I must admit, I’m a little bit of a App Junkie. I love finding new ones for my i-phone. Scouring through the pages of apps, I came upon this gem. The “Hottest App” lets you find free and paid apps as they climb the charts in the US Apple Store.
Features
HOTNESS RATING shows how quickly an app has moved up the charts in the last 24 hours
GET NOTIFIED when apps go “nuclear” in any of 40 categories (OS 3.0 only)
PREDICT THE NEXT BIG HIT before it tops the charts using our secret formula
Includes full descriptions, screenshots, reviews and rankings *Hottest Free App only scans the US app store so some apps may not be available in your store.
Head over to the I tunes and download this baby today.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hottest-free-app/id339084142?mt=8
Why ask why? Seth Godin wrote a simple little post today regarding “why”, and it got me thinking. Why is an interesting word, it can foster advancement and innovation or it could also be a determent. Especially if you’re associated with an organization that doesn’t foster creativity or curious ingenuity.
However, if it is used properly or delicately it can be powerful. It can open wonders, ideas, and thought processes that most people feel are impossible. You may ask how? I suggest you ask why.
Lifehacker is one of my favorite RSS feeds, I pick up at least a few hacks every week. Since 2010 is starting, I thought I would share Lifehacker’s “The Great Best of 2010 Recap” Just click on the link below.
Remember when things don’t go the way you anticipated, simply smile knowing that the magic is somewhere out there.
http://lifehacker.com/5435500/the-great-best-of-2009-recap
Do yourself a favor and subscribe to lifehacker’s RSS feed. You will not regret it, and if you haven’t picked it up yet. Go grab Gina Trapani’s “Upgrade your life” book. It pays for itself, just click the amazon link below.
One of my pet peeves is scrolling on a web page. I guess someone over at Google felt the same way. It’s kind of strange how Google always seems to be reading my mind! Please, no conspiracy theory comments. Anyway, this tool enables you to analysis your website. I think it would be very useful for anyone dealing with e-commerce sites.
The team at Google can explain it better than I, so here is what it will do.
Special code collects data on the height and width of the browser for a sample of users. For a given point in the browser, the tool will tell you what percentage of users can see it. For example, if an important button is in the 80% region it means that 20% of users have to scroll in order to see it. If you’re a web designer, you can use Browser Size to redesign your page to minimize scrolling and make sure that the important parts of the page are always prominent to your audience. We hope people will use this tool to make their websites better, in turn making the web better for everyone.
If you want more information, just go to http://browsersize.googlelabs.com/
