flickr trackr - my first attempt and dabbling with the iPhone/iPod touch
I was pretty amazed when I got a thick envelope the other day from Apple. Steven Woolcock, the Safari Evangelist in Europe sent me an iPod touch to play with as I complained about not being able to test something he told me about. Now, as every other 12 year old boy on a sugar rush would have done I delved right into dabbling with the new toy and here’s my first result:
- Flickr Trackr – a lightweight JSON powered Flickr search
- Action shots on Flickr
- get the source code.
The code is pretty dirty at the moment, but does the trick. Thanks must go to Steven for lending me the iPod Touch, David Dorward, Neil Crosby and Michele Gera for on-the-spot testing and Norm for giving me his phone for the screenshots.
What do you think? The whole thing is of course Creative Commons and you can download the source package.
February 14th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Very cool work, Chris. The iPhone/iPod Touch opens up so many cool possibilities for apps like these: mobile browsing has become a pleasure rather than a chore all of a sudden.
February 14th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Very nice job Mr Heilmann. Why I might have to steal it.
February 14th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Neat, Chris! Hey, when you get tired of the sandbox, you might want to check out The Well-Tempered iTouch. Just a thought….
February 15th, 2008 at 9:47 am
What do I think? I think you're a lucky b****** just getting sent an iPod Touch!
Otherwise, very nice :)
February 20th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Very well done, Chris!