MajorC - SonicImages
Music, Art and sometimes both.
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I made an LSDj Patch Book for iPhone
Ok guys, I had a lot of time off work during March and decided to set about making an iPhone app. And here is what I came up with:
DOWNLOAD URL
You can make and add your own instruments and then send them to me. I’ll add them to the master database and then re-distribute the knowledge.
Get on it!!!
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Review
I wrote a little review about using the Samsung Galaxy Note tablet for drawing! How does it compare to the iPad for drawing? Find out in the review on MajorC.co.uk/SonicImages
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Pimping an iPad for ALTs (iPad not required)
I have an iPad. I don’t need it, but carrying it around seems to intrigue students and it’s a great way to show them photos of foreign countries etc. So, I like to attach fun/useful things to it like stickers that I can give out to kids. Today’s lesson: How to create a sleeve for holding your schedules/name lists/sticker sheets. No iPad required.
1) Materials
2.) Cut to size
3.) Cut an opening at the end and slice a bit more off the front so it’s easier to access.
4.) Time for everybody’s favourite double sided sticky tape!
5.)Attach the sleeve and slide in all those useful things you need to carry around!
And that’s it! This tutorial also doubles up as a way to make yourself look like you’re preparing for a lesson in your free time.
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Why lack of ios 6 may suck for iPad 1 users - Compatibility issues
I have a number of blogs and websites, but I’ve decided that finally random thoughts like this can go here on my tumblr.
And today’s rant? ios 6. I don’t like it, and I don’t even have it! Or rather, shall I say, can’t have it. See, iOS 6 is the next forward leap for an OS which is more or less the same as it was a year ago, except that it can’t installed on a the original iPad.
Now actually, it doesn’t bother me in the slightest that Apple wants to develop an OS that can take advantage of all their new hardware advancements. But, the issue for me is apps and compatibility. How many times have you tried to download a cool app, one that your device is totally capable of running, only to meet with a ‘Sorry this app only runs on devices with iOS xx or higher’?
Well, it’s about to happen again, but this time on the iPad. A device that is only just 2 years old. I believe this is what they call ‘built-in obsolescence’.
I have an iPhone 3G, and my friend has an iPod Touch that’s newer still, and both devices ran my favourite dictionary, ‘Japanese’. The app rocked, it was both an excellent study tool and speedy dictionary, but then the update came and my iPhone 3G was ineligible for the upgrade. Disappointing.
My question is this, why do new products come out as ‘updates’, when in fact they require a new device entirely? I can only assume it’s because developers want to retain the brand value of the original product name. Fair enough. But the new features in ‘Japanese’ didn’t actually rely (as far as I could tell) on iOS 5 features…so why did the update necessitate it?
The App store, a place with over 700,000 apps. But of those 700,000 i reckon there’s 20-30 key apps that are ubiquitous on the street. And of those 20-30 how many are going to require iOS 6? Probably tonnes of them.
What do you think? Am I worrying unnecessarily? Is the regular yearly update of iOS a contributing factor to the success of i-devices?
I just feel I’m missing out on useful, and often necessary, updates to apps that don’t actually require the newest iOS. And that’s expensive. Upgrading my £599 after only 2 years so I can use a not buggy version of software I already own seems a bit unfair to me.
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The Typing of the Dead…WITH KEYBOARD
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Amazing lunch on my day off
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It’s not that I was bored, but during the Japanese enkai speeches I felt compelled to do some custom origami.
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Berg for lunch
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Probably the ugliest thing in Japan, and now it’s in my house.
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Concept for a motion comic using a wacom inkling.
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My student gave me a clock. The BEST CLOCK EVER MADE. So~ happy right now. My job is awesome. #anohana
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New Sketch - Using @wacom inkling on a napkin in a pub somewhere in the Cotswolds.
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