Daniel Brusilovsky

Ever since the launch of the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch, some amazing apps have been released. One of the coolest that was just released is Random Facts.

Random Facts contains a database of hundreds of bizarre and interesting facts. Just tap on “Random Fact!” and you’ll be presented one randomly. Did you know karaoke means “buy this app” in Japanese? That’s not true, but with this app you’ll learn what karaoke really translates too. For less then a dollar Random Facts will provide entertainment for you and your friends for hours. [Official Description from App Store]

The application was developed by 16 year old Adam Debreczeni of CrossWireStudio. Adam Debreczeni is the founder of CrossWireStudio, co-host of TechToday, and the host of CrossWire. He also develops iPhone applications in his free time.

Overall, I think this app is a great idea. There isn’t another applications like this, that gives you random facts. Some of these facts are really interesting. Here are some examples:

• Did you know that the Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper?
• Did you know that you burn more calories sleeping, then watching TV?
• Did you know that the first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum?
• Did you know that money isn’t made out of paper; its made out of cotton!

Well, you will know now thanks to Adam Debreczeni’s Random Facts. Check it out on the App Store. Adam has graciously agreed to give one lucky reader a free copy of Random Facts! To enter into the drawing you must leave a comment on this post with:

1. Some form of commentary with actual content (ie. no spam)
2. Must include a valid email address

The last day that you can leave a comment to enter into the giveaway is next Sunday, October 19! Good luck!

Have you found any fun yet educational (or vice versa) apps in the App Store? Share your voice in the comments or in a Seesmic video reply.

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The whole day started like Saturday, Registration and Coffee! But than SESSION 1: HIGH PERFORMANCE WORDPRESS BY BARRY ABRAHAMSON AND MATT MULLENWEG started and it was amazing!

All the stats and numbers and my SQL and phpDev! It was so cool! And after lunch Rashmi, from SlideShare.net talked about Designing Massively Multiplayer Social Systems!

But than the good stuff happened! BBQ LUNCH! It was delicious! I also recorded my podcast with special guests Chalres Stricklin and Patrick Havens! After Lunch, Andy Skelton, a developer from WP.com, got out a guitar and played a couple of tunes and I recorded them!

Than Dave Winer got up on the stage and gave us a little history lesson before starting to talk about the Past, Present and Future of Web-Publishing! How he got started with blogging. The first blog was actually Tim Berners-Lee’s the very first website at http://info.cern.com. He was working on a project for Wired, A day of democracy, and he was chronologically posting information. And he liked the idea, and thought he should return to that.

Than Liz Danzico of Happy Cog got up and talked about Usability Analysis of WP! Very intresting, but I left half way becuase my dad had to pick me up!

Of course I missed the State of the Word, and Developer Duke-Out! But that is ok, I will watch on video! Overal, I had a fantastic time at Word Camp 2007!

Featuring: Michael Adams, Ryan Boren, Mark Jaquith, Andy Skelton, et al! I don’t know much, but Lorna will hook me up!

I don’t know much about this, because I left when it just started! I will give you some notes from Lorna!

We all have ideas about the design and usability of WordPress, but what about when actual testing gets applied to the problem.

Liz has been working extensively on the information architecture and usability of WordPress as part of the inimitable Happy Cog, and here she will share what she has learned and where we need to go.

Session Leader: Liz Danzico

WordPress blog: Bobulate

Liz, pictured on left, is part information architect, part usability analyst, and part editor. As an independent information architecture consultant, she traces the roots of her craft back to her parents. According to Liz, “Growing up at least a little information architect in Northeastern Pennsylvania gave me an organizational advantage over my friends.”

So we just had lunch, and I did Apple Universe #24 with 2 special guests, and occasional guest,  Douglas Bell! We had Patrick Havens from www.wordcamp.info and Charles Striclin from the WordPress Podcast! We had a great episode and Apple Universe is up to date! As for my photos, I have uploaded another 50 pics to my Flickr account! If you have any questions, or want any specific photos, please contact me!

Very few of the things WordPress does are actually new, most has its roots further back than we may imagine. Few people have the perspective on the web that Dave Winer do, and in this keynote he’s going to share with the WP community the history and responsibilities of a web publishing platform.

Session Leader: Dave Winer

WordPress blog: Scripting Annex, a mirror of scripting.com

“I’ve been a blogger as long as there’s been such a thing, starting in 1996 with a blog around a project I was doing at HotWired, where I was a contributing editor.

“I’ve been credited with developing or co-developing many popular Internet technologies, including RSS, OPML, XML-RPC, SOAP. I’ve been a software developer since the mid-late 70s, having worked on outliners, presentations software, scripting, content management and blogging tools.

“I’ve been a lead developer, company executive, board member, investor, editor, research fellow and blogger.”

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