I know! It’s an advertisement, I don’t care :) I still think it’s great!

10th December – ‘A-Frame’ by Vampire Weekend. from lewisnluke on Vimeo.

Check out The Art of Dancing website for a fun Christmas countdown!

Every day has been my favourite so far :)

I feel like I can’t miss out on this letterpress poster from the 1997 Apple tvc, which has widely been credited to Steve Jobs.

& in case you haven’t seen it :)

Stamped from Stamped on Vimeo.

I honestly couldn’t tell you whether I’m planning on downloading this app because it looks useful or because judging by the video I think the graphics are going to be really nice :)

I’ll have lots of photos of my weekend away to share soon, I’m still sorting through all 720 of them, plus some on phone, 3 rolls of film, and 1 video (sadly consisting of blurry vision and my voice declaring I’ve never taken video with my camera before and asking how to start recording… :).

iCloud syncing of photos between my phone and iPad makes me happy :) it’s the little things that make it easier to share everyday random photos, removing much of the manual processes of transferring images from your phone.

I’ve been a bit distracted these past couple of weeks and receiving my new phone yesterday certainly hasn’t helped my focus!

Another exciting purchase was new climbing shoes on the weekend, they’re lovely!

You might remember how irritated I was when the Vogue Knitting Magazine app for the iPad was released but was only available to US residents (however failed to mention this in their email announcement)?

I’m very pleased that after receiving another email announcing the app last week I checked again and woo! available to all! I’m even more pleased that they have done a decent job in digitising the magazine (it hasn’t been redesigned specifically for digital viewing), the quality of the pages are very good.

It is a pity that the 360° views are loaded from the Vogue website, they’re helpful and a necessary addition to a digital edition of a magazine. For wifi only iPad users such as myself viewing this away from known networks it was a bit disappointing – I’ve given up hope that QLD Rail will ever install their often talked about wifi network.

There is also no option to print a pattern from the magazine, so I will need to take screen shots and print the pattern pages. I don’t know about you, but I scribble and make notes all over knitting patterns :)

Now for some pretty screen shots!

Again I have to say, what makes this digital magazine release an absolute winner for me is that they have created their own application to easily download and organise magazines. I know many companies aren’t doing this because they take issue with the Apple iTunes system and the method of approving apps etc… but it’s my preference and if a magazine is offering their editions this way I’ll download them.

Do you have an iPad? If you tried any magazine apps that you’d recommend, or even just read about one, drop me a line I’d love to hear about some new ones!

How is this for timing! Just as I set out my wish list for magazine apps on the iPad, Vogue  Knitting release theirs and it looks like it checks most boxes! Namely, a single app that manages all magazine issues, and designed specifically for this delivery method with interactive features. Also for print copy subscribers they are working to have the digital versions automatically free for download.

I would be downloading it right now, with considerable excitement except that it is only available to the US… Very disappointing and pretty irritating that a magazine with the word ‘International’ in it’s title is made available to one country only.

It would have been nice to have this limitation mentioned in the email announcement, or even on their website.

I’ve emailed the tech support address nominated to ask if there is plans for international release, but if anyone out there has any extra info I’d love to hear from you.

In the meantime, how about some pretty pictures of the app you’ll only get to see at the moment if you’re in the United States.

This post was going to be more about house hunting and my new style board over at Pinterest, but really I think I want to share how much I love the direction digital magazine publishing is taking – mainly thanks to tablet devices such as the iPad.

Martha Stewart Living is a perfect example of publishers and designers harnessing the potential of digital issues of their magazine – it’s full of interactive features, video, sound, panoramic images and external links. What grabbed me right away is not only the great quality of images but the structure of the pages: scroll down through a story, flick to the right to the next article, jump to the bottom of a story for this recipe and then easily return to the point of the story you were up to. It’s very well done :)

I’m just testing an app that offers many magazines through it’s service, Zinio, I’m off to a rocky start with it due to a special National Geographic price download offer that was rejected at the final checkout due to the fact it is only valid for US subscribers – but it certainly has a large variety of magazines on offer.

I like that the Martha Stewart Living app is focussed just on their magazine and the experience is tailored just for them, already downloading the next issue :)

I spent this morning editing and updating themes and even though I rushed the changes up I’m pleased with how everything is looking.  If you have any problems – funny search results, broken links, missing images – please let me know.

I also started experimenting with silicone mould making… yes, I’m making them in cupcake cases :) More on this project later, but if all goes to plan I’ll have some little resin lovelies to share next week!