Day One iOS App Review

Day One is a Diary/Journal app that is as elegant as it is simple to use. Consider it a microblogging style of journal keeping. You pull up the app on your phone, hit the + sign and enter in a small bit of text about your life, hit save and your done.  Right now, you can view your posts by entirety, by the calendar, or by starred items, but the developer is very active in updating the app and has announced several new features coming soon.

Features Coming Soon:

  • Tags / Categories
  • Photo Attachments
  • Encryption
  • Location Data
  • And many more…

What makes this app great, is the inclusion of iCloud and Dropbox.  You can only choose to use one at a time right now, but that shouldn’t be a big deal.  Any posts you make will be synchronized across your devices and your Mac version of Day One.  The Mac version has a couple more features than the iOS version, most notably a search function. 

Mac Feature List:

  • Quick Entry via the Menu Bar
  • Password Protection
  • Export
  • Inspirational Messages
  • Search
  • System Hot-key Shortcut
  • Starred Entries List
  • Command Line Interface
  • Multi-Markdown Support

I am using this app to keep track of my daily activities, to track headaches and other kinds of situational experiences. Personally I switched away from using Springpad and over to DayOne. I am hoping that the developer will add some of the features from the Mac version for the iOS app to further enhance the experience. 

If you have been struggling to find a good app to keep a journal/diary/scrapbook of ideas, then Day One is a very good option. 

The Day One app is a universal app so you’ll be able to use it on all your iOS devices with a one-time purchase of $1.99.  The Mac Version will run you $9.99 on the Mac App Store.  

Security: When Antivirus Firms Can't Tell They've Been Hacked, We're All Doomed(via @Gizmodo)

Symantec has been scrabbling around trying address a security breach from 2006 that came to light recently. But the fact that the company wasn’t sure its was hacked in the first place doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. Symantec originally said that the worst case scenario was that hackers had…

Source: Gizmodo

Jawbone UP band update

Blogger Note* I apologize for not posting recently.  I’ve been very busy at work and then very sick in recent weeks.

Jawbone UP update:

Personally, I have had a roller coaster experience with UP. I had three defective bands in the last three months. Each month I would send one back and get a new one. And somehow someway they would just stop working. Stopped charging, irresponsive buttons, and sometimes complete bricking.

Up

As frustrated customers grew, complaints soared on Jawbone’s message boards.  

Jawbone understood that the problem needed to be addressed and created the No Questions Asked Refund Policy.

http://jawbone.com/up/guarantee

The UP No Questions Asked Guarantee

This means that for whatever reason, or no reason at all, you can receive a full refund for UP. This is true even if you decide to keep your UP band. We are so committed to this product that we’re offering you the option of using it for free.

The program starts December 9th and full details can be found at http://jawbone.com/uprefund.

I requested a refund, and I get to keep my UP band for free for being a loyal early adopter.  Question is, has the product experience already been soured to the point of no return?

I for one certainly feel that way. There are flaws in the product that need to be addressed.

The constant demand to plug in to your phone is the #1 reason that the product will become stale.  Wireless syncing though a battery drain is a plain necessity in today’s world. 

Sure you wear your band everywhere, but you have to take it off to charge sometimes will leave giant holes in your data collection. Quantified Self depends on the never ending amounts of data that you collect to be successful.  

I’ll keep testing, but so far like a new year’s resolution… the UP band has worn out it’s welcome.

TweetFire App Preview

So I have been hearing a lot about user troubles with following one particular user within the twitter feed of all your favorite tweeters.  

TweetFire App seems to look like any other twitter app, it does the basics like tweeting, following, and all the other twitter crazed will want.  And it does it fast.

That might be enough for some, but TweetFire has an awesome additional feature where it uses push notifications and alerts you to particular users tweets you select.

Try it out for free on your iOS device.

[Product description from website after the break]

Chad Etzel - Phrygian Labs, Inc.

 

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★★★★ TweetFire ★★★★

This is Twitter on SPEED.

“The Fastest iPhone Twitter Client” - TheNextWeb

TweetFire was built with speed and performance in mind. Are you tired of other clients that take forever to load and try to download all of your data at once? TweetFire is perfect for you! Fast loading and smart refreshing means that you can navigate Twitter at lightning speed.

TweetFire gives you shortcuts to access all of your favorite views of Twitter. No more tab bars limiting you to only 4 different timeline views. No more drilling down deep into the client just to view a list, a saved search or a user’s tweets. Just create a shortcut, and it’s one tap away!

This isn’t just another Twitter client. This is TweetFire, a BLAZING FAST app.

★★★★ Feedback from Users ★★★★

  • “Just promoted TweetFire Pro to the dock. The speed is alluring.” - @timhaines, creator of Favstar.fm
  • “It’s fast as hell, that’s for sure.” - @ivey
  • “Both upgrades bought, 5-star review submitted, app replaced Twitter’s spot on my dock. Good job!” - @danparsons

Photography Tech Revolution?

The way we see photography may change forever when Lytro releases it’s camera and technology to the consumer market.

 

Lytro’s technology centers around the concept of light fields. When you take the   picture on a normal camera, you are stuck with a certain focal point on the picture. It   may be that the entire photo is in focus or just a part of it, but no matter how much   post production the focus will never change.

That ends with Lytro’s tech.  When you take a photo with their camera you will be  able to edit the focal point through the post production process.

Want to see it in action? Better yet want to try it out? Head to www.lytro.com. 

As a lover of photography, I’m very excited to hear news coming from this company. If done correctly, I think Lytro will create an evolution in this industry that hasn’t been seen since the move to digital. 

Get it: Bamboo Paper iPad app

Wacom is famous world wide for their drawing tablets.  With the Bamboo brand they offered a smaller version of their professional level technology to the consumer market targeting the younger upcoming artists.

The iPad now has the Bamboo Paper app.  Which is FREE until the end of June.  No one knows what pricing it may be after that.  

The app itself is great for sketch artists or note takers that can’t stray from pen and paper. As a drawing app, it lacks versatility and is not recommendable.  But for those who like to mind map or tend to use creative thinking this might be a great app for it.

Bamboo will likely announce a full featured Drawing app shortly. 

This app replaces the yellow notepad that you used to bring around to all your meetings. Get a stylus for the full effect.

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