If you have been playing around with Augmented Reality applications, then you have certainly come across Layar.
I enjoy playing around with different APIs, and the Layar API gives you basic control over the colors and icons in your layer. I checked out the Custom circular info widgets documentation to figure out the best way to handle the CIWs. Layar has some nice best practices listed, but sadly, there was no Photoshop template to speed things along.
I decided to make a Layar custom info widget Photoshop template (zipped .PSD) for myself, and am posting it in case anyone else might find it helpful.
Within the file, guidelines are at the 55×55, 38×38 and 28×28 sizes. The squares are the recommended sizes from the documentation for the inner, middle and outer ring sizes. Note: you will have to zoom pretty far in to see the boxes properly, but you were probably going to do that anyway…
I hope this helps someone out. I always like having a comprehensive template to stay somewhat organized.
December 28, 2009 in: Commentary, Technology - No Comments
A new version of TweetChat was released today at http://tweetchat.com
The new version allows users to view hashtag conversations without having to login. This will help people get a better feel for what the conversation is about before joining in.
There were also some tweaks made to the visual styling of the site and I am happy with how things turned out.
November 7, 2009 in: Commentary, Technology - No Comments
I just launched a new niche product called TweetDecoder at http://tweetdecoder.com.
It retrieves recent tweets from a Twitter user and encodes them into a QR code. You can then use your smartphone or other QR code reader to decode the now secret message.
Pretend you are an international spy, pretend you are an über nerd, pretend TweetDecoder has a profound purpose. Technology for technology’s sake! Hurray!
July 11, 2009 in: Commentary, Technology - 1 Comment
I thought I would give typing out a blog post while exercising a try. Consider this an exercise in exercise 2.0…
Essentially, my whole family will be going on a cruise to Alaska in May and we are all pumped. I have been toying with the idea of getting a Flip MinoHD to record some lightweight family video on the trip.
At first I was stoked to get the Flip and the underwater housing, but the realized the underwater kit only works with the Flip Ultra…
Hmm. One of the main reasons I wanted the smaller camera was so that I could use it in non-ideal conditions…
So, is the Flip MiniHD still worth it or should I save my $250 to purchase post-apocolyptic weapons?
Gotta run, the bench press is open…
March 24, 2009 in: Commentary, Technology - 5 Comments