Yes, add subpixel-hinting to your Photoshop text layers

Well I was never really aware of this problem but I thought this would be handy to those affected by it, subpixel-​​hinting is particularly useful for mocking up websites in Photoshop.

Why Apple changed section 3.3.1

As I mentioned in my post on Friday one of the biggest changes to iPhone’s OS wasn’t announced, it was the banning of 3rd party code compilers, the biggest casualty perhaps being Adobe’s Flash CS5 compiler. I’m stuck in the middle really, sure preventing compilers prevents the platform from being watered down but I’m more concerned about it preventing a magazine platform for the future if they’re turn out to be popular.

Steve Jobs' response to section 3.3.1

Also see this link for Steve’s reply to the concerns of developers.

The basics of business card design

I really enjoy blogs with unique post designs and hadn’t realised Design Informer had started doing it, this post is an excellent example and serves as a primer on business card design, though it’s perhaps short in the details it’s a good start.

Twitter for iPhone

I feel this is great news but it does make me wonder how other developers feel, though there was quite a lot of concern about Google making their own branded phone but that seemed to turn out all right, other companies are still making Android phones.