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Reflect by Joshua Davis

In my work I derive huge satisfaction from creating discrete shape and color palettes and then writing algorithms that assemble the pieces into randomized, whole compositions. Chance is not always pretty, but it is fun. Take a walk, or rather design, in my shoes. -Joshua Davis

Create art that looks like what Joshua Davis would create. Reflect, an iPhone application released last year from one of the original web design rock stars Joshua Davis, encourages participants to explore the world of algorithmic art from the comfort of their iPhone. The app. gives you the ability to work with shapes and colors and then view them through a reflective kaleidoscopic. As each generated piece is relatively different, it effectively turns your iPhone into your own personal gallery of original art. This is a great way to exercise your creativity and/or pass some time with a fun activity during an idle moment.

Reflect by Joshua Davis

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Travel app: DaylightCal

Perfect for the traveling photographer and those seeking the sun, DaylightCal visualises the duration, angle and quality of sunlight wherever you are. Combining worldwide weather data and astronomical data, the application shows you how much daylight you will have on any given day in any location - and what quality it will have. I love the aesthetic.

DaylightCal by Bureau for Visual Affairs

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MoneyBook for iPhone

Finance apps. don't get much more attractive than this. Moneybook for iPhone is a simple and intuitive way to track your finances. It features recurring monthly expenses, progress over the previous months, beautiful graphics and the ability to add notes for your expenses. It's simplicity comes at the expense of some critical details, like multiple currency support and custom categories, which make it a no go for me. It you can live with it's limited capabilities, it's beautiful UI just might make managing your finances on the go fun.

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A Simple Weather app.

Between the Central Weather Bureau, the New York Times, and Accuweather.com's great iPhone app, I get just about all the weather coverage I could possible need. But I'm a sucker for elegant text based interfaces and slight attempts at humor which is why Simple weather is now my favorite means of finding out how it's going to feel when I step outside in the morning. The main screen displays the current local weather conditions while sliding the screen to the left reveals a 3 day forecast 1 day at a time. Fun.

Simple Weather for iPhone (links to web but will open iTunes).

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Nokia Feel

Nokia "Feel" is designed to be a fun and interesting way to explore what your Nokia handset can do based on how you feel. It's interesting in theory and considering the current state of interface design on Nokia devices, it may be the only way you find software hidden deep within the menu structure of the OS. Unfortunately, like many of the software efforts at Nokia, it's half baked. Instead of simply recommending you call a friend or browse the web, why couldn't they actually make the device useful by tying together location based services, thereby suggesting an activity outside the phone itself. Feeling sad? There is a comedy playing at a theatre a block from you. Lonely? There are 5 other Nokia users at a café across town. There are lots of possibilities for an interface like this, especially for those of us who often find ourselves in a strange city, but as is it's as interesting and exciting as the presenter in the video above.

More at Nokia Beta Labs. Via Textually.

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QR loveCode

QR lovecodes is an iPhone app that allows you to send beautifully illustrated Valentines day cards with custom QR Codes which reveal a hidden message from the sender. You might consider this the ecard or mcard for the iPhone generation. Fun.

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iBonsai

iBonsai is one of the most beautiful iPhone applications I've come across. The app. simulates the art of growing Japanese Bonsai trees which when finished can be rotated in 3D and saved as your wallpaper. Simple. Coupled with the iBonsais' ambient music this is a great way to capture 30 seconds of relaxation.

A delightful diversion.

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multiClock iPhone World Clock App

Fly through or work with clients in multiple time-zones much? Mulitcloc is a world clock iPhone app that tastefully displays multiple time zones on one screen. More than just clean and colorful interfaces, the instant conversion of timezones in the alarm help ensure you don't miss another skype call. Useful.

multiClock iPhone World Clock App. Via mocoloco.

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iPhone app: Reeder

I'm absolutely in love with the clean UI of this native google reader application for the iPhone. I dig the color scheme, the favicon's for feeds, visual feedback but most importantly is the social network integration. You can quickly scan the headlines in your feeds and either mark to read later with instapaper, or instantly share on twitter. Very useful.

Reeder for iPhone

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National Geographic World Atlas for iPhone

Though Google maps is just about my favourite app in the world I am pretty excited to see the beautiful images that the new National Geographic's World Atlas app has. Great fun viewing your location in antique view and sitting with the kids introducing them to various points around the world (things you used to do with a globe or print atlas).

The Atlas enables you to search the globe three ways: using the "antique" view, the classic ocean or political view, and the Satellite view which, working with Microsoft Bing mapping, enables you to zoom to street or backyard levels. The GPS functionality allows you to find your place with the map, and you can also use the built-in searchable index of over 6 million places to build customized maps with pins and photos.

Works with iPhone and iPod touch but requires OS 2.0.

World Atlas for iPhone. Via Intelligent Travel.

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