A new blog, The Tetromino is detailing the issues surrounding developing a tetris-like game on the iPhone. It looks to be an interesting read in the months ahead.
There is so much crap in Apple’s AppStore. My pet peeve is all of the “Days until…” apps. These are all the same, you set a day and it tells you how many days there are left until your nominated date. Of course there’s a seperate paid app for every occasion, days until wedding, days until school, days until vacation etc etc.
However there is also some of the best software I’ve ever seen for a mobile internet device. Here are my top five, best value, most essential applications that I use regularly.
NetNewsWire Feed List
The best RSS Feed reader for the iPhone – this will sync with a free NewsGator account. Using the identically named NetNewsWire for OSX – this combination is the ultimate in automatically synchronised news reading. Read some items on your computer, go on a train, and keep reading – without worrying about coming across articles you’ve already read. And best of all, its all free.
After many years of hosting abednarz.net in the US with an uber-cheap hosting provider, I have moved to an Australian host. While a tiny bit more expensive, the uber-cheap came with a few niggly issues that, over 5 years have been too annoying. Faster maintenance being hosted locally, plus support hours that match my hours should make it all worthwhile. Bits and pieces may be missing for the next few days while I ensure everything is copied over.
