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thisistheverge: The Art of Apps: Paper, Tweetbot, Mixel, and...

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:31:18 -0400

The Art of Apps: Paper, Tweetbot, Mixel, and Piictu creators on designing beautiful apps

At the Art Of Apps gallery event in New York City last week, seven apps were projected on TV screens to display the best user interfaces iOS has to offer. In front of each screen were the creators and designers behind apps like Paper, Mixel, Tweetbot, Piictu, Path, and the upcoming Cameo.

I want to pretend I’d love doing this, but truthfully...

Thu, 17 May 2012 02:38:30 -0400

I want to pretend I’d love doing this, but truthfully I’d probably pee my pants.

Walking on the edge of CN Tower in Toronto.

Photo

Fri, 11 May 2012 23:38:24 -0400

Continuous Integration

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:22:43 -0400

Continuous Integration:

sprintly:

While CI environments do take time to implement, and you will need to keep up on writing tests, we believe that over the long haul they’re akin to a snowflake falling on the top of the mountain – they’ll gain momentum over time.

So what does ours look like? Here’s our list of ingredients:

GitHub

Jenkins

Repoman

Debian/Ubuntu

Fabric

Our code works its way through this system and, eventually, winds up on our production servers. For our purposes, our process is distinctly broken up into two major steps: continuous integration (GitHub, Jenkins, Repoman, Ubuntu, and Fabric) and deployment/systems automation (Chef, Ubuntu, AWS, and Fabric). This post will only focus on our CI environment. So what’s the life cycle for code being committed as it works its way through our continuous integration?

This is how we’ve built Cameo thus far, and its an awesome setup. Commit > Push > Sit back (as long as you didn’t screw anything up)

"65 percent of children entering grade school this year will end up working in careers that haven’t..."

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:37:07 -0400

“65 percent of children entering grade school this year will end up working in careers that haven’t even been invented yet.”

- Cathy N. Davidson
Professor at Duke University

Found this quote on the parents site for the awesome new DIY app for kids. It’s crazy to consider, but the Cameo team is at least 50% comprised of roles that didn’t exist 4 years ago (like iOS developer). As we push the limits of hardware and software, I’m positive that percentage will grow even more.

Neat mirrorless camera concept by Vladimir Markov

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:21:52 -0400

Neat mirrorless camera concept by Vladimir Markov

mrgan: This weekend I made a game with Shaun Inman and Alex...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:44:37 -0400

mrgan:

This weekend I made a game with Shaun Inman and Alex Ogle for the Ludum Dare 72-hour jam. It’s called Millinaut, and it’s a platformer with a three-headed twist.

You can play it here (in Flash, lol), or if you participated in Ludum Dare yourself, vote for it here. Go, dude and planet and rocket, find a new home!

This is awesome. Well done guys!

Speed 4

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:21:18 -0400

Speed 4

Paper Boy

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:21:21 -0400

tedroden:

newsme:

Today we’re pleased to introduce a new feature called Paper Boy. Simply set your home location so that whenever you leave home, News.me downloads your latest news in the background.

Well played.

Simple, but genius.

Jeep Mighty FC Concept

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:53:41 -0400

Jeep Mighty FC Concept

Photo

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:20:00 -0400

White & White LED Clock by Vadim Kibardin Super hot.

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:47:18 -0400

White & White LED Clock by Vadim Kibardin

Super hot.

"It’s been a banner week for rich men exploring the depths of the seas."

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:11:04 -0400

“It’s been a banner week for rich men exploring the depths of the seas.”

- The Atlantic, on the news that Jeff Bezos has discovered the location of the Apollo 11 rockets just days after James Cameron reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

Mimas, one of Saturn’s 62 moons. What’s interesting about...

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:01:02 -0400

Mimas, one of Saturn’s 62 moons.

What’s interesting about Mimas, is its resemblance to the Death Star is merely coincidence as Mimas was not clearly photgraphed until a few years after A New Hope came out.

via sirmitchell

"While on location in Marfa, Texas, There Will Be Blood was shooting nearby. One day, while filming a..."

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:37:26 -0400

“While on location in Marfa, Texas, There Will Be Blood was shooting nearby. One day, while filming a wide shot of the landscape, directors Joel Coen and Ethan Coen had to halt shooting for the day when a gigantic cloud of dark smoke floated conspicuously into view. Paul Thomas Anderson was testing the pyrotechnics of an oil derrick set ablaze on the set of his film. The Coens resumed filming the next day, when the smoke finally dissipated. A year and a half later, both films were the leading contenders at the Academy Awards.”

- No Country For Old Men trivia

The Game

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:06:37 -0400

The Game:

Business Insider on January 6, 2011 after OMGPOP’s $10 million Series B:

IS HE NUTS? This Guy Thinks He Can Beat A $5.5 Billion Company With A $10 Million Funding Round

Business Insider today after OMGPOP was purchased for about $200 million by aforementioned $5.5 billion (now public) company, Zynga:

“OMGPop Sold Way Too Early — They Left $800 Million On The Table”

You literally cannot win.

If they had turned down the offer, the headline would have been:

OMG: OMGPOP Nuts To Turn Down Zynga’s $200 Million Offer

Until a year from now when the follow-up headline would have been:

NUTS: OMGPOP Takes Zynga’s Billion Dollar Offer But Should Have Held Out A Year To Buy Zynga

Being right doesn’t matter. Only saying something, anything matters.

by parislemon

Miss out on SXSW this year? Check out the video we made using...

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:19:00 -0400

Miss out on SXSW this year? Check out the video we made using Cameo at our SXSW House Party!

We’ll be premiering Cameo soon, but we’ll be opening up VIP access over the next several weeks. Want to get in our private beta? Sign up here

Trike drifting. This guy shoots some pretty incredible stuff,...

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:14:58 -0500

Trike drifting.

This guy shoots some pretty incredible stuff, check out the rest here

Skateboard stairs

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:20:59 -0500

Skateboard stairs

The Turntable.fm characters have a cameo on the Brooklyn Public...

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:54:39 -0500

The Turntable.fm characters have a cameo on the Brooklyn Public Library kids page. Intentional, or stolen @akopec?