Tweets of the Week #10

August 22, 2011 | Posted by

Tweet #1: The Emergency Cocktail Station

Cam Hoff has been on a roll lately. Last week he tweeted about this Emergency Cocktail Station he found on Uncrate.com and it really got the office buzzing. We're all wondering if this office addition would help us acheive our goals of becoming Mad Men-esque advertising executive alcoholics. It's probably a good start.

Taken from Uncrate.com:

You know those emergency first aid boxes you see in certain places? Well, the Emergency Cocktail Station ($850) is kinda like that, only for those times when you really need a drink.

Tweet #2: Eat St. iPhone App

When the City of Calgary changed their food cart bylaws, a bevy of new delicous vendors took to the streets. We now have food carts from the likes of Alley Burger (Charcut's delicious and legendary burger), Perogy Boyz, Fries N Dolls and much more. How are we to track these trucks around the city though? Well, there's an app for that. (Of course.) Recommended by @alfgoetz, the Eat St. iPhone app uses your iPhone's GPS and an up-to-date database of all food truck locations to help you track down those delicious eats. For a full list of all the food carts and their twitter accounts, check out this comprehensive list of Calgary food truck vendors courtesy of YYCFoodTrucks.com. Enjoy!

Taken from Apple's App Store:

The Eat St. App links you to the best street food in your city.

Tweet #3: Adobe's Failure To Understand

Adobe has recently released a new tool for print designers transitioning to the world of the web. It's called Muse, and it supposedly revolutionizes the way a print designer can design, and code a fully-functioning website. The problem is, it's a steaming pile of crap (just look at the source code for Muse's own website). Adobe's adapted the wrong philosophy and approach to educating print designers, and needs to rethink their strategy. FLIPP's own Dan Rigby tweeted about the app and expressed his scepticism. Web designer Elliot Jay Stocks also expressed his concern in an excellent blog post that explains why Adobe's Muse is a step in the wrong direction.

Taken from Muse's website:

Create websites as easily as you create layouts for print. You can design and publish original HTML pages to the latest web standards without writing code.

There's a few great things I found on Twitter this week! We're always coming across great stuff so follow FLIPP on Twitter, or check out what the entire team is saying. What other great things did you come across this week? Let us know in the comments!