Thiemo Gillissen

Dropbox invitations

admin — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:46:47 +0000

For a couple of months, I’ve been using Dropbox now, I have to say: I really enjoy using it. It’s absolutely free and I like the overall concept a lot. With Dropbox I have my important data always with me. As I said it’s totally free, but still you need an invitation. I still have 10 invitations left to give away, so if anybody is interested in dropbox, write a short comment to this post and don’t forget to leave you e-mail address.

How to: Create your own Home Screen icon for the iPhone / iPod touch

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:42:45 +0000

In case you want to create your own icon for the Home Screen of the iPhone / iPod touch; Here’s how:

Step 1
Use your prefered graphic application to create an icon with the dimensions 56px x 56px. The edges do not need to be rounded, the iPhone / iPod touch automatically makes the edges rounded and adds the typical glass style to it.

Step 2
Save it or convert it to a PNG File which must be named as

apple-touch-icon.png

Step 3
Upload this file to the root directory of your domain. For example: www.thiemogillissen.com/apple-touch-icon.png
Update: You can also specify your own directory / file name by adding the following code into the <head> area of your page:

<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="Images/HomeScreenIcon.png">

Step 4
Open your website in Safari on the iPhone / iPod touch and press the small “+” symbol on the bottom of the screen. Then select “Add to Home Screen”

Finish!

A List Apart Survey

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:29:22 +0000

Since I am web designing, A List Apart has always been one of my favorite Blogs about web design, web development and management. This year’s survey is very well done again, so in case you make websites, take the survey, it’ll be interesting again.

Apple iPhone 3G

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:08:54 +0000

After 3 weeks of waiting for my local ONE (Austrian mobile carrier) Shop to recieve new iPhones from Cupertino, I finally got my brand new iPhone 3G yesterday.
After setting up and activating the iPhone, I transfered all my data including my address book, my mail settings, calendars and of course all my music. That all was done in about 10 minutes or so. The user interface of the iPhone feels extremely comfortable and above all very smooth. The internet works great over both 3G and Wi-Fi. Safari is just the best browser I have every seen on a mobile device. The camera isn’t really stunning, but it’s great to take a snapshot. The call quality of the iPhone is very good, and I also enjoy that you’re able to use all the functions while on a call.

Apps I have installed so far:

Twitterific
Wordpress
Remote
Flashlight
Facebook

As I am using Things (Cultured Code GTD Software for the Mac) every day, I am thinking of buying the Thing iPhone app for 7,99€.

All in all I really think that with the iPhone 3G, Apple really has “reinvented the phone”.

Update:
I added a few new apps to my iPhone:

iBeer
NYTimes
Voicenotes

Twitter and Twitterific

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:18:08 +0000

I have just set up my twitter account and I’m now starting to like twitter. It’s a great way to micro-blog and Iconfactory’s Twitterific work seamlessly with Twitter and integrates really posh in the Toolbar of Mac OS X. View my twitter page here.

Apple MobileMe

admin — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:24:43 +0000

Last Monday, Apple introduced its new service which soon replaces DotMac, called MobileMe. In my eyes, this is a fantastic service. You constantly have all your mails, calendars & contacts up to date. You have on all your Macs & PCs, but also on your iPhone and in a brilliant web interface. In addition to that you also have 20GB of online storage. They could have reduced the price of 99$ a year a little bit, but for such a great service it’s okay. I can’t wait till it’s out.

WWDC 08 Keynote Liveblog Coverage

admin — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:14:57 +0000

For all those of you who want to get live information of the this year’s Keynote at the WWDC in San Francisco, I have summarized a few remarkable website that report live:
Engadget
Crunchgear
Gizmodo
Apple, we’re all waiting!

Google’s new Favicon

admin — Sat, 31 May 2008 09:26:18 +0000

After years, Google has finally changed its favicon. But what is this? It looks terrible.

iTunes Ad featured by Coldplay

admin — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:44:29 +0000

I really like the new iTunes TV ad, featured by the new Coldplay Single “Viva La Vida”. It’s different in comparison to the other iTunes ads, but I like the new effects and the style of the video.

After 3 months of working with a mac

admin — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:04:39 +0000

I promised you to give a full review after some time of how I like working with a mac.
As you probably know, I was a Windows user for more than 5 years. 3 months ago, I switched to the mac. First of all: Why? I normally pray: Never change a running system. But the question is, was my windows system running? Yes, it was. But how? I can just say that the windows does everything a mac does, but the mac does it a lot better. All the behavior is just different, and in my eyes just better and well thought-out. Many people ask me, if it was difficult to switch from a pc to a mac. For sure, you need some time to get everything known, but after a few weeks I was actually asking myself: Why didn’t I switch a lot earlier, or: How did I ever live without a mac? And as I hear, many other people tell me the same. But what’s it really, that makes a macintosh different? Well, it’s how everything works. You don’t have to install hundreds of freeware software, antivirus software, software to do this, software to do that. All you need to have on a computer, except for the specialized software is already on it. Basically, the only software package that I installed, beside iLife and iWork was the Adobe CreativeSuite3, a coding software and Skype. One thing about Windows Vista that I really don’t like, in comparison to the mac, is that the operating system sometimes gets more attention than the application you are currently working in. Vista is full packed with graphical stuff and effects that are maybe nice, but in the length of time they all really distract you from work. The mac just works. No speed problems at all. I am really happy with my mac, also after around three months of working with it.

Just updated to the latest version of Wordpress

admin — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:41:19 +0000

I have just installed the update of wordpres, it’s version 2.5.1. I really enjoy the new look and feel of the admin area, which got a fully redesigned user-interface. Many things are far more logical and well tought-out. I also like the new “Add media” buttons on the top of the “Write” page. I would recommend everyone who is using wordpress to upgrade to the new version.

Jamie Oliver.com

admin — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:35:08 +0000

I really enjoy cooking and that’s a page I also enjoy surfing on: it’s jamieoliver.com; full of great recipes from pizza, pasta, soups to fish, meat and desserts. The page also includes stuff about him and his books. I just wanted to picture this great website, not just because of the clean code but also because the style of the site fits great to a cook. Visit Site

macinme.de - Contest to win great mac software

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:42:50 +0000

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IE8 and web standards

admin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:13:41 +0000

Finally, also Microsoft got it:

We’ve decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can. This decision is a change from what we’ve posted previously.

Link to the Site
via Pixelgraphix

30 of the most creative bookshelves designs

admin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:50:53 +0000

Funny and creative solutions of how to keep your books. Interesting gallery. Visit Site