Iphone app stats? Pinch Media!

If you're like me, you spent some time playing with the iPhone SDK. At this point you probably built something, but just like when you first developed a website, you didn't really consider how to grab statistics of how your site was doing. Who's visiting? Where they coming from? Where are they going? How long are they staying?

Along comes Pinch Media to provide you this info for free. And the best part is, Pinch Media just launched their analytics tool for iPhone applications today.

Think about what life was like before Google Analytics. It was pretty hard to gather statistical data. You either had to write it yourself, install a package or hope that your webhost had statistics.

Pinch Media is going to save iPhone apps developers a lot of time and effort.

All elected officials should play video games

Not that I really believe this kid is a hardcore gamer, but it's refreshing to know that a 19 year-old can be a 70 year-old for being elected mayor.

The new mayor admits to playing video games, so what if it's a tiny town in Oklahoma.

I'd vote for him if he ever ran for president.

Fly me to the moon

My friend's mom is launching a satellite. You can submit your name and it will be launched as part of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter “Send Your Name to the Moon” Project.

As BT said:

Mom's name will be engraved on the hull, names entered at the site will be stored in a microchip. And after the mission is over, the satellite will crash into the moon with all the names on it =P
Fuck, emoticons are back!

The last line has nothing to do with the quote, but he apparently doesn't like Digsby's forced emoticons.

Mr Cuban and Me

I knew it was a good idea last year to bother Mark Cuban for a moment of his time after an EFF awards ceremony in San Diego. I wanted a picture with a billionaire because, hey, why not, right?

Now that Carl Icahn has decided to put Mark Cuban on Yahoo's proposed board slate, I feel like the circle has been complete.

I don't really have any comments on what Icahn is trying to do or what the future holds for Yahoo, so go away you Valleywag snoops. I do like that he posted thoughts on his blog on how to beat Google. Though I couldn't say if it's a good idea or not, I do find it extremely assuring that he's got his sights set.

Anyway, here is my (extremely bad) picture with Mr. Cuban. Enjoy.

Johnny Lee and his Wiimote

You've probably seen this guy by now, but he's worth talking about. He basically did some experimentation with the infrared camera on a Wiimote and came up with some pretty interesting results.



I think the most interesting thing to note, as he explains in the above TED video, is his desire to bring technology to those who cannot afford it.

Personally, I'm more interested in what future researchers will be able to realize now that the gates are open. How about 3-D touch games that are powered by an infrared camera and some infrared dots on your head and hands?

How about 3-D photo browsing? Or turning your monitor into an iphone-like touch screen?

Thanks Johnny, you're defining the future.