Syncopy: Share Your Clipboard Across Different Macs, iPhones and Clouds.

Sometimes developing and releasing a new application it’s just about good timing. You can’t be sure if your app will succeed and become a blockbuster because you can’t tell if time will be your friend, or your opponent. Most of all, you don’t know if your enemies will get in your way with something similar to what you’re developing at the same time. So yeah, sometimes it’s just about timing. But sometimes - most of the times, actually - having a really good application ready to be launched is what really matters. Good applications always get noticed, someone once said. Maybe he was right, maybe he was just too optimistic.

But what happens in the middle? What if you just launched a good application but timing was not so good? Even worse, what if your app gets noticed by less people than you expected?

Hell, let me talk about Syncopy.

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Think - Not Too Hard.

Last week, we reviewed Concentrate, an application to help you focus on particular tasks by managing your entire workspace; for example, it will launch Pixelmator, change your iChat status to “Busy: Working!”, and block out Tweetie and YouTube so you can finish designing that icon for your client. It’s a great system for keeping you on task - but at the same time, it’s like a digital Mother Superior watching you over your shoulder with a yardstick. What if you’d just like a little help focusing on one application with the freedom to use other applications at will?

Let’s think about your options.

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Reportage Winners Announced

Thanks everyone for the support and the comments! Also, I’d like to thank the WhereCloud team for giving us these 5 promo codes for the giveaway.

Now, here are the winners:

dapper

Rossella

Henry Yue

Dennis

leesui

You’ll receive the U.S. promo code straight in your inbox in a matter of a few minutes.

Cheers!


Favorite Tweets of the Week Dec 28 - Jan 3

I usually tweet a lot of stuff: apps tutorials, news, videos, reviews, hacks and so much more. Everything that’s Apple-related and it’s interesting, it’s worth a tweet.

To keep up to date with all these links you can follow me on Twitter, but in case you missed here’s a small compilation of the best tweets of the past week.

You can find me on Twitter as @storiesofmac.

Enjoy!

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Snappy Gets the 2.0 Update

Snappy, the Cydia-only tweak I previously mentioned in this article, has just been updated to 2.0. This new version improves the overall stability of the app and adds many new features like:

  • Video Recording;
  • Default Video Recording on Tap;

  • MMS;

  • Geotagging;

Available at $1.99 via the BigBoss repository, I highly recommend this.


Crafting Subtle & Realistic User Interfaces

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“The underlying secret to beautiful user interface design is realism: making 2D objects on your screen appear to sit in 3D space with volume, surface properties and undulations that might appear in real life. These faux 3D objects have highlights and shadows just like objects on your desk might have, and they have textures that emulate real objects from glass to sandpaper and everything in between. Designing beautiful user interfaces has more to do with the why than the how.”

For everyone who’s interested in User Interface design, this is a great post. Go read it now.