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As you’ve probably noticed, there’s been a lot of little bubbles popping up in the contestants grid over the past week. (That means new blog posts.) Here are a few I found interesting:
In his post, “So let’s talk about Atmosphere“, contestant Cameron Westland recognizes exactly what Atmosphere is and is not, and discusses the benefits of a very focused approach and “deliberately reduced feature sets”.
Kevin Capizzi’s Hijack has quickly become one of the forums’ favorite ideas, and in “Hijack Mockup - Draft 1“, he visualizes what the app’s UI may be. Checking it out, I’d love to see a skin-supporting Webkit message view like Adium’s for some totally customizable looks.
Developer judge Jason Harris dissects how John Bell’s “Minerva” might be done in “Wee Aquatic Beasties“. It’s several pages long, but if you’re interested at all in artificial intelligence, or what exactly goes on behind the scenes when developing an app, the post is a highly recommended read.
Contestant Richard Whitelock has created a fake website mockup for his idea, Whistler. The mockup goes a bit more in depth about what exactly Whistler is, and who it’s for, so if you’re interested in the easy to use music creation tool, check it out.
Michael Yuan has posted a new series of screenshots for his “Cookbook” application in this blog post that displays some key features more in depth. One of the coolest mockups is for “Meal Planner”, a calendar view that shows planned meals as well as automatically created shopping lists and timeline navigation.
In “Time to donate my clothes…“, contestant Windy Chen discusses the possibility of tracking “last worn” dates for clothes, and a possible use for this data: donate clothes you haven’t worn for months.
Farzad Sadjadi has a new blog post up that explores syncing possibilities in depth for his Portal submission. including “Classroom”, “Workroom” and “Ad Hoc” sync modes.
And finally, developer judge Austin Sarner has written a post exploring the UI possibilities of one is his favorite finalists, Destinations. He plans to post some sketches next week.
There are many many more blog posts out there and some really interesting content, so be sure to give contestants a click when you see a bubble icon pop up!
