Monthly Archives: June 2009

• Mobile First Person User Interfaces June 26th, 2009

  The mobile devices are getting increasingly sophisticated. With the combination of GPS, compass, camera, Internet Connection and a big screen it’s now possible to create amazing, context aware, first Person UI’s. Imaging for a moment that you’re in a foreign … Continue reading →

• Google Maps API 3 – Map settings June 24th, 2009

  In the first article in this series we discussed how to create a simple Map with Google Maps API 3. In this article we will explore the available properties when creating a map and see how we can change the … Continue reading →

• Javascript Performance Tips June 11th, 2009

  I just found this really great talk on YouTube from a Google Tech Talk called, Speed Up Your JavaScript. It’s a guy from Yahoo named Nicholas Zakas that talks about various things you can do to get better performance in … Continue reading →

• Free E-book on Multi-Touch Technologies June 8th, 2009

  Some people on the forum NUI-group have written a book called Multi-Touch Technologies. The book is about Multi-Touch seen from several perspectives like hardware, software and gestures. It’s more about hardware and software than Interaction Design but contains some interesting … Continue reading →

• Google Maps API 3 – The basics June 5th, 2009

  The Google Maps API has evolved to version 3. This version is a complete rewrite and focuses primarily on speed. The new API also features new ways of using it. This article is the first in a series exploring version … Continue reading →

• Dynamically Toggle Markers in Google Maps June 2nd, 2009

  This article explains how to dynamically toggle the visibility of markers in Google Maps as well as how to deal with an annoying bug that occurs when trying to do this while using an utility library, like the MarkerManager.