Fieldrunners
In the iPhone game "Fieldrunners" you are a battlefield general tasked with stopping wave upon wave of tiny soldiers and their invading army. These little soldiers--the "fieldrunners"--run from one side of the battlefield--your screen--to the other. The goal is to stop them; doing so is the fun part.
Read more...Closing Shop for Now
Today is an unfortunate day. None of the few writers that replied has shown anything worthwhile. They did not get back to me or didn't write a review as promised. Under those circumstances my only option is to close this blog for the time being. I have one last review from Brendan that I will put up in the following days, but after that that's it for now. Maybe I will find the time to write here again in the future. I sincerely hope so, because although this was a short endeavour it was fun and the feedback I got was great. Brendan got a job as writer at Macworld from this, so I guess it wasn't for nothing.
I bid you all a good time and you Brendan I wish the best of luck with your future writings at Macworld or any other site.
Read more...What Is Happening Here? Aka. Writers Wanted
As some of you might have noticed, our post frequency has slowed down considerably. Both Brendan and I don't have the time we would like to have to put into this blog at the moment. Writing detailed reviews is something that takes quite a bit of time, because we have to test a software for a while to be able to write an objective review about it. And as this site is a non-profit project and we both have demanding day jobs time gets a precious commodity.
But we both believe in this site and think that we have something worthy of preservation here. That is why, instead of giving up, we want to expand. Yes, you heard right. We would like to get one or two additional writers on board that help us to fill this blog with more regular content.
A successful prospect would be an Apple aficionado that likes to talk about Mac and iPhone software. You don't have to be a professional writer, just someone passionate about getting the word out for great software. The frequency we expect from you is about one post every week.
We cannot offer you payment as we ourselves don't get any. What we can offer, is that you sometimes get the inside view on new software developments and that you will be able to test closed betas. For example, we are testing the newest release of Tweetie, Eventbox and maybe LittleSnapper Touch at the moment. If that sort of thing gets you all fidgety, please drop us a line with the subject "Spinning Beachball Writer".
Ideally, you should have a few writing samples so we can get an idea of your writing style and a short CV so we get to know you a little better. If you don’t have anything written yet, you might offer to write a test review for us. Please contact us for the review guidelines.
Read more...Wordsworth for iPhone
WordsWorth is a linguistic game for the iPhone in which you string letters together to make words. In WordsWorth, the object of the game is to create words from lettered tiles on the game board. Words can be anywhere from as short as three letters to as long as you can make them. The longer the word, the more points you receive. As you accumulate points, you advance through each of the game's 30 levels. Gameplay is straightforward and addictive.
Read more...Evernote — a Virtual Shoebox for Your Mac
Take a look at your desk or work space. Do you see little yellow sticky notes everywhere? Do you have "while you were out" slips on your desk? Do you have a bunch of receipts and notes that you need to file way? If you're like most people, you probably have at least some of these things on your desk at work. If you need to get organized, the free, cross-platform note-taking application Evernote could be your first step on the road toward sanity recovery.
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