Best iPhone Apps: The Guide for Discriminating DownloadersUnlock the full potential of your favorite gadget with this authoritative guide to the best apps for iPhone and iPod Touch. With over 100,000 iPhone apps to choose from, there's a mind-boggling number of ways to make your favorite device do just about anything you can imagine—and almost certainly a few things you would've never thought of. So while it's not hard to find apps for your iPhone or iPod Touch, it's frustratingly difficult to find the
best ones.
Best iPhone Apps guides the way, shining the light on over 200 gee-whiz apps that delight, empower, and entertain. And be sure to check out the book's companion site at
iphoneapps.oreilly.com Published by O'Reilly Media.
Gestures in #NewNewTwitterBig changes are afoot in the new Twitter app for iPhone, with both good and bad things happening with the app's gesture interactions. Here's a hard look.
An Unwitting TributeI thought my first CNN appearance marked the next generation of a new device. Instead, it was an unwitting tribute to Steve Jobs. Rest in peace, Steve, we miss you.
Video of My Mobile Design Course AvailableI just finished teaching an eight-week class on tapworthy iPhone design and user experience. If you missed it, all 12 hours of video are available for sale.
Mobile Design Patterns and GalleriesIn recent days, several mobile design-pattern resources have passed through the series of tubes which criss-cross my desk.
Smartphone Stats Fascinating, Important, and Not the Whole StoryThe latest marketshare stats tell us how the smartphone market is evolving—and boy howdy, it's all happening fast. How important are these numbers for designers an developers?
Touchscreen Misdirection: Your Metaphor Is a DogA touchscreen app can provide useful hints about how it works by using a real-world gizmo as its interface metaphor. But when that gizmo is just eye candy, those hints are just misdirection.
iPad and iPhone at Design for MobileSlides, notes, and video from my talks at the Design for Mobile (D4M) conference in Chicago.
Tapworthy Webcast Slides and VideoWatch my recorded webcast about iPhone app design, or download the slides.
Webcast Redux: Tapworthy App Design on Sept 14My tech headaches are your windfall. Join me for a do-over of last week's free webcast.
More UX Meetups in ProvidenceThree times makes it an institution, right? Providence's third UX meetup takes place Tuesday, August 24. Join the Facebook group, then stop by to chat design and slurp cocktails with local user-experience pros in Providence, RI.
Upcoming: Tapworthy Talks in 2010Mark your calendar! I'm talking mobile app design at several conferences and events in summer and fall 2010. Here's the rundown.
How Big Is Big Enough?O’Reilly Answers recently posted an excerpt from
Tapworthy about the ideal size of iPhone tap targets.
Develop iPhone Apps with Staying PowerThis week at Mashable, I shared some ideas for extending the (alarmingly brief) lifespan of mobile apps. The secret: content trophies, competition, community, and a dash of emotion.
Providence UX Meetup: July 20On Tuesday. July 20, grab a wireframe, a color palette, and a cocktail glass to mix it up with local user-experience pros in Providence, RI. I'll do a lightning talk on Tapworthy apps.