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Wordpress app test!

Emilily — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:15:54 +0000

Ok, so here it is, I am posting from my phone! So far all I have figured out is how to type, not yet sure how to add (or view) pictures.

Have you tried this yet?

Well, I selected a photo from my camera, and there was no “add photo” sort of command but when I viewed the preview, it said there would be a picture attached, so I guess the final version is really best viewed online still.

Wordpress iPhone app

Emilily — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:22:54 +0000

I’ve just downloaded the Wordpress iPhone app! (In order to get it to work, I had to go into our writing settings an enable XML-RPC publishing protocols, so I hope this doesn’t screw anything up.)

So far, it works okay – I can see posts and comments and view pages, but I can’t see any pictures, all I get is a jumble of code as a placeholder. Maybe I have to play around with it a bit. Overall, I think it will be really useful for reading posts and adding comments when we’re away from the computer!

More tiltshift goodness…

Carmen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:07:19 +0000

From a roof on a beautiful day…

everything is better with an app

Emilily — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:26:39 +0000

Here are two pictures of Dylan’s house – on the left, a picture of the real thing, and on the right, a miniature model of Dylan’s house.

No, I’m just kidding, that’s the exact same photo edited by the TiltShiftGen app!

I bet you knew that, didn’t you?

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And here’s an adorable picture of my cat, edited with the ColorSplash app. ColorSplash allows you to de-saturate an image to black and white and then color back in just the areas you want.

On that note, should we be concerned about how much time we spend playing with our phones? It’s not even really a phone anymore, it’s a hand-held computer that occasionally takes calls. And to be perfectly honest, I like mine better when it’s not taking calls at all so I can sit quietly and make Bloom and Trope music.

Speaking of apps…

Carmen — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:15:41 +0000

I also downloaded the TiltShiftGen app which allows you to take a picture and then render it to look like you are looking at a miniature mock up of the real thing. It works really well and the photos look super cute. Go get it! You will like it!

(i did not take this pic btw)

Bloom and Trope

Carmen — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:40:15 +0000

Well, maybe you already know about these beautiful apps but on the offchance that you don’t I think you should zip on over to itunes and buy them immediately! They are created by Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers. And its all flipping brilliant. Thats all i’m going to say.

another awesome app

Emilily — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:26:13 +0000

Check this out. I did not mean to buy it, but now that I did, it is pretty cool. (I was looking for a font or typography related app, and this one popped up, and I accidentally hit “buy” when I really meant to preview it.) Anyways, you select a font, write a word or little phrase, and then you draw a picture or write a note using the font and text you have created. The speed you “draw” at determines the size of the font. You can also adjust the opacity and change the background. This is a really sloppy one I made just to experiment!

Unlike the myPantone post I did earlier, I have yet to find a clever use for this app, aside from trying to look busy and unapproachable while I wait in line at the grocery store.

somewhat obsessive behavior

Emilily — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:47:19 +0000

I have just discovered (thank you Dylan!) a brilliant new app for iPhone, the myPantone color app. This app is sheer friggin’ blow your mind genius. (I love love love color schematics, so even if it weren’t genius, I would probably still buy it and blissfully extol its mediocrity, I am that hopelessly besotted.) In brief, it gives you 7 or 8 pantone color books to flip through, as well as the ability to take a snapshot and then pull the pantone hues out of the image and create numerous custom color palettes.

Now, you may ask – aside from geeking out with my iPhone, what else would I use this somewhat pricey ($9.99) app for? Ah ha! Here’s what I am going to do! Photograph all my favorite clothes and create custom color palettes based on outfit combinations! Then, anytime I am out shopping, and I am wondering if I should buy something, and if so, what would I wear it with, I can photograph the item in question, pull out some swatches, and see if they match any of my in-heavy-rotation palettes. I will never again have one of those moments where I’m like, this sweater would look awesome with these pants, but I wish I had noticed at the store that they were two completely non-coordinateable* shades of ochre! Also, once you create a color palette, you can email it, and the email includes the ASE files to send your swatches to Photoshop!

* Non-coordinateable may not be a real word. Spell check says it isn’t, but spell-check also says the word geeking should not be used as a verb, and that I am spelling ochre wrong, which I don’t think I am. Or perhaps I am, and I am just stubborn.

This is a pantone swatch palette I created this morning, using the Fashion+Home fabric pantone book and a snapshot of my rockin' Killers concert t-shirt.

One more before I go

Emilily — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:26:35 +0000

I am usually of the completely irrational and blindly loyal school of Apple Can Do No Wrong. Consistent with this belief, I am sure they had a perfectly good reason for making a GLASS phone.

oh damn.