure if this is a smart move… Regardless the new…
Markdown
I recently became a huge fan of Markdown. It’s “a text-to-HTML conversion tool” designed for web writers (and casual amateur bloggers 😉). Tumblr the blogging service which I’m using for Kutomo has even native support for Markdown syntax. I’ll try to post more about Markdown and related writing…
Leaked iPhone Multi-Tasking UI
The video below has been circling in tech blogs lately and some are even praising how this should be “The Way” to do multi-tasking in iOS. Nice (and very Mac-ish) concept but I doubt it’s usefulness. Biggest issue with the proposed UI is the difficulty to identify apps from…