--- title: Involution Studios | apple (2) description: apple | Design, Policy, Technology Blog (2) --- [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision/) [Contact](http://www.goinvo.com/contact/) - [Home](http://www.goinvo.com) - [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) - [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) - [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) - [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision) - [Careers](http://www.goinvo.com/about/careers/) - [Open Office Hours](http://www.goinvo.com/about/open-office-hours/) ## [Practical Tips for Producing a Professional Podcast](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/practical-tips-for-producing-a-professional-podcast) 21.Jul.11 by [Jon Follett](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/jon-follett) As an experienced musician and occasional audio engineer, I was excited by the prospect of producing [The Digital Life](http://www.thedigitalife.com), a podcast on design and technology, which is sponsored by Involution Studios. Over nearly a year of production, we've learned a great deal about creating an online radio show. Every so often we get requests from friends of the show to describe how we go about generating the podcast. We're more than happy to share our knowledge, so, we thought we'd pull back the curtain today and reveal a few of our production methods. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/practical-tips-for-producing-a-professional-podcast) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/practical-tips-for-producing-a-professional-podcast#comments-listing) Topics: [apple](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/apple), [audio](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/audio), [Blog](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/blog), [Podcast](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/podcast) ## [Lion Roars, Google Labs Shuts its Doors, and Math Gets a New UI](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/lion-roars-google-labs-shuts-its-doors-and-math-gets-a-new-ui) 20.Jul.11 by [Jon Follett](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/jon-follett) Here’s what we’re reading online, this week at Involution, on design, tech, and the digital life, in our links round up. **Lion Roars** Apple launched the latest version of their ground breaking OS X operating system today with a host of UI innovations culled from their iOS mobile platform. As might be expected, these innovations were met with both [cheers](http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/20/os-x-lion-upgrade/) and [jeers](http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/07/osx-lion/). [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/lion-roars-google-labs-shuts-its-doors-and-math-gets-a-new-ui) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/lion-roars-google-labs-shuts-its-doors-and-math-gets-a-new-ui#comments-listing) Topics: [apple](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/apple), [iphone](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/iphone), [iPad](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/ipad), [user interface](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/user-interface), [Analysis](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/analysis), [Blog](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/blog), [google](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/google), [mobile](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/mobile), [ui](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/ui) ## [Seven and Seven: A Look Back on Involution's History](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/seven-and-seven-a-look-back-on-involutions-history) 07.Jul.11 by [Jon Follett](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/jon-follett) Last week Involution Studios celebrated seven years in business. We've had a bunch of highs, a handful of lows, and a whole lot of fun in that time. We've had amazing employees, partners and clients, and even as another recession seems to be looming we are going strong and showing no signs of slowing down. Here are the seven most important moments for the company, one for each year, even if not evenly distributed, in chronological order. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/seven-and-seven-a-look-back-on-involutions-history) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/seven-and-seven-a-look-back-on-involutions-history#comments-listing) Topics: [Design](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/design), [mcafee](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/mcafee), [apple](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/apple), [yahoo](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/yahoo), [shutterfly](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/shutterfly), [Analysis](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/analysis), [Blog](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/blog), [ui](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/ui), [oracle](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/oracle) ## [A new era of IT consolidation?](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/a-new-era-of-it-consolidation) 13.Sep.10 by [Dirk Knemeyer](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/dirk-knemeyer) I don't use the moniker "IT" very often, typically only to talk about the internal stuff at my company that has to do with computing technology in the vaguest way. Under "IT" falls our hardware and software that runs the gamut of business technology: computers, phones, Internet connection, printers, other peripherals...everything. However, with the recent wave of unexpected and in many cases surprising mergers, it appears we may start talking more about giant "IT" conglomerates that seem to be in any and every technology related to computing and communication. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/a-new-era-of-it-consolidation) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/a-new-era-of-it-consolidation#comments-listing) Topics: [apple](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/apple), [hardware](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/hardware), [microsoft](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/microsoft), [it](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/it), [Analysis](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/analysis), [Blog](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/blog), [intel](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/intel), [google](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/google), [software](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/software), [hp](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/hp) ## [Point n' click, bon voyage!](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/point-n-click-bon-voyage) 30.Aug.10 by [Eric Benoit](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/eric-benoit) I recently returned from a 2 week vacation and my source of digital consumption was with my iPhone or iPad. So for 2 weeks I was only using a touchscreen - and digging it. