Jeremy Brown, Mobile & Web development

Official account of a web developer no one's heard of. Expect posts on Mobile, HTML5, CSS, SEO, social, jQuery, EECMS & crap music taste.
Based in Sydney Australia.
You can find me here --> twitter.com/jeremybrown
Questions welcome

WebGL, IntelliFax 2800 App Store, BUMP, HTML5, Moki, Steel Panther, Gameboy iPhone case

Heard of this new fantastic iPhone app yet?

http://www.quickerfeet.com/

 

Color is a fantastic app, we should all install and play with it today in the office

If I explained it in buzzwords it would be "Location aware crowd sourced photo blogging tool"

http://color.com/

 

The Brother IntelliFax 2800 App Store

I laughed all night at this, my wife didn't get it.

http://bit.ly/ex13b2

 

Three.js and WebGL are giving amazing results in 3D 

Check out this F1 car simulation.

http://helloracer.com/webgl/

For more examples of Mr Doobs Three.js

http://mrdoob.com/blog/post/698

 

BUMP™! number plates

Awful idea. Just register your number plates and start getting hate posts over your favrourite social networks as to how bad your driving is.

http://www.bump.com/

 

jQuery Mobile gallery

Some nice examples here of jQuery mobile

http://www.jqmgallery.com/

 

HTML5 resources

I think this site is better than most books I've looked through

http://diveintohtml5.org/

 

This HTML5 site is "getting old" but still has some great ideas.

http://html5demos.com/

 

Google created this page for last years I/O I believe, the presentation is fantastic

http://www.html5rocks.com/

 

Amazing site uses Raphael.js (HTML5 Canvas)

http://thirteen23.com/

 

83% of PayPal Merchants Say Sales Have Increased Since Offering Popular Payment Method

http://www.ipsos-na.com/download/pr.aspx?id=10468

 

I can also see paypal mobile checkout improving this number as it reduces the number of form fields a customer is required to fill.

http://mobiforge.com/running/story/how-monetize-your-mobile-site-paypal-mobil...

 

 

Google Nexus S available in Australia

Local Nexus website available to find retailers

http://google.com.au/nexus

 

An Incubator From Down Under: Meet StartMate’s First Batch of Aussie Startups

http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/28/an-incubator-from-down-under-meet-startmates...

 

Gameboy iPhone case

http://www.ipwncase.com/

 

Blackberry Playbook US$499

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/252069,rim-to-sell-playbook-tablet-from-us499.aspx

 

Moki.TV is a tvguide for video streaming on the web

http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/17/moki-tv-is-the-ultimate-personalized-guide-t...

 

STEEL PANTHER - DEATH TO ALL BUT METAL

I want this to be real and not a joke sooo bad.

 

Proving the right to bear arms isn't such a good idea.

http://consumerist.com/2011/03/swat-called-to-taco-bell-gunman-pissed-over-pr...

 

Japanese tsunami destroys a town in four minutes

http://bit.ly/et9sWh

 

Japan is explaining the Fukushima situation to its children with the aid of a very, very poo heavy animation

 

Did file-sharing cause recording industry collapse? 

Economists say no

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/is-file-sharing-the-global-fu...

 

WebGL, IntelliFax 2800 App Store, BUMP, HTML5, Moki, Steel Panther, Gameboy iPhone case

Heard of this new fantastic iPhone app yet?

http://www.quickerfeet.com/

 

Color is a fantastic app, we should all install and play with it today in the office

If I explained it in buzzwords it would be "Location aware crowd sourced photo blogging tool"

http://color.com/

 

The Brother IntelliFax 2800 App Store

I laughed all night at this, my wife didn't get it.

http://bit.ly/ex13b2

 

Three.js and WebGL are giving amazing results in 3D 

Check out this F1 car simulation.

http://helloracer.com/webgl/

For more examples of Mr Doobs Three.js

http://mrdoob.com/blog/post/698

 

BUMP™! number plates

Awful idea. Just register your number plates and start getting hate posts over your favrourite social networks as to how bad your driving is.

http://www.bump.com/

 

jQuery Mobile gallery

Some nice examples here of jQuery mobile

http://www.jqmgallery.com/

 

HTML5 resources

I think this site is better than most books I've looked through

http://diveintohtml5.org/

 

This HTML5 site is "getting old" but still has some great ideas.

http://html5demos.com/

 

Google created this page for last years I/O I believe, the presentation is fantastic

http://www.html5rocks.com/

 

Amazing site uses Raphael.js (HTML5 Canvas)

http://thirteen23.com/

 

83% of PayPal Merchants Say Sales Have Increased Since Offering Popular Payment Method

http://www.ipsos-na.com/download/pr.aspx?id=10468

 

I can also see paypal mobile checkout improving this number as it reduces the number of form fields a customer is required to fill.

http://mobiforge.com/running/story/how-monetize-your-mobile-site-paypal-mobil...

