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Josh Clark Tapworthy: Designing iPhone Interfaces for Delight and Usability

A Free Live Webcast - Sept 9 @ 10am PT

Happening Tomorrow – Tapworthy apps cope with small screens and fleeting user attention to make every pixel count, every tap rewarding. Learn to: capture the elusive ingredients of irresistible mobile interfaces; craft comfortable ergonomics for fingers and thumbs; dodge the usability gotchas of handheld devices; and turn tiny-touchscreen constraints to your advantage. Along the way, you'll get behind-the-scenes glimpses into the design process of popular apps including Facebook, Twitterrific, USA Today, Things, and others. Register for the webcast now.

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The State of Hadoop
Presented by Tom White
September 15, 2010 @ 10am PT
Using Photos and Vectors in Photoshop
Presented by Lesa Snider
September 16, 2010 @ 10am PT

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Gov 2.0 Summit is a Wrap

Innovators from the public and private sectors converged in Washington, D.C. for the Gov 2.0 Summit. We were on-site recording keynotes and conducting interviews, all of which you can find here.

Gov 2.0 Summit highlights:

O'Reilly ebook bundles now include DAISY talking book format

By Andrew Savikas
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More than 800 O'Reilly titles are now available in DAISY format. If you've already bought an oreilly.com ebook, you can find the DAISY files on your account page. Read more.

What's new in SQLite 3.7

What's new in O'Reilly Answers: SQLite 3.7's features, put Google Suggest to work, how to use FaceTime, and much more.

The new O'Reilly book Using SQLite covers version 3.6.23.1 of SQLite. As Using SQLite was finishing up its final editing and going to press, the SQLite team officially released the first 3.7 build. SQLite 3.7.0 did not introduce a large number of new features, but it included one very significant feature: a new transaction model known as write-ahead logging. Write-ahead logging offers some significant performance and concurrency benefits, and is worth a more detailed look. Read more.

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Your App is a Theme Park Part 1

By Antonio Holguin
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Marty Sklar, former Vice Chairman and Principal Creative Executive of Walt Disney Imagineering, has many times presented a list of rules that are now know as "Mickey's 10 Commandments." We'll take a look at these rules and see how they apply to creating, designing and developing our own applications. Read more.

The state of mapping APIs

Mobile, utility and server-side development will define the future of maps.

By Adam DuVander
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Map APIs took off in 2005, and during the ensuing years the whole notion of maps has changed. Where once they were slick add-ons, map functionality is now a necessary -- and expected -- tool. In this piece, Adam DuVander looks at the current state of mapping and he explains how mobile devices, third-party services and ease of use are shaping the map development world. Read more.

Are You Intimidated By Breakfast Cereal?

By Caitlyn Martin
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An article by Graham Morrison for Tech Radar UK this past week struck a bit of a raw nerve for me. It was one of a type we see periodically in the tech press and the title pretty much tells the story: The trouble with Linux: there's too much choice. But choice isn't a weakness. It's a strength. Read more.

Toward a local syzygy: aligning deals, check-ins and places

Check-ins are only the beginning. Here's what lies ahead for local.

By Tyler Bell
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Toward a local syzygy: aligning deals, check-ins and places

The check-in is hardly the apogee of the local consumer experience. It works, for now, but it won't be the long-term solution for customer/business relationships and physical point of presence. So what will replace it? Here's a look at the local sector's near-term future. Read more.

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News & Commentary

Josh Clark Tapworthy: Designing iPhone Interfaces for Delight and Usability

A Free Live Webcast - Sept 9 @ 10am PT

Gov 2.0 Summit is a Wrap

O'Reilly ebook bundles now include DAISY talking book format

What's new in SQLite 3.7

What's new in O'Reilly Answers: SQLite 3.7's features, put Google Suggest to work, how to use FaceTime, and much more.

Your App is a Theme Park Part 1

The state of mapping APIs

Mobile, utility and server-side development will define the future of maps.

Are You Intimidated By Breakfast Cereal?

Toward a local syzygy: aligning deals, check-ins and places

Check-ins are only the beginning. Here's what lies ahead for local.

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