Monthly Archives: February 2009

jkOnTheRun » Blog Archive Web-based Apps vs. Apps Built on Web Standards «

February 19, 2009 – 12:03 pm

jkOnTheRun » Blog Archive Web-based Apps vs. Apps Built on Web Standards «
Have a peek at the above video from iPhoneBuzz that shows an experimental version of Gmail on the iPhone and G1. The application is based on HTML5, a web standard, and works offline with a local database cache.
This is the future.

By Dylan Damian | Posted in Technology, Tumblelog | Comments (0)

Google LatLong: 1000 is the new 10

February 19, 2009 – 8:41 am

Google LatLong: 1000 is the new 10
we’ve added a search layer for local search results that activates when there are more relevant results than we can show on one page. Instead of just plotting the first page of business results on our map, we plot more of them as small circles. You can click on […]

By Dylan Damian | Posted in Technology, Tumblelog | Comments (0)

Gmail as default email client

February 19, 2009 – 8:28 am

Google Pack Comes with Shortcuts for Google Web Apps
If you click on the Gmail shortcut, you have to option to register Gmail as the default mail client.
One step even closer, at least on the Windows platform.

By Dylan Damian | Posted in Technology, Tumblelog | Comments (0)

stevenf - Stars

February 15, 2009 – 11:38 pm

stevenf - Stars
it’s nearly pointless to have scales of 5 stars, 10 stars, or 100 stars, when all you really need is: “Liked it, Didn’t Like It, and Neutral”.

Steven Frank, via Daring Fireball.

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Alex Payne — The Problem With Email Clients

February 8, 2009 – 9:58 pm

Alex Payne — The Problem With Email Clients
Going back to any other email client is agonizing and disorienting, like being knocked around and dumped out of the back of a pickup on the outskirts of a strange town.
I’ll let you guess which client. Great post from Alex Payne; highly, highly recommended.

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Entering offline mode the smart way

February 5, 2009 – 10:26 pm

I started this blog by venting about the mess that was Gmail on the original iPhone immediately post-launch. A year and a half later, this week’s introduction of offline mode through Google Gears removed the last obstacle preventing my move to webmail full time and leaving traditional email clients behind. 
And, just when I thought I’ve […]

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