Posts from — April 2009

Going from this…

to this…

is always a bit of a shock.

Thanks to the Mrs. for being my ever patient coach.

My buddy Brian got a new iPhone recently and asked about my favorite apps… here’s my suggestions partly tailored for him but worth sharing as well.

MLB At Bat 2009 – Premium ($9.99) or Lite (Free)
Pitch by pitch live coverage of every MLB game all season long. The Premium version includes access to streaming live GameDay audio from your phone for every game, and you can even select whether you want to listen to the home or away coverage.

Pandora (Free)
All the goodness of Pandora streaming straight to your iPhone. Dock with a set of speakers and you can take Pandora anywhere you want.

Flight Control ($0.99)
Just picked this up and it’s great. Well designed fun remake of the old air traffic controller game. Just drag the planes where they need to go and try to keep up.

Ambiance Classic ($0.99)
Turn your phone into one of those white noise maker gadget’s that used to sell for 50 bucks or more. If you’re in a noisy hotel and trying to sleep, fire up Thunderstorms and you’ll be out in no time.

Facebook (Free)
I don’t like to sit in front of the computer on Facebook so this is a nice quick way to see what’s going on with people and to say hello.

Epocrates (Free)
He’s a Doctor so I can’t not recommend it!

Remote (Free)
Apple’s free utility to control iTunes wirelessly. A must have if you play music at home from iTunes.

From co-founder of Flickr, Caterina Fake, and a team of MIT computer scientists comes Hunch. It’s a fascinating project and you can read more about it here.

My hunch… this is going to be big. The information they’ll be able to aggregate and analyze for patterns is huge. The API will open the door for all sorts of clever apps and the research potential will be staggering as well. Maybe they’ll even solve the Napoleon Dynamite problem.

Updated:
ps – I have some invites to try out the service so if you’re interested just leave a comment below. First come first served.

Another weekend, and another mini adventure… this time to Castle Howard with our friend Nikolaos. It was the second straight beautiful weekend here in the UK (perhaps an all time record) so we had to make the most of it.

Full photo set on Flickr: