They’ve just released the new version of jQTouch, the open source jQuery plugin for mobile development. jQTouch allows developers to create powerful, native-looking apps on the iPhone with just HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Go check out jQTouch!
“Satellite television service DirecTV Group Inc. and sports network Versus — official carrier of National Hockey League games — are in a carriage dispute, and the two have until Aug. 31 to work out a deal before DirecTV subscribers no longer can view the network.”
~Denver Business Journal.
Link to Full Story: DirecTV threatens to drop NHL carrier Versus – Denver Business Journal: .
PhoneGap is an open source development tool for building fast, easy mobile apps with JavaScript.If you’re a web developer who wants to build mobile applications in HTML and JavaScript while still taking advantage of the core features in the iPhone, Android and Blackberry SDKs, PhoneGap is for you.
I’ve been wanting to install and use a self hosted URL shortening service for a while now and I think I’m going to try out Shorty.
Shorty is a simple tool for creating shorter, human- readable links from long URLs. You install Shorty on your server, so the links you create with it never go away. You can also manage your links and see how often people click on them.
Iconfactory : Software : Iconbuilder. IconBuilder supports the creation of icon sizes up to 1024 x 1024 for both the Mac and Windows operating systems. Additionally, non-Mac resources are not limited to being square in proportion. Create a 64×32, a 10×200, or anything in between – whatever your project calls for.
Design in life size. Design for life.™
When you zoom to 100% in programs like Photoshop or Illustrator you’re not actually seeing true print size, but if you know your monitor’s DPI (dots per inch), also known as PPI (pixels per inch), you can work around this. Learn how >
via PX CALC: DPI Calculator with Dot Pitch, Size, Aspect Ratio, Pixels, and Megapixels.
When you’re designing a touchscreen interface in Photoshop, what you see onscreen is often a very different size than the way it will actually appear on the touchscreen display. This is problematic when you’re trying to size and space all the elements of a user-friendly interface. Fortunately, there is a way to preview your design in the true size of your target display.
Photoshop has a “Print Size” command in the view menu. This not only allows you to view the canvas onscreen at the actual size it would print, it’s also great for viewing the canvas at the actual size of your target touchscreen.
To do this, you first need to tell Photoshop the dpi (dots per inch) of your computer display. Mine, for example, is 113.21. You can figure out yours with this handy dpi calculator or the following formula:
dpi = sqrt (width_pixels^2 + height_pixels^2) / diagonal_inches
Read the Entire Article Here > Guifx : Design Your Touchscreen Interfaces in Photoshop in True Life Size.
There is a Free book on learning SVN from O’Reilly Media and the option to download a PDF edition at Version Control with Subversion. This is the fist edition that is no longer in print, but if you’re just looking to get familiar with SVN than this is a good Free resource for you.
