Date archive for June, 2009
UniWar (4)
6/30/09 •
In the summer of 1998 my family moved to Petaluma from Sacramento, right at the brink of my entrance into high school. New in town, my brothers and I didn’t know anyone, and so we often biked around aimlessly in the winding neighborhoods of Victorian homes and hilly, pot-hole ridden streets, but we more often ... Read More
Hidden Items (1)
6/29/09 •
Hidden Items reminds me of scavenger hunts I used to partake in as a kid, along with Easter Egg hunts, those ever popular and intricate I Spy books, and even the classic Where’s Waldo? Books. Only this time, the hunt for objects takes place on the iPhone, making the game more portable and playable anywhere ... Read More
Contest Fridays Week 2 Winners (2)
6/29/09 •
The second AppStruck Contest Friday received submissions from both the website and Twitter. After going through the submissions, Jackie and I found Uniwar submitted by xBryan via Twitter and Hidden Items picked by Miguel the most interesting of the bunch to review. Congratulations Miguel and xBryan. Thank you for participating and let us do it ... Read More
Safe Seafood (0)
6/26/09 •
On a recent sunny afternoon, I decided to check out a sustainable seafood restaurant in the colorful Mission district of San Francisco called Weird Fish for lunch after it was recommended by a couple of colleagues. The place is perfect for pescaterians as it only serves fish and vegetarian food and no meat of any ... Read More
Contest Fridays: Week 2 (3)
6/26/09 •
It is that time of the week again and the second AppStruck Contest Friday is awaiting your entries. We will run this contest every Friday and give away two $25 iTunes gift cards. All you have to do is, 1. Leave a comment on this post with the name of your favorite iPhone/iPod touch app ... Read More
AOL DailyFinance (1)
6/25/09 •
The siren song that tempted me to switch from using a Blackberry (Nasdaq: RIMM) to the iPhone was the native Stocks application on the iPhone. The ability to rapidly scroll through the list of stocks to view quotes and charts was in itself worth the price of admission. The Internet sun may appear to be ... Read More
The Boy Who Cried Wolf (3)
6/24/09 •
I feel like I’ve been giving out so many stellar reviews lately. As long as I’m reviewing for Kidztory, that trend definitely will not end. Just the other day I came across The Little Red Hen, which charmed the pants off me with its cute animations, neat page turning interface, and by the child’s voice ... Read More
Kidzongs (3)
6/24/09 •
It’s hard not to think of preschoolers or kindergarteners without thinking of hopscotch, jump rope, four square, and nursery rhymes. Okay, sure, these are very romanticized visions of childhood that may not stand true today (hello Bratz dolls and makeup kits for girls who should be outside riding their bikes, especially at the ripe old ... Read More
CardStar (8)
6/23/09 •
This. App. Is. Brilliant. Apps like CardStar by Mesa Dynamics are the reason so many people are enamored with the iPhone. The iPhone brought stunning technology to the masses, with its easily manipulated touch interface and Internet portability, with its laptop functionalities condensed into one tiny package of shiny black and chrome lined beauty. CardStar ... Read More
Locavore (0)
6/22/09 •
“Go Organic” “Be Vegan” “Eat Local” Over the past decade we have seen the rise of different ethical food choices, from choosing organic over conventional farming, converting to vegetarianism or veganism or even doing the extreme and eschewing all cooked products in favor of raw foods; and, most recently, touting the ecological superiority of eating ... Read More
