Creative Something: Five must-have creativity apps.
Phones of today are changing the way we not only work and interact with one another, but also how we create and think.
If you have a smart phone you can do more today as a creative than ever thought possible. Brainstorm ideas in a group or individually, save thoughts and notebooks to…
http://www.colorschemedesigner.com/
and another similar app: http://kuler.adobe.com/
It tells you today’s weather before you start your day, how much traffic to expect before you leave for work, when the next train will arrive as you’re standing on the platform, or your favorite team’s score while they’re playing. And the best part? All of this happens automatically. Cards appear throughout the day at the moment you need them.
An App To Get the Koch Bros. Out of Your Life
Whether you want to or not, you may be supporting the Koch Brothers, the billionaire, secretive industrialists who are hard at work bankrolling various extreme right, anti-environmentalist, climate change denialist causes. If you use Brawny paper towels, Dixie cups or plates or napkins, Mardi Gras paper towels or napkins, Sparkle napkins, or anything made with products from the world’s largest fiber and textiles company, Invista — including Coolmax, Cordura and Lycra– the Koch Brothers are part of your purchases, your gear, your life.
Darcy Burner, a former Microsoft programmer who is now running for Congress in Washington state, wants to help you not to unwittingly support the Koch Brothers. To that end, Burner is developing an app that will help you avoid products from Koch Brother-owned companies.
As she says to the Guardian,
The Kochs have a record of spending enormous amounts of money to move very reactionary, rightwing policies. Most Americans disagree with those policies but they may be buying products that are bankrolling them.”
We talk about boycotts but with someone like the Kochs, they own so much that it’s difficult to track.
Obama Takes Steps to Build a 21st Century Digital Government
Franklin Delano Roosevelt brought the country closer by using radio to deliver his “fireside chats.”
John F. Kennedy rose to fame thanks to the proliferation of televisions in American homes.
Now, Obama is pressing forward with the new technology of his time — the mobile app.
Your Daily "HOLY CRAP THIS IS REALLY WRONG": Super Creepy Stalker App Puts Names and Faces of 'Girls Around Me' on a Map
Lest there be any doubt that females with public Facebook profiles are in constant peril, here is a thorough discussion of Girls Around Me, an iPhone app that allows users to push a button and see the Facebook profiles of every female in walking distance, according to FourSquare and plotted on a Google Map.
Between MWC and RSA, Worlds of Mobility and Security Collide
Mobile World Congress, the largest and most important mobile conference of the year, runs this week in Barcelona. Meanwhile, about 6000 miles away in San Francisco, the RSA Conference brings together cryptographers and security geeks. These conferences, while seemingly unrelated, have more in common in 2012 than ever before. Juniper Networks created an exclusive infographic for ReadWriteWeb encapsulating the colliding worlds of mobility and security. Check this out (click here).
Pretty neat graphic at the link. Check it out. There’s been a major jump in malware on Android, per the graphic.
(via shortformblog)
Source: readwriteweb.com
