Oliver Ker Design

Using iCloud for presentation iPads

On a recent project we were tasked with creating a web app for a presentation where each recipient would receive their own iPad with a preloaded branded wallpaper and more importantly the web app saved as a home page icon to launch the web app.

Limitations of a web app (and why we did rather than app store) are for a much longer post maybe later but, after building the app we had about 16+ iPads to set up and get ready for the presentation package. Thinking we’d have to sit there and preload the apps add the wallpapers etc was going to be a task in it’s self.

Enter iCloud

We set up one iPad2 (iOS5) with one email address, set the backgrounds arranged the icons add the app etc. Then backup to the cloud!

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Bit more information about your site

I often get asked to look through existing websites to evaluate for new work. After taking a look through the site for things that might be mentioned in the brief or for quotation, etc. I will take a look at the source code which I will either be pleasantly surprised or presented with a DIV soup.

What I’m looking for is the level care and code base has been applied to the project, if it upto current standards (what ever they are) then you’re lucky but more often than not it looks a mess, full of tables for layout etc. The question is why, I do ask in person, but in these situations its often someone new has been put in charge or can’t remember when the site was first built etc.

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Christmas shopping on the move

As web designers, UX designers or what ever we call ourselves these days, we have a good idea of how to make websites or more importantly a service easy and quick to use.

So talking to Katie on the way home was good to get some user feedback from her, she is a very typical internet user, with habits like most – she doesn’t use the internet like I or a web designer would.

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Syncing Calendar Events from websites

I have recenlty being playing around with the HuddsDigitals site, and at the moment the main function of the site is to let people know of events and dates. We will be adding a members section soon which is semi-operation at the moment to sign in via twitter or facebook.

I am using Expression Engine for HuddsDigitals and have added a few plugins – one of which is RSVP which means people can register them selves for events. I had previously been using Facebook events, which is really easy to set up and send out invitations, problem is not every one checks facebook or need make sure you are friends with everyone to send invites. So I wanted to take it ‘in-house’ which both has its pro’s and cons, one is trying to get people to register and RSVP.

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Media Queries ≠ Mobile

Before you read this I’m not discussing responsive design debate! Thats for another day.

Yea, Media Queries are great, and using them comes down to the cliche of

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