Apple's ISO Human Interface Guidelines

Creating an app is a labor of love. They are many small and big steps that has to be taken in creating an app. Steps like customizing your app to the task, figuring out who your audience or users will be. A good app is something that's user friendly and is useful.

Texting and Driving Worse Than Drinking and Driving

When you're out on the road driving, the only task you should be focusing on is the driving itself. Research has showed that texting while driving is worse than drinking while driving. That should be reason enough to stop people from making the decision to text while driving; but it isn't and that makes me sick to my stomach. Some drivers who are wise enough to not text while driving and they sometimes have to pay the ultimate price because of a person who decide to not be as wise, and that's a real misfortune.

How texting is wrecking our language!

Texting is fun easy and convenient. But I have to agree with John Humphry's about the side effects that it's having on the English language. Reputable table readings such as the Oxford English Dictionary should not be changing it's format of how some English word are written, in order to appeal to the new generation of texters. It's good to be able to enjoy new technologies and to create short cuts that makes life easier. Changing to English language itself to make it easier on texters is taking it "too far".

Is my Smartphone Making me Dumb?

There is no conclusive research to show that Smartphones are making people dumb. Smartphones contribute to making people feel smart in many different ways. A perfect example would be reading of a word that you don't know the meaning of and just pulling out your phone to look it up. In the matter of seconds you end up finding the answer to you question making you feel that much more smart. Devices such as Smartphones does allow us to partake in multitasking in a more modern fashion. But as Bell stated people has been multitasking since before the invention of Smartphones and will continue to do so.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/10/multitasking-studies/all/1

Mexico Turns to Social Media for Information and Survival

I disagree with the Veracruz’s State Assembly's decision to make the use of Twitter and other social media networks to undermine police public order.  That's law is taking away the people's freedom of speech, especially in a country where the media, press, and the police can't be trusted. How will the public be made aware of what is really going on if the main source of information outlets are corrupted? People should not be using social media to provide false information that would insight public scare that might lead to greater tragedy. But in the case on warning people to avoid an area with armed gunmen who are ready to shoot and ask questions later, I support it. That's using to save countless of lives. 

New York Times: Facebook

This article talks about Facebook and the many different things it can be used for. The article states that Facebook had gone public on May 2012 and that shares were being sold at ambitious price. One of the many uses for Facebook is to advertise, and I personally don't like all of the advertisement that's going on in Facebook. I log on to Facebook to share certain events and things that goes on in my life, and also to look and see what my friends has been up to. But, when the advertising come on at random and I start to hear audio it makes me feel uneasy. Some of these advertisements should be just on TV, not on a social networking site such as Facebook.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/facebook_inc/index.html