Now I’ll admit that I don’t have an iphone…but I do have an iPod Touch…which is the next best thing! I’ll go over some details of how I use the apps on my touch to help me design and keep my blog up to date!
*Please pardon the un-styled mess why I am rethinking and re-designing my blog!*
Now I’ll admit that I don’t have an iphone…but I do have an iPod Touch…which is the next best thing! I’ll go over some details of how I use the apps on my touch to help me design and keep my blog up to date!
First off…Just in case you don’t want to read all this I made a short crappy video of some of the apps that I use!
First off, I need to keep my typography skills in shape so I downloaded this game. The gist of the game is to position a missing letter in a word that is falling from the top of the screen. The more actuate the kerning the higher the score. Now this game seems simple and easy, but it has proven to be difficult! A fun way to sharpen your type skills and pass the time.
I know that I don’t have a camera on my touch, but I can stil save images from mail or safari and use this app. What The font attempts to identify fonts from your uploaded images. Very useful on the go (especially for iphone users.)
If you run a website or blog odds are you have google analytics set up. This app provides an iphone interface to google’s less than desirable flash graphic interface. Good for checking out your website stats on the go.
While not necessarily an iphone app, the drop box website has a lovey iphone interface. I use dropbox on a regular basis to transfer files between computers. Very helpful if you have a multi-computer set up and need to keep some files synced.
I ride the subway to and from work every day. This means I have about 30 mins to kill each way. The wordpress iPhone app is extremely usefull when I get blogging ideas on the train. In fact, many of the first drafts of my posts are composed on this ap!
If you aren’t on twitter now…well you might as well shut your computer down and go back to the stone ages. The design community on Twitter is HUGE! Tons of well known and not so well known helpful designers out there tweeting all sorts of designy goodness. How the heck do you keep up with it? IMO Tweetie is the best twitter app out there. Landscape keyboard, and easy search functions so you dont miss replies.
I’m interested in what applications you guys use – leave a comment and let me know!
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abdusfauzi says:
first, i need an iPhone, then i can test all those apps.
Malaysia’s iPhone is extremely overpriced. huk huk.
T_T
March 15th, 2009 at 6:12 am
Graham R says:
I’m hooked on tweetie, but twitterfon is also a great free twitter client.
my other musthaves?
Freshbooks iphone app for time tracking
CoffeeNut to track my caffeine intake (a bit of a vise lol)
Palletes (and PAlletesLite) for color pallet generation on the go
Shazam for those times when you hear THE BEST song and you know it would be great for a marathon web session but you have no idea who sings it.
March 15th, 2009 at 6:20 am
Renee says:
This is a great list. I’ve never heard of that kerning game!
My favorite application as a designer is ‘Cliq Cliq Colors’. http://www.cliqcliq.com/?p=55 (scroll down to see screen shots).
This app allows you to take photos of anything that might inspire you, and then allows you to save the colors in that photo to your pallet in the app. You can even export the colors you saved to Illustrator and Photoshop swatches and import them.
You can even make or tweak colors too to get the just right (sometimes the camera makes them a little dingy, but you can brighten them up before you save them!)
Total must have!
March 15th, 2009 at 7:45 am
Nikki says:
Wow this is a lot like my post a few weeks ago: http://www.blog.designnerd.net/10-incredibely-useful-iphone-apps-for-freelance-designers-bloggers
The kern game looks cool
March 15th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Doois Tecnologia says:
My favorites app are Twitterfon, Remote (apple), Bookmarks (del.icio.us) and of course WordPress.
March 16th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Steph Adamo says:
I’m also a TwitterFon fan. I use Urbanspoon a lot, i love Last Call but always forget to use it, and i love the Remote app, ’cause i can use my iPod as a remote for iTunes on my computer!
March 17th, 2009 at 9:20 am
steven says:
excellent. i'm just about to get a 32gb ipod touch, and i was worried there wouldn't be a lot of apps for me but now I am 'buzzin' to get my hands on it. by the way i'm in the UK and I got this bargain
ASDA direct £197!!!
p.s love the blog.
June 8th, 2010 at 12:35 pm