Rapid prototype tools for Mobile apps

After looking into this Omnigraffle and Axure can be slow to create rapid prototypes. And the linking on Omni is not great. There are lots of web tools out there that automate a lot of this stuff for you. fluidui is really quick and easy to use after a small amount of training. I created a 10 page mobile app tappable prototype in half a day. Lins to fuidui and others. Prototype http://proto.io/en/examples/ Fluidui www.fluidui.com/ Flinto https://www.flinto.com Pop Sketch, photograph and then link together https://popapp.in Zurb http://foundation.zurb.com/ Fireworks http://fireworks.smashingmagazine.com/2013/01/11/ios-prototyping-adobe-fireworks-tap-part1/ Bootstrap http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/ iOS Illustrator wire framing kit http://blakeperdue.com/ios7-wireframe-kit/ Storyboard in xcode http://blog.mengto.com/prototype-xcode-storyboard/

Bambuser and Sousveillance

Wired reported on Bambuser mobile live video broadcasting and how it took on a whole new use away from the inane use of broadcasting every moment of people skiing downhill or stuffing their faces with food to its use in the Arab Spring uprising.

Also in the Sousveillance tool box
Looxcie a headset camera that can record up to 5hrs of footage

Pranav Mistry and the global protests seems to have set wearable computer industry in motion

RFID with iphone

iPhone RFID: object-based media from timo on Vimeo.

Peter Sells on why Mobile is a bit shit

From Clare Townhill

npr app

The closest thing to Radio4 you'll get in the US. The app is a smart mix of news, social and streamed on air radio.

autotrader iphone app

Spot a car you like, snap the number plate and then find similar ones for sale.

acrossair apps

retail trends blog

samsung disconnect

I really like the new viral work Samsung are doing but there seems to be a huge disconnect from the viral piece to the bad experience on their site, they even call this infotainment makes you want to puke just hearing the name.

Furry animal number campaign had great idea to be a good UGC on rails concept where users could have written their own video ideas for animals to use the phone for. Instead we get more muzak and infotainment. Samsung wake up.

HD camera phone link to article


Viral Factory



Viral Factory

Then the online experience (brace yourself) samsung

one piece of technology

After 16 days of no email/work/web/desktops/files/crashes I feel detoxed from the world of technology I've even been using a old dial face phone which has a better audio quality than those annoying mobile digital home phones. OK so I have been using my blackberry storm but not much. Convergence of technology is a core thing for users and mobile offers the chance for people to do this. I'll see how long my 'only use one piece of technology' lasts when I get back to work on Monday.