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Announcing FavePersonal

I’m very proud to announce the launch of FavePersonal; a WordPress theme designed for personal websites. I have been using (and building and…

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Colorado Flag Web Geek T-shirts

Fellow Colorado web geeks, I made you a t-shirt. The code that comprises the white stripe is a full, working HTML page with canvas code that draws…

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Work-Life Balance (We’re Hiring)

It’s been very interesting to me to see how some folks are re-evaluating their work/life balance in the wake of reading Isaacson’s Steve…

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Google Maps for BlackBerry 8700

August 1, 2006

Google Maps for the BlackBerry is fantastic! I am often underwhelmed by Google products but the maps team builds some really great stuff. This thing rocks.

Thanks to Ethan for linking to this.

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  1. Eric Cheng
    View August 1, 2006

    Hey, Alex. I’ve been using Google Local (the precursor to Google Maps) on my BB for a long time now, and I find it to be nearly invaluable when I’m in the States.

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  2. alexking.org: Blog > BlackBerry vs Palm - UI Choices
    View August 12, 2006

    [...] Once you take make the investment to learn it, you’ll enjoy the BlackBerry’s more efficient screen usage. Google Maps for the BlackBerry 8700 is a great example of this. The entire screen is used to display maps – no buttons, menus, etc. (though overlays are presented in “directions” mode). [...]

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  3. alexking.org: Blog > CrackBerry Detox
    View August 23, 2006

    [...] Having the option to read and respond to e-mail on the go (not to mention the goodness of your PIM data, Berry411 and Google Maps) is great. The key is that it is an option. [...]

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  4. alexking.org: Blog > BlackBerry 8703e vs. 8700g
    View October 6, 2006

    [...] GPS Data – Supposedly GPS data is accessible to applications, I hope there will be a new version of Google Maps to take advantage of this soon. [...]

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Alex King, Web Developer

I live in Denver, CO where I founded Crowd Favorite. We enjoy building cool web stuff – especially with WordPress and Open Source.

I was an original contributor to WordPress, creator of ShareThis, and I am the co-founder of CloudMoxie and BackupMoxie.

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