Tag Archives: iPhone

Systems + Desired Traits

We were talking today about how the openness (or closedness) of a system affects the attributes that the system creates, fosters, or otherwise cherishes.
In my mind, a more closed system seems to enable (promote?) design, and open systems seem to enable better performance.
In the case of Apple – a famously closed system – apps are held to […]

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Ego iPhone App

I downloaded the “Ego” iPhone Application yesterday. It’s quite nice. A single interface for all your social things. It works quickly, even grabs your daily visits/pageviews from Google (before they’re reported in the Analytics interface) and…get this: it can pull your Mint “Net Worth” into the dashboard. Which I’ve not done, as I don’t want […]

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