jgleman

Made with Paper

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:33:23 -0400

Made with Paper

Wed, 16 May 2012 19:32:49 -0400

Made with Paper

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:40:52 -0400

Made with Paper

Snowman cooling by a block of ice. Made with Paper

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:33:00 -0400

Snowman cooling by a block of ice.

Made with Paper

Robot Pumpkin

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:26:54 -0400

Robot Pumpkin

SKOULBUS

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:42:05 -0400

SKOULBUS

Porsche 918 RSR: Porsche 918 RSR on display at the Saratoga...

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:56:45 -0400

Porsche 918 RSR:

Porsche 918 RSR on display at the Saratoga Auto Museum in Upstate New York.

Sunset from the Taconic State Parkway: The sun setting over...

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:20:17 -0400

Sunset from the Taconic State Parkway:

The sun setting over the Catskill Mountains. Taken from the northern part of the Taconic State Parkway in upstate New York.

Sunset from the Taconic State Parkway on Flickr.

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:51:18 -0400

Sunset from the Taconic State Parkway on Flickr.

Random Thoughts on Mobile

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:17:43 -0400

webOS would have paired well with Nokia’s phone hardware.

I hope it is not too late for the HP TouchPad. A few software updates could fix the worst issues that I’ve read about in the reviews.

Windows Phone OS with the Windows 8 touch interface would make a very interesting tablet.

The Android web browser should be called Chrome.

My ranking of mobile platforms (what I would buy, in order from most interested to least interested).

Phone:
*iPhone/iOS
*Windows Phone
*webOS
*Android (stock, e.g. Nexus S)
*RIM/BlackBerry

Tablet:
*iPad/iOS
*TouchPad/webOS
*Android

Sick of blue icons?

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:13:08 -0500

Sick of blue icons?

Why 3D doesn't work and never will. Case closed. - Roger Ebert's Journal

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:13:16 -0500

Why 3D doesn't work and never will. Case closed. - Roger Ebert's Journal

Nothing?

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:48:11 -0500

“It’s a nice reader, but there’s nothing on the iPad I look at and say, ‘Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.’” — Bill Gates, February 2010

Maybe not Bill, but I bet you wish Microsoft sold 14.8 million tablets since then.

Tim Morgan on the new App Store and Twitter User Interfaces

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:32:44 -0500

Tim Morgan on the new App Store and Twitter User Interfaces:

Interesting piece by Tim Morgan, definitely worth a read. In his response, John Gruber notes:

“Whether you think this is a good thing or not, there’s no use fearing it. Apple’s passion for UI uniformity went away with the six-color logo. Change is inevitable. Individuality is the new norm. Mac UI design is only just starting to take influence from iOS UI design.”

I don’t have a problem with desktop apps taking influence from iOS apps, but there are some influences that I think are bad in a desktop environment. I think iOS UI influence rooted in the fact that iOS apps are always full screen and always have your full attention are bad on the desktop.

I know Apple likes this idea since 10.7 will have API support for full screen applications. That is great for novice users (less confusing) or people who just want to focus on their task. I think good applications will have both full featured window and full featured full screen modes.

iOS applications don’t have to think about things like moving windows around. Mac OS X desktop applications still do. If you haven’t, read what Morgan says about moving windows in the new Twitter app, and how confusing it is. Better yet, try the app yourself. Where do you click to move the window? This is not even a concern in iOS. You don’t move windows. The ability to move windows in the new Twitter feels like an after thought.

Until the App Store came out, many might argue that people using a dedicated Twitter application on Mac OS X were among the technically savvy crowd, and they’ll figure it out. Post Mac App Store, this can no longer be assumed. Many novice users are going to be using these types of applications. Especially the free ones. I can imagine many users finding it incredibly frustrating to use the new Twitter application.

Porter

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:03:09 -0500

Porter

xkcd: Tic-Tac-Toe

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:08:16 -0500

xkcd: Tic-Tac-Toe

Not so fast!

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:26:58 -0500

Not so fast!

From a Plane

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:17:01 -0400

From a Plane

Gordon’s: The pier at Sandals in the Bahamas.

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:03:50 -0400

Gordon’s:

The pier at Sandals in the Bahamas.

Beach: A view of the far side of Sandals Cay.

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:03:50 -0400

Beach:

A view of the far side of Sandals Cay.