512 Pixels

I hosted Episode 93 of The Bro Show this week. I was joined by Terry Lucy, Myke Hurley and Shawn Blanc to discuss the Macworld, the place of the iPad in a PC world and more.

Handy.

Holy Facebook, Batman!

Lots of fixes in this one.

My pal Paul Skidmore’s post over at Macgasm is a must-read if you are serious about taking photographs with your iPhone.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had the same four apps in my iPhone’s dock:

• Phone
• Mail
• Safari
• Settings

This week, in a major upheaval in my life, Launch Center replaced Settings in the Dock.

Now, this app isn’t one for everyday users. It’s closest Mac cousin is Automator, really. Here’s how App Cubby describes it on its site:

Launch apps and trigger actions from a quick, easy to use app! Call a friend, start an email, send a text, post to Twitter, turn on a flashlight — get to where you’re going faster than ever before.

In short, it’s Siri for your fingertips. ¹ Instead of dealing with 4 or 5 taps to do something, Launch Center sets up an action to get right to where you want to be. They can even be scheduled, as of the newest version of the app.

To do this, the app uses custom URLs that other developers can include in their applications. Even the built-in Settings app uses them.

If you use your iPhone as a computer, you should check this app out. It’s just 99¢ on the App Store.

Today is the ninth anniversary of the Columbia disaster.

I was born the day this happened.

Version 1.1 of the site went live yesterday. Among the bug-fixes:

• Margins should be even on the left and right of the page when viewed on an iPad or other small screened devices.
• Load times should be faster
• Images in posts now are served from S3
• The space between the sidebar and body copy is larger
• Footer widgets align with body elements better

Major props to my buddy PJ McCormick for this work. I went to high school with PJ, and have worked on several projects with him. He’s worth checking out if you need some cutting-edge web work done.

We have several more features we’ll be rolling out in the next few weeks, including a version of the site for you iPhone users.

Lots of goodies.

Ouch.

While this isn’t directly repeated to Josiah’s type of brain tumor, this research is very exciting. St Jude really is not only an amazing hospital, but a force for change in the fight against childhood cancers.