For the last decade or so, the Animator's Survival Kit (written by Richard Williams, the man behind "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?") has proven to be one of the best resources around of knowledge and know-how for budding animators. A few years ago, the whole thing was released as a DVD collection, and now it's available as an iPad app. If you want…
Adobe Lightroom is the go-to app for many professional photographers, and it's about to get a big update. The new version boasts better healing tools, more powerful vignette options, off-line editing and more. The beta is free, and you check it out here.
While I love my iPad, during the work day, it often sits on my desk, off. The guys over at Panic Software are trying to change that, with their new app for Apple's tablet. Status Board for iPad is a new $10 iPad app that takes the concepts of widgets and the OS X dashboard and brings it to the iPad. The…
I use the built-in Reminders app in iOS all the time, but unfortunately it doesn't like to save locations for later use. Reminder+ is an app that aims to remedy this problem by letting you save as many locations as you want, for as long as you want. Any place you frequent can be added to your list, and then later added…
There is certainly no shortage of beautiful iOS text editors, but maybe you're like me and you have a problem. An addiction, really. This urge to try all the text editors, even though you've already found ten of them that suit your needs. Well, here's your chance to try another one! And then you should seriously seek help. Daedalus Touch meets all…
Flipboard is ubiquitous enough that it needs no introduction, so I'll get straight to the point. They released version 2.0 of the app a couple days ago, and it comes with several neat new features, the biggest of which is the ability for users to create their own magazines that others can subscribe to. Any article you come across can be added…
I've been a big fan of Calcbot for a long time, but there's always room for new calculator apps. An interesting one I just came across is Llumino, which somehow manages to combine simple calculations with a dance floor aesthetic. Tap the buttons, and the area around them will light up in a psychedelic way. The calculation area is also quite animated,…
There are a ton of great to-do applications out there, but very few of them play nicely with teams. A new app named Kickoff is trying to change that. Built for the Mac and iPhone, Kickoff houses group chats, shared tasks and supports file sharing between team members, all in an iChat-like interface. Messages can be sent to the team or individuals,…
Being the awesome nerds you are, we're willing to bet that at least some of you guys are members of App.net (ADN). Also, you probably already know about most of the awesome iOS clients like Riposte, Felix, and Netbot, but what about a Mac client? Well, now there's Kiwi, which started as a pretty Twitter client back in the day but has…
The iOS and Android app Path has hit version 3.0. The new version keeps everything people love about Path — a great design and a truly private social network, but adds private one-to-one and group messaging. And stickers. Yes, stickers. Here's Matt Panzarino: The stickers have been put together in collections called ‘packs’ that run $1.99 and contain a dozen or more stickers.…
Dropbox is amazing. The cross-platform, free services allows users to sync files and folders across multiple computers and devices easily. At work, I have a shared Dropbox folder that members of my department use to transfer and store shared files. It works really well, and is especially with LAN sync enabled. While I use Dropbox with a group of 4, the service…
Mailbox, the long-anticipated email/to-do app that promises to help you better organize your inbox, has finally been released to the public. Demand for the app has been so high that the developers have instituted a waiting list in the app. As of this writing, that list is over 538,000 people long and still growing! Some reviewers who have been lucky enough to…
We've talked about OmniFocus before, and I'm excited to share the news that the OmniGroup has announced the next version of the GTD application for Mac. Due out sometime in the first half of this year, the new Mac version takes heavy cues from the iPad version, including a new Review mode, a Forecast view and a unified sidebar. OmniFocus 2 will…
Both Shawn and I rely heavily on OmniFocus in our work. As with most things that we look at and use every day, we both wish it was a little bit nicer. Icons & Coffee is here to help with this very problem. The group is offering a set of 50 (!) icons to be used to define Perspectives within the app.…
While this isn't the coolest or most fun app we've ever come across, Google Maps is back for iOS, as a free app. iOS 6 famously included Apple's home-grown Maps, and to be frank, they aren't always awesome. While Google's offering isn't perfect, either, it will be nice to have both when out and about.
We're huge fans of Devour, the popular blog dedicated to curating YouTube from the wild west of the Internet to a stellar collection of funny and remarkable videos. With the iOS app, Devour is available on your iOS device with a much better experience than offered by Mobile Safari. It even supports AirPlay, so you can stream your favorite video to your…
If a full-blown weather station isn't your cup of tea, this app might be. Seasonality is a complete weather center for the Mac. The app ships with 34,000 built-in locations in more than 200 countries, with the ability to add custom locations beyond that. Seasonality gives you a 7 day forecast, graphs of past weather conditions, a custom satellite/radar image, and much…