Annette, I hope I can do a Droid version soon. If there's an inexpensive way to do it I'll definitely be working on it.
Michael Michael Britt [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Oct 22, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Annette Taylor wrote: > Any chance of a droid app in the future? some of use live in areas where > ATT's service is absolutely HORRIBLE but Verizon is just dandy. That > determines my phone more than anything. > > Annette > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > [email protected] > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 3:46 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] New Psychology iPhone App > > Michael, is the app formatted to take advantage of ipad size and video > quality? Or is it just iphone app that then needs to be magnified on the > ipad, usually with loss of detail? Gary > > > GPeterson > Gary's iPad > > On Oct 21, 2010, at 1:37 PM, Michael Britt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Tipsters, >> >> Over the summer I mentioned I was working on an iphone/ipod/ipad app >> designed to bring the latest news in psychology to these devices. I'm happy >> to say that as of today the app is available in the iTunes app store. I >> hope you all don't mind if I say a few words about the app - an app which is >> all about psychology. >> >> The app is called PsycExplorer. It consists of 4 sections - News, Video, >> Audio and Twitter. I break down all the news and video into the major >> subfields of psychology: Bio & Neuroscience, Cognition, Developmental, >> Disorders, Gender & Sexuality, Motivation & Emotion, Personality, Social & >> Applied and Therapy. I also have a section on Critical Thinking which >> includes items from research, statistics and the scientific method. >> >> I personally select all the news, videos and audio that appears in the app. >> I draw from a large list of psychology blogs as well as traditional news >> sources (NYT, CNN, etc) to find what I believe are the most interesting news >> stories, research summaries, video and audio clips, etc., and then I place >> the items in the appropriate subfield. The video clips (about 10 per >> section, so over 40 clips) are some of the best video I can find on the web >> (typically from Youtube) and include clips demonstrating Asch's conformity >> study, Milgram's study, Zimbardo's prison study, the visual cliff studies, >> etc. The videos are constantly being updated and users can email themselves >> the links to any of the clips in order to build up their own video libraries. >> >> What is especially neat is that the app is built to allow me to update the >> content at any time with new items, new videos, new audio, etc. In >> addition, the Twitter section contains real-time tweets from a group of >> psychologists who, over the years, I have found consistently tweet about >> interesting news in our field with links to the original articles. >> >> I want to thank the large group of reviewers, many of them contributors to >> TIPS, who provided feedback on the app during its development. I hope to be >> able to offer the app on Android and Windows-based phones in the future, but >> for now it operates on Apple devices only. I personally think it's a very >> cool app and I hope you'll take a moment to check it out and that you find >> it worthy of recommending to your colleagues and students. Here's the link >> to the iTunes homepage for PsycExplorer: >> >> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/psycexplorer/id389372937?mt=8 >> >> Michael >> >> Michael Britt >> [email protected] >> http://www.ThePsychFiles.com >> Twitter: mbritt >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b&n=T&l=tips&o=5873 >> or send a blank email to >> leave-5873-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu >> > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=5878 > or send a blank email to > leave-5878-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69&n=T&l=tips&o=5900 > or send a blank email to > leave-5900-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5901 or send a blank email to leave-5901-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
