• PaulKinlan's vooices.us at master - GitHub
  A set of open Vooices.us API's and documentation to help you build vooice interactive pages (via @dalmaer)
  (tags: vooices voice control apps api open source)
• Vooices.us - Control Games, Applications, Anything With Your Voice
  Vooices is a Phone Controlled, RealTime, MultiPlayer Application Platform for Screens in Public Spaces or for Games on the internet. What we are saying is that you can control a game or application with your voice or keypad by simply dialling the game. (via @dalmaer)
  (tags: voice control games apps javascript)

OK, so I caved in and got an iPhone 3G S approximately half-a-day after it was released and not before bitching up a storm on Twitter about o2's upgrade policies (I finally ponied up for the pay-as-you-go version which means that I'm approximately £450 poorer now and will be living on beans for the rest of the month!) But you know what? It's totally worth it because with the iPhone 3G S I've found the ultimate video blogging tool that I'd been searching for for ages.

First, some history. The Nokia N800 and nearly every recent phone by Nokia, Sony, etc., could have done what Apple did with the iPhone 3G S but they didn't. Canon, Sony, and other camcorder manufacturers could have done it, if only over WiFi, but they didn't. Qik came very close to realizing the ideal but, at least for me, video quality was the reason I stopped using it (and I don't care that the video is live, as long as it's uploaded immediately; "immediacy" is the key word here, not "live"). What Nokia, Adobe, Sony, Canon, Flip, etc., have failed to realize and what Apple has delivered beautifully with the iPhone 3G S, is a mobile tool that lets you shoot, trim, and share your video on YouTube in high quality and without a lengthy transcoding process.

I predict that every video blogger in the universe will be shooting on an iPhone 3G S, if only as their second camera. And I wouldn't be surprised if even the most professional outfits begin shooting and sharing more and more of their video on the iPhone 3G S due simply to its convenience.

And what about quality? You judge: here's a hand-held snap of my MacBook Pro's screen that I took with the iPhone 3G S, in a cafe, with ambient light.

And video quality? Again, here's a short video I shot with the iPhone 3G S and uploaded to YouTube in the same cafe. (The whole process – shooting, trimming, and uploading – worked beautifully.)

I can only imagine that the iPhone 3G S is going to result in a surge of user-generated video content. I am, however, quite disappointed to see that a similar one-click upload to Flickr option doesn't exist for stills (and I can only assume that this is because Apple wants to push its own MobileMe service). Regardless, though, I've found my ultimate video blogging tool and I'm a happy (if somewhat poorer) bunny.

• andreyvit's ScrollingMadness at master - GitHub
  iPhone: advanced UIScrollView tricks everyone should know (and ZoomScrollView that encapsulates them)
  (tags: open source iphone uiscrollview tricks)

#define HEXCOLOR(c) [UIColor colorWithRed:((c>>24)&0xFF)/255.0 \ green:((c>>16)&0xFF)/255.0 \ blue:((c>>8)&0xFF)/255.0 \ alpha:((c)&0xFF)/255.0]

Usage: UIColor *c = HEXCOLOR(0xff0000);.

If you want a macro for RGB (above is for RGBA), replace alpha: with alpha:1.0.

Courtesy of this thread.

• css-vfx - Google Code
  css-vfx is a collection of gems that showcase iPhone Safari's 3D CSS Visual Effects extensions. css-vfx is based on Charles Ying's work with Apple's CSS Visual Effects extensions.

  css-vfx illustrates the creation of:

  * "Cover Flow" style touch user interfaces
  * 3D perspective correct transforms (and animate them!)
  * Smoothly transitioned user interfaces

  (tags: css visual effects iphone coverflow)

• How to understand Three20 - Three20 | Google Groups
  Since Three20 does not have formal documentation, it may be difficult to understand how to use Three20. And when something goes wrong, it may be difficult to figure out whether it is a bug in your code or a bug in Three20. . . the purpose of the TTCatalog is not to show you how to build a real-world app. Think of it instead as a bunch of mini-demos. Nevertheless, there is a true need for real-world example code, which is something that I (klazuka) am working on. Here on the Three20 Google Group, I have uploaded an example project that demonstrates how to use a TTTableViewController with Yahoo Image Search's JSON and XML web service APIs. I am also working on a similar project that will do the same thing for TTPhotoViewController. . .
  (tags: three20 documentation sample project real world xml json)

• NSIndexPath UIKit Additions Reference Class Reference
  Looking for row in the NSIndexPath documentation? It's not there; UIKit added it as a category. Find it and section here.
  (tags: row section nsindexpath)

• Writing Microcopy - Bokardo
  The fastest way to improve your interface is to improve your copy-writing…Ironically, the smallest bits of copy, microcopy, can have the biggest impact.
  (tags: copy user interfaces experience ui ux microcopy usability)

Fixing this is trivial.

Simply edit the embed code and change the width property to the actual width of your video. For the height property, you have to add 42 pixels (the height of the control bar at the bottom of the video) to the height of your video.

That's it! Embed your video using the new dimensions and it will play back at its native size and look gorgeous.

I can access T-Mobile UK WiFi HotSpots with my T-Mobile Mobile Broadband account (I have a 3G USB stick) but I find the signing in process rather painful. It goes something like this:

I have to remember my phone number (I never call my USB Stick so I've never memorized it) and type in my crazy long password (which I have, apparently memorized). This means that I bring up dashboard, copy my phone number from a sticky note, paste it into the form and then type my password and remember to tick the checkbox so that I agree to T-Mobile's terms and conditions for the millionth time.

Needless to say, this gets old fast.

So, I took a little time out and built a little AIR app to automate the process. You can install it using the AIR badge (works on Mac, Windows, and Linux), above, and you can see it in action in the screencast below.