JPT Design - Tech and App Blog

Easy 2pick - Wireless Luggage Finder

2011-12-14T13:41:00.000-08:00

I hate to have to wrestle other people when waiting for my luggage. The Easy 2Pick not only serves as and identifier, but it will beep when it's 65 feet from you. So sit down and look cool while other spazz wrestle.

Price : $25

iP4 - iPod Boombox

2011-12-14T13:33:00.000-08:00

What can I say about this, a boombox looking iPod player? Very cool. The reviews are good as far as sound, but the look of it... iP4 is $199

Geni - An addicting family tree application

2011-12-13T12:54:00.000-08:00

Easy. That is the best characteristic of this web application called Geni. You can start it yourself and start passing it along to your family members through email. They will add their family members and if people collaborate well in a couple of weeks you'll know more about your family than you ever did. Very well done app.

PickMaster - Creative Guitar Pick Making

2011-12-09T07:49:00.000-08:00

The PickMaster is Brilliant. I mean, if I played the guitar this would be mine already, but I have a couple of friends I can recommend this to. What a great idea. Turn your old credit card or any piece of strong plastic into a guitar pick. You can buy it in Amazon.

Price $39

Electree - Use solar energy to charge your devices

2011-12-08T13:59:00.000-08:00

It's not on the cheap side, but its so cool if I make an extra money on the side I will pamper myself. Basically Electree it's a modular tree sculpture you can set up however you want. Its leaves are small solar panels that will create energy and you can use it to charge your mobile devices.

Price: $467

OneReceipt- Track all your receipts

2011-12-08T13:37:00.000-08:00

This has been a pain for me because I am just not organized. I think I have all my receipts saved somewhere in my 10000 emails, but One Receipt is a tool that will scan your email for all your receipts, accepts pictures, or you can email your receipts directly and stores them in a comprehensive way. I just signed in today so can't say how good it works, but if it does it will help me a lot.

Free

WalkMate - Learn about your sleep

2011-12-08T13:29:00.000-08:00

So, lately sleeping for me has become a problem. Getting older, grumpier, exercising less, eating worse. Not sure, I try to take care of all that, and still it is a problem. Here is a tool I found out there. It's an app that tracks your sleep and based on what it find out helps you wake up at the right time, more energized and ready for the day. I thought it was very cool. Does it work? Don't know, if I buy it I'll post about it again, for now you can look at it and reteach some at: http://wakemate.com/

Price:$60

JPT Design is going Mobile!!!

2011-03-17T11:40:00.000-07:00

JPT Design is going Mobile!!! Yeah well, this is not a new thing out there, but you’ll be amazed on how many people haven’t optimized their websites to be viewable on smart phones. So if you are one of them, check our iPhone website, and if you like it (I’m sure you will), contact us. Be on top of the game!!

www.jptdesign.com

Local Warming, the danger of blogging for men.

2010-03-01T07:21:00.001-08:00

Yossi Vardi is an Israeli high-tech expert and entrepreneur. In this video he makes an informative but mostly funny presentation about Blogging. Worth the watch as is anything that comes from Ted (one of my favorite Blogs).

Helvetica Movie

2010-02-18T10:52:00.000-08:00

A must see for designers and yet I haven't watched it!!!
A friend recommended it to me and am kind of ashamed that I hadn't seen it, but it's on DVD and reviews are good. Here is a link to the movie page helveticafilm.
Once I watch it I will give my review, for now I am sharing the knowledge.

Digital Signage

2010-02-17T07:14:00.000-08:00

With our extensive knowledge in digital signage and user interface tools, we deliver a number of services to address specific demands in a timely manner. We maintain a strong commitment to quality throughout every stage of the development process. Digital Signage is something new for a lot of our clients. However, this great system has been already implemented in one of our clients. http://www.elvaquerorestaurants.com/ . What is digital signage? Wikipedia: is a form of electronic display that shows information, advertising and other messages. Digital signs (such as LCD, LED, plasma displays, or projected images) can be found in public and private environments, such as retail stores and corporate buildings. - Ever since JPT implemented digital signage back in August 2009 El Vaquero Restaurants have seen sales increase, influencing customer behavior and updates of the products such as menus, happy hour and special events. el vaquero displays local weather, menus and happy hour. But the most important of digital signage is to create brand identity to our customers.

T-shirt store

2010-02-12T08:52:00.000-08:00

Here is an example of what we are designing.

create & buy custom products at Zazzle

Magazine Online Publication Tool

2010-02-11T06:06:00.000-08:00

So, you've probably seen the Magazine Online on our website. If not you should check it out.
If you browse the web you see more and more of these examples. It is a great way to present your menu's, magazines and publications.
There are also some free tools out there, in fact a while ago I created our first JPT Portfolio Online with ISUU, a great tool for magazine owners if they want to share it out there.
Off course, here is the difference, we can customize it so many other ways. You can have direct links from the magazine to your sponsors, or external websites, you can add video, sound, and many other little gadgets. I have yet to find a free online tool that does that. So, if you are thinking about presenting you content as a magazine and you want to customize it, we are the right people for the job.

Awesome Online Presentation Tool

2010-02-03T14:41:00.001-08:00

I recognize that I am kind of selfish when it comes to my information, but I guess the whole point of blogging is sharing the information you know.
So, here is a good one. This tools is superb for presentation purposes. It's flash based and although it needs a little of work as far as their user experience the end product is very cool. This is for those square people still using Power Point (which I have always hated).
And now I present you Prezi.

SEO - Search Engine Optimization

2010-02-03T14:19:00.000-08:00

So, one of the reason I decided to start a Blog is because I found out that blogging could help me with SEO at jptdesign.com. So this is one of the many things we'll start working on to bring our site higher on rankings and create recognition of our brand.
Here is a very good article about SEO. I could do without the old lady picture but the information is very useful.

New Blog

2010-02-03T14:13:00.000-08:00

So now we are into blogging. I am not much of a writer, but I can research like nobody can, so I am sure you'll find some pretty interesting stuff here from now on.
I'll make sure you won't be bored, so I'll keep it fresh. Of course I'll focus on design, but if you are a designer, or like design at all, you have to like music, and architecture, and interior design, and product design, and of course, gadgets.
Bare with me while I get used to this, and please let me know if you find stuff you like here.