Limelight for iPhone
Limelight for iPhone is a gorgeous new app for tracking movies. You can list movies in two ways: "Watched" and "To Watch". Pretty self-explanatory there. You can rate movies on the "Watched" list, and it will display them in order of rating. Both libraries appear as shelves of beautiful movie artwork, as you can see in the first panel below: Adding movies…
TC-11 for iPad
TC-11 is a trippy, fully programmable, multitouch synthesizer app for iPad. Rather than fiddling with a bunch of knobs, you interact with the app by tapping and dragging your fingers around the screen. The sounds produced by the synthesizer depend on where you touch the screen and how your fingers move in relation to one another. Even the accelerometer, gyroscope and compass…
Xbox One
At at event today in Redmond, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One, the company's next-gen gaming console. The new system includes all-new innards, with deep integration with live TV, a more powerful LIVE system and a new Kinect sensor that includes very powerful voice controls. The controller is all new, too. The new console doesn't have a release date or price yet, but…
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iSkelter Classic Station
The Classic Station by iSkelter ($40) is a handsome, handcrafted bamboo dock/caddy that will seat just about any smartphone, along with some of your smaller personal items. There is no dock connector, nor any wires to fuss with, just a nice little solution for keeping your workspace tidy and beautiful.
The Mythical Man-Month
The Mythical Man-Month is the book when it comes to software project management. In its nearly 20 years in print, it has defined how good managers approach not only software development, but all sorts of projects. In fact, over 250,000 copies are in print. The 2nd Edition new material, including a retrospective, additional papers and more. You can pick up the paperback…
‘Learning to Love Evernote’ for iPad
Learning to Love Evernote is a series of screencasts by Bradley Chambers that have been gathered into an iBook for iPad. The videos are geared toward people who want to use Evernote, but haven't quite figured out how to fit it into their workflow yet. It first covers the basics of the Evernote interface (notebooks, stacks, etc) and then shows you different…
DODOnotes for iPhone
I keep a Field Notes notebook in my back right pocket at all times, with my iPhone 5 riding solo in my front left pocket. But what if I could combine these items? Enter DODOnotes. With 30 tear-off sheets of Mohawk Superfine paper nestled in US-made bookcloth fabric, the DODOnotes' trick is right up front — where an iPhone-shaped tray and elastic…
Pixelmator 2.2 and Vectormator
About a week ago, the guys at Pixelmator released version 2.2 of their popular image editing app, code-named "Blueberry". It was packed with new features, such as smarter shape-selection tools, a palette with drag-and-drop shapes, a new light-leak effect, and a lot more. What they didn't announce until yesterday though was that there was another, more hidden feature built in: Vectormator. Press…
Square Stand
Square is a great service that turns any iOS device into a cash register. Now, with the Square Stand, it makes using Square's service in a store or shop look a lot more official. The stand secures the iPad in a sleek, white stand with an integrated card reader. The Stand can connect to a receipt printer, kitchen printer, cash drawer, and…
Nokia Lumia 925
I am an ardent iPhone fan, and maybe the least likely candidate to ever buy a Windows Phone, but I have to admit that the newly-announced Nokia Lumia 925 looks very nice. Gone are the intense, almost-garish colors of the Lumia 920, and in their place is a range of more muted tones. Much more my style. The focus (pardon the expression)…
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Mirrorless Mover 10 Camera Bag
The Mirrorless Mover 10 Camera Bag looks like a great bag if you've made the jump to Micro 4/3. This bag is built for the more compact systems, but includes space for an additional lens, cables and more. Best part? It's just $45.
OneLessDesk
The desks of most people I know are huge, clunky monstrosities, much larger than any of them actually requires. We're talking about desks that take up 1/4 of a room here. I've helped some of my friends move those kinds of desks from one house to another, and what a pain that is. I think from now on, I'm going to start…
xMac mini Server
I'm a huge fan of the Mac mini as a server, and while there are some nice options for sticking the things in a server rack, the xMac mini Server by Sonnet is the most capable one I've seen. The $1300 1U enclosure has a built-in power supply and fan because it's far more than a rack — it's a complete system. It…
Olympus PEN E-P5
As soon as Shawn and I buy new cameras, Olympus goes and drops a beautiful rig for sale. The Olympus PEN E-P5 is the company's new 16-megapixel Micro Four Thirds, stuffed in a case right out of 1963. It sports a five-axis stabilization system, with a Olmpus-first 1/8000th of a second shutter speed. The body will run you $999 and can be…
ScoreCleaner Notes
This one's for the musicians out there. ScoreCleaner Notes allows you to play, hum, or even whistle a tune, and it will write out the musical notation for you, including the correct time signatures. It can even pick apart multiple voices at once and arrange them in the proper order of lead voice, second voice, and bass line. After these notation sheets…
The ZenDock
While I'm a notebook user, at my desk, I use my MacBook Air with an external display, keyboard and mouse, speakers and more. The cable management is a mess. The ZenDock is a range of products designed for notebook users like me. The ZenDock Pro is designed for the MacBook Pro, while the ZenDock Retina supports the MacBook Pro with Retina display.…
Hueless 2.5
Yesterday, the developers of the Hueless photography app released an update that added the ability to save photos in Lossless TIFF format and max-quality JPEG, as well as improved shutter response. After seeing this update and running a quick search on Tools and Toys, I was somewhat surprised to see that Hueless has never been mentioned around here before. This app has…
Star Command for iOS
I must be on a gaming kick this week, because I've got another one to talk about. This one is called Star Command, and it's essentially a Star Trek-influenced RPG simulator for iPhone and iPad. You start off by designing a Captain avatar and a small ship, then you build different types of rooms on the ship and staff each one with…