 

 

Google Nexus S available in Australia

Local Nexus website available to find retailers

http://google.com.au/nexus

 

An Incubator From Down Under: Meet StartMate’s First Batch of Aussie Startups

http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/28/an-incubator-from-down-under-meet-startmates...

 

Gameboy iPhone case

http://www.ipwncase.com/

 

Blackberry Playbook US$499

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/252069,rim-to-sell-playbook-tablet-from-us499.aspx

 

Moki.TV is a tvguide for video streaming on the web

http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/17/moki-tv-is-the-ultimate-personalized-guide-t...

 

STEEL PANTHER - DEATH TO ALL BUT METAL

I want this to be real and not a joke sooo bad.

 

Proving the right to bear arms isn't such a good idea.

http://consumerist.com/2011/03/swat-called-to-taco-bell-gunman-pissed-over-pr...

 

Japanese tsunami destroys a town in four minutes

http://bit.ly/et9sWh

 

Japan is explaining the Fukushima situation to its children with the aid of a very, very poo heavy animation

 

Did file-sharing cause recording industry collapse? 

Economists say no

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/is-file-sharing-the-global-fu...

Why is Node.js so popular, StackOverflow becoming StackExchange, Hacking a modern car, zero energy TV and cool offices

Fantastic article on Node.js
Why its so popular, who would consider using it and just what is it? If you are a dev and don't know about Node.js I strongly advise you read about it.
http://mashable.com/2011/03/10/node-js/

 

3,000 Web APIs: Trends From a Quickly Growing Directory
@programmableweb as their directory hits 3,000 APIs (was 105 in 2005)
http://goo.gl/bcOxt

 

18 resources for the best social media stats of 2011

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/7458.aspx

 

mashable: Stack Overflow Secures $12M In Funding, Changes Name to Stack Exchange
http://on.mash.to/hA8gNe

 

NYT: Research Shows How Car's Electronics Can Be Taken Over Remotely
Cars in America often have cell phones in the core computer to allow remote unlocking and starting, not as common in Australia.
http://j.mp/hgDVBm

 

Samsung unveils Solar-Powered zero energy transparent TV
Its kinda cool, but who would watch tv backwards?
http://t.co/gLgNCER

 

The next 15 coolest offices in the world (after Creative Licence obviously)
Blog of Francesco MugnaiJamesDeAngelis: Office/Architecture
http://t.co/8CgyEbJ

 

If you haven't fallen for this already
"Oh dear, this exclusive picture of Mr Sheen on coke taken minutes ago!! #winning #charliesheen http://t.co/7s8EF3M"

Free RIM Playbooks for Devs, PS# on iPhone, designing for mobile, Facebook updates like button, domain squatters were rich bastards, placekitten and Charlie Sheen

In news you already know
iPad2 lands in Australia March 25

Yesterday at Adobe Refresh
We were shown digital publishing and building apps in Adobe Air across all mobile devices. And heard lots of exploding noises controlled by the mouse and the presenters face....
We were also demoed the Blackberry Playbook its pretty impressive. I can see enterprise wanting to use it.
Currently all the apps for Playbook are written in Adobe Air.

RIM are giving away Playbooks
If you write an HTML5 or Air app and get it published in Playbooks market this month they will send you a free Playbook.

AT&T is giving away $10K
For the best HTML5 app - entries close March 8 

Need inspiration? See what people would like as an app
A collection of ideas for apps and websites people are wishing for 

Mobile UI Patterns
Lessons learned from UI designer

Everyair, play PS3 games on your phone
Remote Desktop App Will Allow Users To Play PS3 Games On The iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch 

Facebook are overhauling the Like button
It's getting hard to keep up on all these updates.

This is ontop of all the FBML to iframe changes

Flashback to 1997: 'The Man who owns the internet'
Kevin Ham of Vancouver runs a $300mm domain names business 
I hope he is in jail now I hate domain squatters.

Live the Sheen Dream
Bwahahahahaha! Quotes from Charlie Sheen in the past drug crazed weeks.

{placekitten}
For those special projects, when standard placeholder images just aren't good enough 

YouTube - In the air tonight
I hav no idea what this guy is thinking...