Being the homepage of Matt Gibson, a random geek, writer and photographer from Bristol.
I introduce the tweetpad, a paper-based Twitter interface, for those of us who occasionally take a break from technology, but who still want to record 140-character fragments of their day. Features: Pocket size 140 characters, with emergency overflow line No batteries required Mac-, Windows– and Linux-compatible Helvetica Neue Soon to be available in a Java version, […]
Okay, don’t get me wrong. I use Adobe AIR applications, notably the almost-excellent TweetDeck (more of the “almost” in a second.) I also use Java applications. But I only use them when there’s no native alternative that does what I want. The reason is mostly in the user interface. The minor irritations that come with non-native […]
I’ve put together a basic screencast tutorial which introduces you to Apple’s Quartz Composer, the graphical programming environment which ships with OS X. Quartz Composer is a graphics generator, capable of drawing 3D graphics, animations, and all sorts of Good Stuff. And you make it work just by dragging little boxes about and connecting them […]