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/point-n-click-bon-voyage) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/point-n-click-bon-voyage#comments-listing) Topics: [apple](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/apple), [hardware](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/hardware), [Analysis](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/analysis), [Blog](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/blog) ## [Implications of a "desktop iPad"](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/implications-of-a-desktop-ipad) 24.Aug.10 by [Dirk Knemeyer](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/dirk-knemeyer) [The press is reporting today](http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/08/24/apple.imac.touch/index.html?hpt=T2) on a patent filed in January by [Apple](http://www.apple.com) for what amounts to a "convertible" iMac - Apple's line of large screen all-in-one desktop computers - that also functions as a giant desktop [iPad](http://www.apple.com/ipad). This sort of device is certainly inevitable, in one form or another. The evolution introduced to everyday computing by the [iPhone](http://www.apple.com/iphone) and now being accelerated by [Android](http://google.com/android) devices, the iPad, and other tablet solutions would certainly evolve into our desktop computing experiences. It was simply a question of when - and how. With this patent application we're seeing one potential approach to implementing these next-generation solutions. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/implications-of-a-desktop-ipad) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/implications-of-a-desktop-ipad#comments-listing) Topics: [apple](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/apple), [hardware](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/hardware), [usability](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/usability), [ergonomics](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/ergonomics), [Analysis](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/analysis), [Blog](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/blog) ## [The end of the mouse](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/the-end-of-the-mouse) 27.Jul.10 by [Dirk Knemeyer](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/dirk-knemeyer) Leave it to [Apple](http://www.apple.com) to turn speculation of the future obsolescence of the mouse as a computing input device into present reality. Today Apple launched the [Magic Trackpad](http://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/), a mouse replacement that accomplishes all of the input interactions of the mouse *as well as* all of the input interactions of portable computing devices such as the iPad and iPhone. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/the-end-of-the-mouse) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/the-end-of-the-mouse#comments-listing) Topics: [apple](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/apple), [hardware](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/hardware), [Analysis](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/analysis), [Blog](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/blog) ## [Apple's real iPhone vulnerability](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/apples-real-iphone-vulnerability) 15.Jul.10 by [Dirk Knemeyer](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/dirk-knemeyer) Today the [Droid X](http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366514,00.asp) was released, Android's latest salvo in the smartphone wars. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/apples-real-iphone-vulnerability) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/apples-real-iphone-vulnerability#comments-listing) Topics: [apple](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/apple), [iphone](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/iphone), [android](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/android), [Analysis](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/analysis), [Blog](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/blog), [google](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/google) ## [Google App Inventor: an interesting little app](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/google-app-inventor-an-interesting-little-app) 13.Jul.10 by [Dirk Knemeyer](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/dirk-knemeyer) Unveiled yesterday, [Google App Inventor](http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/) aspires to provide everyday people - extensively tested with sixth graders - to easily build their own Android apps using a relatively simple WYSIWYG editor. The interaction model appears based on LEGO toys, taking different, interchangeable pieces and snapping them together to create a complete app. [The New York Times exclusively introduced the service on Sunday night.](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/technology/12google.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss) There has been considerable fallout and speculation from this latest product launch by Google. We've talked about Google extensively here, both from the standpoint of [being the now and future computing superpower](http://www.goinvo.com/the-rise-of-google-part-iii-a-decade-of-leadership-awaits/) as well as their [open philosophy to Android development in stark contrast to Apple's closed model.](http://www.goinvo.com/open-vs-closed-a-tale-of-idealists-vs-realists/) Many touts in the media see the Google App Inventor as [a potentially "killer app" that could be the difference-maker in the mobile arms race between Google and Apple](http://blogs.computerworld.com/16516/googles_app_inventor_for_android_is_a_game_changer?source=rss_blogs). Others are [more measured but still believe Google App Inventor will have a major impact](http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/11/google-app-inventor/). I think both of these assessments are quite exaggerated. What Google has created is a tool that is akin to Microsoft Publisher in the 1990's, a piece of software that takes a task reserved for a skilled technical elite - in their case, publishing periodicals; in today's case, designing mobile apps - and allows even unsophisticated users to produce something with the potential to be usable, if not respectable. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/google-app-inventor-an-interesting-little-app) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/google-app-inventor-an-interesting-little-app#comments-listing) Topics: [apple](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/apple), [Analysis](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/analysis), [Blog](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/blog), [app design](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/app-design), [google](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/google), [mobile](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/mobile) ## [Open vs. Closed: A tale of idealists vs. realists](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/open-vs-closed-a-tale-of-idealists-vs-realists) 13.May.10 by [Dirk Knemeyer](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/dirk-knemeyer) Today Adobe launched [an aggressive ad campaign](http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224701828) skewering Apple’s “closed” philosophy. Retaliation for Apple’s muscling Adobe’s Flash technology off their mobile operating system, Adobe is choosing to take a “high ground” argument by ignoring their specific exclusion and focusing instead on the closed ecosystem Apple prefers. This is hardly the beginning of the “open vs. closed” debate and certainly not the end. In fact, Adobe’s strategy is precisely calculated to take advantage of the fact that many proponents of the open approach are passionate, even zealous advocates of openness while those who prefer closed largely do so as a personal lifestyle choice and not as part of a conscious philosophical choice. Thus Adobe is betting that stoking the flames of open systems and frameworks will raise a larger argument and objection to the Apple approach and, in the process, perhaps help them outflank their present antagonist. 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