Things in Jars

Simon Madine (thingsinjars)

@thingsinjarsFollow me on Twitter

Hi, I’m Simon Madine and I make digital toys and write guides on web development.

I'm a senior web dev and evangelist for Nokia Maps in Berlin.

  • Twitter
  • Flickr
  • GitHub
  • Forrst
  • Shelvist
  • Last.FM
  • RSS
  • Open Source Ideas

    Written 30 Oct 2009

    Ideas

    All too often, I have ideas which might make a cool website or iPhone app or whatever and I know I just don't have the time to build them. I'm going to post them here in the hope that someone else might find a use for them. These ideas might already be in existence, of course. I'm not claiming they are unique in any way (although some might be).

    You are free to take these ideas and do whatever you like with them. Of course, if they become amazingly successful, I could do with a bigger TV...

    Comments

  • SpreadShop

    Written 9 Apr 2008

    Cartoons

    SpreadShop

    If you wake up every morning and think, "My t-shirts are so dull, I wish I had interesting clothes...", you need to have a look at my online shop.


    Comments

  • List of Touch UI gestures

    Written 10 Apr 2010

    Geek,iOS,Design

    Just now, I'm trying to improve the UI for the Factory's first iPhone app. While doing this, I've come up with a list of available areas and gestures in a touch-driven app that you can use for actions. I thought I'd put them here so other people could point out where I've gone wrong and what I've forgotten:

    • Menus
      • Permanent on-screen menu
      • Transient on-screen menu (requires trigger)
      • Different screen menu (any number of them, requires trigger)
    • Static (can be overloaded with function based on position)
      • Single-tap
        • Single-tap 1 touch
        • Single-tap 2 touches
        • Single-tap 3 touches
      • Double-tap
        • Double-tap 1 touch
        • Double-tap 2 touches
        • Double-tap 3 touches
      • Touch and Hold
        • Touch and Hold 1 touch
        • Touch and Hold 2 touches
        • Touch and Hold 3 touches
    • Dynamic (Gestures)
      • Touch and Move 1 touch
        • Up
        • Down
        • Left
        • Right
      • Touch and Move 2 touches
        • Up
        • Down
        • Left
        • Right
        • Apart (Zoom)
        • Together (Pinch)
        • Rotate clockwise
        • Rotate anticlockwise
      • Touch and Move 3 touches
        • Up (Swipe)
        • Down (Swipe)
        • Left (Swipe)
        • Right (Swipe)
        • Apart (Spread)
        • Together (Gather)
        • Rotate clockwise
        • Rotate anticlockwise

    Comments

Browse articles by category:

Toys, Guides, Opinion, Geek, Non-geek, Development, Design, CSS, JS, Open-source Ideas, Cartoons, Photos

Recent side-projects

  • Insta-Art
  • 8-Bit Alpha
  • Shelvi.st
  • The Elementals
  • Harmonious

Toys

Find my digital toys at thelab.thingsinjars.com.

Contact

Send me a message via Twitter.

Adopt-a-Museum

@thingsinjars:

    © 2012 Simon Madine