POST DIGITAL

SoundGap

SoundGap is a really cool personal notification service that notifies you when new music from your favorite artists and bands are added to Spotify and Rdio. based on your personal taste profile. If you a music love, this app will keep you from missing a music release again.

 

Sign up for the Beta at http://soundgap.fm/

Shopigram

Shopigram is a new way to sell your stuff online. It's mobile, social and local. It's awesome!  Check it out at http://shopigr.am/

 

 

Do Agile Demands Short Circuit An Insightful Design Method?

Now more than ever design matters. Now that I am back to my roots of video and mobile I have realized that Agile is here to stay. The economic difficulties of the past years as well as the focus on tangible innovation has almost shoved waterfall under the perverbial bus; now more than ever, long requirements phases and vaporous up-front documentation aren’t acceptable. Software must be visible and valuable from the start.  

The teams and clients we work with are undergoing their own dramatic changes. The shift of development processes removes the notion of "big design upfront." Instead, we sprint towards an incremental design process that lets us learn what our users need throughout the development process.

Adapting our design methods to fit this new way of developing brands is presenting some interesting challenges. The roles of "sprint zero" and the idea of staying one step ahead of the team is only taking us so far. I think we need to learn to create a driving vision and research-based principles that guide every decision from the team, not just those we have a direct hand in, to ensure a unified, thoughtful design that delights our users. 

In a world where best-to-market usually beats first-to-market how do you fuse data and insights into a new breed of design studio?  

Would love to hear your thoughts.

 

 

 

uSpeak

uSpeak is a new playful way to discover and learn languages. The service is free, fun and gets you to fluency in no time.

 

Sign up for the Beta at: http://www.uspeaklanguages.com

StockTouch

The stock market is now officially demistified because of StockTouch.  Using color heatmaps, which are dynamic graphics that illustrate stock price movements, Visible Market's StockTouch for iPad nails making these maps both more useful, and simple to understand.  

Some of my favorite functions are the search, a US/World stocks switch, settings for how you wish the stocks to be measured (including vs. sector or S&P 500, and the timeframe required) and displayed, and access to a list of your designated favorite stocks.

This scientific visulazation of the markets makes playing the market fun.

Try it out at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stocktouch/id445170859?mt=8

A Seat With A View

Seat With A View is enhancing the travel experience by mapping the best viewpoints and connecting users with an interactive community of mobile travel photographers.

Sign up for their beta at http://signup.seatwithaview.co/

twingz

 

 

twingz lets you communicate with your things like Twitter does for people. Tweet to things and about things with twingz. Get in on the Alpha at http://www.twingz.com/

moojive

The latest find: http://moojive.com/  This does a great job of extending the Facebook events your mobile.

Moojive is a mobile app that extends your Facebook event experience. The app makes it easy to plan events on the go, stay on top of your friends en route location when heading out and provides a place for quick interaction between event members.  

Sign up for their beta at http://moojive.com/

The Mobile Year In Review

Generation Mobile [Infographic]

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