Mar 1 2012
Reflection — Screencasting on the iPad just got a lot easier
Since I got my iPad 1, I’ve been looking for an effective way to screencast tutorials for it.
Mini Video
Oct 25 2010
Bodega: The Mac Apps Store for the rest of us
If you were watching the “Back to the Mac” presentation by Steve Jobs1last week, you heard about the upcoming Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and the announcement of a Mac Apps Store. Jobs suggested that people like the iPhone Apps Store and how it’s so easy to find new software and buy it all from one place. And he’s right.
But what people don’t like is Apple restricting their access to the applications with the functions they want and refusing developers who don’t create applications that are in keeping with what Apple wants for its hardware.
People might want an application store for Macs, but they may not like Apple being the go-between in their search.
The funny thing is, we’ve had an Macintosh applications store available to us for some time. It’s called Bodega and it has been brought to you by Fresh Code. Bodega offers a great selection of applications and, when you choose to make your purchase, you’re directed right back to the developer who created it. All of your application (all of them, not just the ones purchased through Bodega) are listed in the Applications section of Bodega from which you can see if you have any updates to apply—you can even revisit your receipts and serial numbers there.
This free application serves to fill the need for a Mac Apps Store and it’s available for free right now for Snow Leopard.
- if you missed it, here is it really fast [↩]
Oct 20 2010
VIDEO: The Incident… an awesome game you can play on your iPad with your iPhone
The Incident might sound like Jersey Shore‘s “The Situation‘s” little brother, but it is really an addictive retro-style game for your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. In the Big Bucket Software game you play Frank Solway, our hero, as the world comes crashing down all around him. We’re not really sure why, but a multifarious array of clutter starts to fall from the sky and you must work quickly to stay on top of the ever growing pile.
You can’t run away, you can only tilt to dodge, tap to jump and avoid the falling evidence of man’s existence on earth and try to collect power-ups and bonuses along the way. Not everything you can collect will help you, though—there are a few power-downs as well.
No Flash? No problem—click here!»
The Incident hit the iTunes Apps Store earlier this year and I liked it then, but I really like it now that the recent update has allowed me to use my iPhone as a controller while I watch the action on the iPad. Big Bucket also added a new mode called “Endless Nightfall” that I have yet to check out.1 They also added Game Center functionality for you competitive types.
Like most great and fun games, it’s quite simple in concept but rich in fun factor. And at $1.99 US, it’s a great value.
- I’m too busy trying to get out of the Mountains in “The Rise & Fall of Frank Solway” [↩]