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Get the Doxie scanner http://getdoxie.com/ ! It is fast and small, and great for scanning a few documents every now and then. It comes with software that is nicely integrated with the most common cloud services etc.

For me, my "paper load" was not big enough to warrant a bigger purchase of a multiple-page scanner, so if you are still in the paper less minor leagues like me, it is a great choice.

I have a whole bunch of invitations - however, I will be leaving town for the weekend and will probably be without internet connection. So if anyone is late on the train but still interested, leave a comment with an email here and I will try to get them to you on monday as I will check the thread as soon as I get back!

Me neither. Just the background pattern.

Simulated Depth of Field on flat surfaces like this can easily be made in post production using After Effects for example. Here is an old tutorial I found http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/2d_depth_of_field/

You could probably add even more flair by using a 3d camera in AE with DOF enabled, I've done this before and it can look really slick if used well.

The idea of that site is great, thanks! I just started using it. I plan on writing a few sentences as well as a #hashtag containing my general mood for the day. After a few months, I plan on plotting this and seeing what moods were more common when and why.

Yes, fair enough – I basically agree. Just posted that comment as some food for thought. I think this link was a good read, but perhaps should mention the marketing part of app production as well, if not just coding for coding's sake is the purpose. The reality is not really "you build it and they will come", which is a common mindset that might get people disappointed in the long run.

And yes – the biggest challenge is probably coming up with something original!

Yes – programming is fun to hop into, but just a heads up: the most difficult process to learn and master is the marketing and promotion part of releasing an app.

I feel that two blog posts linked in this article touches this subject in an interesting way: http://struct.ca/2010/the-story-so-far/ and http://blog.endloop.ca/blog/2010/08/12/100k-in-4-months-a-ni...

That said, I would recommend Corona - http://www.anscamobile.com/corona/ - for anyone wanting to give iPhone app development a shot. Much easier and fun to jump into than objective-c, especially if you want to make games, and still pretty damn powerful!