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Android Tops iPhone

Apple opinions are now taking a formal backseat to the market alternatives. As of the first quarter of 2010 both the leading mobile operating system as well as the leading mobile browser are not owned by Apple.

Web Marketing Via Slideshows

Web design is getting more complicated today. I recall a day when designers could craft a visual design comp, PDF it, and send it to the client and it basically left nothing to the imagination. Early web design didn't move, didn't interact and the more confusing the site was, the more notoriety it seemed to get for being creative or inspiring. We are a long way from those days!

Retiring Design Techniques

In the world of design there will always be traditional techniques that endure. And the principles for good design while learned require creative insight and inspiration and talent for application. Said another way, one can learn to be a design critic but not everyone can be a designer. Or at the least not everyone will become a good designer.

iPhone: Web Design For A Niche Market

Right now, while the browser wars are slowing to a faint rumble with the acceptance of standards-based XHTML, a new warfront is warming up on mobile devices.

Take the iPhone mobile Safari browser. While Apple (I am a fan of their products, owning an iPhone, a macbook pro and an iMac) supports newer standards like the ever evolving (and pending) HTML 5 market recommendations, they have also seeded a number of unique non-standard techniques for ensuring a website works best within the paradigm of their proprietary device.

iPhone 4 Open Development

Today I did a little reading about the new iPhone Operating System update coming out this summer (iPhone OS version 4.) Currently, Apple is releasing a software development kit preview for developers. The idea here is that they want

There's (about to be) An App For That

I have been considering getting into Android smart phone development for a while now.

U.S. Is Running Out Of Oil, Or Are We

This week on Tuesday the President interrupted primetime to talk to the nation about the horrible oil spill in the Gulf. The effort outlined assured the people of the U.S. that extraordinary efforts were being made to take control of the situation and protect the environment. The second major point was all about assuring the citizens of the U.S. that BP (the oil company which owned the deep sea drill) would be footing the bill.

Apple Steve Jobs Letter Rebuttal

As you may know by now, Steve Jobs wrote a letter about why Apple won't be including Flash in their mobile platform any time soon. There is so much to say about the content of this letter, that it would take multiple blogs to say it all.

HTML5 Compliance

I recently watched a video where someone was demoing HTML5 websites on an iPad. The video is an eye-opener. Steve Jobs wrote a letter claiming that HTML5 is the future, but more importantly it is the answer today if you want to produce sites with the type of interactive content typically found in sites employing Flash.