DigitalOutbox Episode 113

DigitalOutbox Episode 113 In this episode the team discuss Game, Racists, Kindle Touch and Paper. Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:42 - Game Enters Administration 6:10 - Racist twitter user jailed for 56 days 11:06 - Kindle Touch hits the UK 15:40 - Harry Potter ebooks finally available 17:49 - Dot scot on the way 19:19 - Friends Reunited Relaunches 22:02 - Shitter Picks Ian Paper - a blank slate of paper devoid of settings panels, menus, and adjustable line widths. - team behind it had an interesting history: a handful of them spent several years at Microsoft, with a good chunk of that time focused on the Courier - Fountain pen is only tool at startup - Free app but £6 for 4 tools - Write (ballpoint), Sketch (pencil), Outline (marker), and Color (watercolor paintbrush) - Simplicity and clear toolbar free UI is really nice. Great for sketching, but here’s the funny. A stylus really helps. - Undo is really nice - hold two fingers on iPad and rotate anti clockwise - step through additions removing one at a time - Share - twitter, facebook, tumblr and e-mail Wind Map - Lovely visualisation of current wind flows in the US - Team hope to expand ot other countries if they can find the data feeds they need