for anyone looking to learn about developing ios apps, stanford university’s great course is now online at itunes. this is one of the best introductions to ios programming you will find and it is made freely available.

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we have recently completed a long-term project and published our first book entitled, elements of magic: the interactive guidebook to disney’s magic kingdom, and it is now available on the iBookstore.

the book covers a brief history of disneyland, and showcases each of the six lands in the magic kingdom (main street u.s.a., adventureland, frontierland, liberty square, fantasyland, and tomorrowland) as well as detailed segments on each of the major attractions (rides and restaurants) within. it features extensive original photography, an interactive timeline, immersive rich-media, 360º virtual reality views from around the park and more to bring the thrills and magic of the park to life in this new iBook.

it was designed for iBooks and leverages the features of the iPad and iBooks to create a compelling guidebook to capture the excitement and magic of the park.

you can download the book from the iBookstore today.

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distilled the look and feel of the illustration down a bit more to its core essence, so it would match more of the flat mickey illustration.

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playing around a bit with the new ios flat-ness and some of my favorite characters.

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phil greeting the developers and apple engineers at the wwdc bash.

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just back from apple’s wwdc. spent an amazing week learning about lots of new technologies, meeting great new people and discussing projects with apple’s engineers.

i have also been using the beta release ios7 since it was made available. during that time i have also been reading lots of comments from all over the interwebs about impending doom of apple due to this version of the ios.

now i have been working on the mac platform since it began, which coincides with the fact that apple has been going out of business since 1984; if you listened to the echo-chamber.

i am hearing a lot of that in regards to this release and the update to the ios and how this will finally cause apple’s demise. connerie.

change is oftentimes hard for some people and as is often the case you hear those who shout the loudest. the loudest voices i have heard this past week are those that absolutely hate this release. after using it for about a week, i can only gather that these folks do not have access to the software and are not in a position to use it on a daily basis.

i have been using it on a daily basis and truly like this update to the system. my opinions are based on the evolution of the design and the minimalist approach taken with the system; not the new language of app icons on the home screen, nor the absence of the venerated back button, nor for the newly design system icons (which i dislike) but for releasing the content to the viewer from the constraints of the operating system.

i am a story guy. i think the best creative solutions provide a story that enchants and engages with the consumer, compelling them to whatever action the business requires. in using this software extensively over the past week, this is what stands out to me about ios7. this version of the software puts the content in front of the user and the iphone’s interface in the background. it presents what i am  most interested in at the moment (i.e. browsing websites, taking photos, messaging, etc.) and really highlights those tasks with minimal interference from the system ios.

i think this is the big takeaway about the update and that is what i have learned from using ios7. i am looking forward to the updates as apple marches towards gold refining the version along the way.

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after an incredibly long delay at MCO this morning, i finally made it to san francisco for tomorrow’s start of wwdc 2013. this is my first time back since tim cook took over and i am looking forward to the keynote and a week of learning new things.

this evening i headed over to the sf inie mac party at jillians, thanks for a great time. if it wasn’t enough to hang with some fellow devs, the cover also included a few surprises like a new license for bbedit 10.

you can follow updates here, twitter and instagram throughout the week. now time to hit the hay, that keynote line already has people on it this evening.

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to continue along in our e.lements of star wars, we have created a version for the prequels here.

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promotion for a new print; elements of star wars, episodes iv, v, and vi.

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tix go on sale april 25 10 am PDT. that is all

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like so many folks struck by the senselessness of the attack in boston, i am working through the feelings. as an artist that usually comes out in artwork of some sort.

i did a series of posters for disney recently with the classic british theme and thought up this sentiment.

there is immense strength in the character of our nation’s people and that is something small-minded terrorists cannot comprehend. boston, one of our oldest cities and a key location of so many events that lead to the founding of our nation will persevere, just as new york did.

you can find a larger view over at my dribbble account.

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here is a little visual aid for remembering the various screen sizes in the ios family of devices.

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via woothemes.com

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