John Harper, the creator of Core Animation signed by Facebook

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The entry and exit of personnel in any company is normal. Sure some movements are more important than others, by position held by or for their contributions. The contribution of John Harper was important although many may be a complete stranger. He was responsible for the design and implementation of Core Animation on the iPhone debut in 2007

POP, the animation engine that uses Paper is Now Open Source

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Paper is possibly one of the best, or the best application published by Facebook. As we saw in our testing, the application is amazing in all its aspects and the interface and animations are at a high level. Now, POP, the animation engine used by Paper is published as Open Source.

On the website of Facebook code can read more about this engine that essentially, enables new options for animation versus Core Animation. So thanks to spring, decay and custom, the three new animations that offer POP, developers can improve the animation of their apps. 

If you start working with it we would like to know how you aprovecháis. So, to write code!

Tools for creating storyboards in iOS (Part 2)

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Storyboards , simple and efficient application. Similar to the views on Mac but with a better finish at the interface level and the advantages of working on the iPad. Where else can we take our storyboard always with us. And it's free.

Compositor Storyboard, payment but it is interesting. We can place items like notes, camera position, camera and more. Also we will add photos taken with our iPhone or iPad which can be useful if you're shooting on location.

Technology and the analog world 

Strangely there are not many applications of this type. It really is that for large productions and there dedicate yourselves to do the storyboard and make use of applications like Photoshop and van scenes organizing teams otherwise.

So looking for more alternatives I came across a very simple but practical method. This involves making use of the drawing application that we like such as Paper, Penultimate in iOS abd similar but in the OSX Gimp then these drawings will schematize each scene took them to ComicLife. Yes, it's easy, it's something we could do a thousand other ways but if you test I think you will like. 

And of course if there are not many scenes do you prefer or simply be being more analog, we will always have a pencil and paper.

Facebook "Paper" updates

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Birthdays, events, group updates, photo comments and much more. These are the updates that Facebook has uploaded in it app Paper. Filling in the app with features from the "main" Facebook app that users have requested since its debut:

"Thanks again for your feedback on Paper. We've been working to build features you've asked for, and we're excited to share version 1.1. Here's the scoop:  

- Birthdays and events: Never miss a chance to celebrate! Just tap the notifications globe and scroll down to see important dates ahead.  

- Photo comments: When words aren't enough, now you can add photos to comments to show how you feel.  

- Group updates: Don't miss posts from your favorite groups. Swipe down to open the Main Menu. Tap the More Options icon to the right of the Search box. When you see your groups, check the new unread counts to catch up on the posts you've missed. 

- New story buttons: To keep up with the latest stories in a section in fullscreen view, or to catch the newest stories in the next section, tap the new story arrows when they appear.  

- More article covers: 9 new article covers join our collection, making easier to spot your favorite sources on Paper. Keep an eye out for Fox News, Bloomberg News, Mashable, FT, kottke, Popular Science, The Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair and Hacker News.  

- Basic accessibility: All of your sections now support basic accessibility features, and we're working to extend accessibility throughout the app."

The Paper director, Michael Reckhow told to The Verge, that despite plans to remove its native messaging app, to spread other independent app. Paper will maintain its messaging features because Paper and Facebook have different strategies.

Facebook and Paper has been working on updates for, as the company yesterday announced a new feature. "Nearvy Friends", that is similar to Apple's utility "Find My Friends" and will allow to see if your freiends are near and you can meet up.