InfoTart » Boston http://www.infotart.com/blog Musings of a Mobile UI Designer Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:34:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Autism Speaks: Walk Now for Autism http://www.infotart.com/blog/2008/09/14/autism-speaks-walk-now-for-autism/ http://www.infotart.com/blog/2008/09/14/autism-speaks-walk-now-for-autism/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:00:51 +0000 anthony.hand http://www.infotart.com/blog/?p=162 In Westfield, MA, yesterday for the autism walk. My friends, Patrick & Kathy, have beautiful son, Ryan, with autism. Every year, more than a dozen family show their support by walking for their team called “For the Love of Ryan.” Learn more at:

www.walknowforautism.org/site/c.kpILKVOCJoG/b.3618169/

The organizers put a nice video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmrdHJa1-Yc

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Check out the full list on my web site:

www.hand-interactive.com/resources/mobile-developers.htm

I’ll continue to update the list as other firms come to my attention.

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I started reading “Hero” by Perry Moore yesterday morning — and had finished it by late last night. What a good book! Thanks for the recommendation, JP!

Hero by Perry Moore

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www.twitter.com/HandInteractive

]]> http://www.infotart.com/blog/2008/08/20/hand-interactive-on-twitter/feed/ 0 Bollywood Music Video with Natalie Portman http://www.infotart.com/blog/2008/07/22/bollywood-music-video-with-natalie-portman/ http://www.infotart.com/blog/2008/07/22/bollywood-music-video-with-natalie-portman/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:36:13 +0000 anthony.hand http://www.infotart.com/blog/?p=156 Don’t you just love Natalie Portman? She seems like such a cool person. Considering that she’s been in a range of interesting movies, is starring in the upcoming True Blood series on HBO, and then goes and co-stars in a trippy music video like Carmenista by Devendra Banhart. Check it out:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia69OgKruzc

I love this video…  :-)

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Check out my latest comings and goings on Twitter:

www.twitter.com/AnthonyHand

Perhaps my favorite feature on Twitter is that someone wrote a bridge which copies my Twitter posts to Facebook as status updates. A lot of my friends use Facebook all day/every day, so this is a great way for me to keep in touch with them, as well. I just wish that there were bridges to update my status messages at Google Talk and Skype with my Twitter updates, as well…

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Mark was planning a visit to New England to visit some family, so he stopped by Boston for a couple of days. I love to go sightseeing with friends from out of town. With the gorgeous weather, Mark rented a Seabreeze convertible and we headed up the North Shore for a nice drive.

What’s really cool is that Mark has one of those super cool digital SLR cameras. (They also cost a small fortune…) He let me borrow it to snap pictures all day. I’m totally in love with that camera! Time to start saving up some spare cash…

Check out the pictures I took in my online picture gallery:

www.handaweb.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=3193

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While walking to Newburyport Center, we came across a papier mache bird that had been thrown out and abandoned on the street. Carl took an immediate liking to the bird. We named him Ruffles and he became our mascot for the day! We snapped quite a few pictures with people in our group plus random strangers with Ruffles.

Check out the pictures on Flickr:

www.flickr.com/photos/56758117@N00/sets/72157606141786732/

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www.blogcatalog.com/directory/personal

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