Archive for the 'Cool Tools and Tips' Category

• Beautiful Web Fonts Part 1 – The Flash Method (January 13th)

• The Future is Waving at You (November 23rd)

• Quick – Test Me (November 19th)

• Software So We All Can Get Along (November 10th)

• What is Online Knowledge? How can OpenCalais help create better Online Knowledge? (November 8th)

• It’s Party Time with Excellent Analytics (October 20th)

• Extreme Website Makeover (October 1st)

• “Hey, did you have some work done?” (September 23rd)

• Take the Tacky Out of Your Last Minute Gifts with Firebug (September 22nd)

• Scheduling Madness (August 11th)

• Free Tools for Creating iPhone and iTouch Web Apps (August 10th)

• Learning How to Share (June 3rd)

• Digg This? (June 3rd)

• Aggregating news from community contributors or groups (February 4th)

• Push That Publish Button! Analytics Will Back You Up. (January 30th)

• No PHP? No problem! (January 27th)

• You Think the Red Button is Better, But How Do You Know? (December 22nd)

• Using Your iPhone for Good (Instead of Evil) (December 15th)

  

  Part Two of a Two-Part Series

  In our last episode, we explored why the iPhone is the Devil, and the downfall of Western Civilization as we know it. Or is it?

  Fortunately, in addition to the aforementioned tools of evil, there is a tremendous range of applications that can be used to better yourself or the world around you. In spite of having one of the many Solitaire applications, the noble stuff is what I like to show people when they ask if they can see my phone. And this category of apps continues to grow, as non-profits and other civic-minded folks realize the potential of the iPhone to help bring their message to the masses. There are even personal finance applications, which I have to imagine will advise one to stop wasting their money on virtual beer applications. (iBeer was $2.99, last I checked.) More of my amazing insights, below the fold. (more…)