Refresh Orlando

Jen Gordon, as written a very good article on Useful Design Tips For Your iPad App at Smashing Magazine.

Alison House has an excellent slide show available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/meowf/sets/72157623646866989/show/

Technical Note TN2262 documents the platform-specific considerations for web content in Safari on iPhone OS devices, with specific information for iPad. If your clients’ sites are Flash-heavy, this could help you update the sites to be iPad ready.

The steps, at first look, seem simple enough; however step #2 can be a challenge depending on the complexity of the UI implemented in Flash.

1. Test your website on iPad, and update user agent detection code if necessary
2. Use W3C standard web technologies instead of plug-ins
3. Check your viewport tag settings
4. Modify code that relies on CSS fixed positioning
5. Prepare for a touch interface
6. Use textareas instead of contenteditable elements

Huffduffer takes the pain out of podcasting found sounds.

Angelsoft is a search engine for locating investors and managing deal flows. The web site is for entrepreneurs and investors.

The search engine appears to be location aware, as shown below.

Refresh Orlando is a community of web designers, graphic artists, new media and social media professionals, and developers working together to refresh the creative, technical, and professional aspects of their trades in the Orlando, Florida, area. Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards.

This month our presenter will be:

Rodney Degracia, iPhone Software Writer

twitter: @rodneydegracia

Presentation: iPhone User Interface Elements
We will discuss the iPhone User Interface Elements such as the Status Bar, Tab Bar, the Navigation Bar, the different UI Views, and iPhone Controls. Learn how to chose correct iPhone User Interface Elements when designing a UI for an iPhone application.

When:
Tuesday March 23, 2010 starting at 7:00pm

RSVP
Seating is limited, please register at
http://refreshorlando-iphone-ui-elements.eventbrite.com/

Meeting Agenda

7:00pm-7:05pm Announcements

7:05pm-8:00pm: Presentation

8:00pm-8:15pm: Q/A Session

8:15pm-8:30pm: Open Discussion

Startup Weekend is a 54 hour startup event that provides networking, resources, and incentives for individuals and teams to go from idea to launch.

The next Startup Weekend here in Florida:

Creative song-performer DubFX and Mr. Woodnote creates a song on-the-fly

DubFX live in Manchester

A new website was recently brought up, as a crowd-source solution for getting businesses to press Google to invest in Fiber for Baltimore. The design is simple, one page, but could it be improved?

The iPad commercial, shown at last night’s Oscars, is now available on the Apple site.