Trying to get back into the groove,

So I have been neglecting this blog for a bit. I so should get back to updating. So many things rattling around my head that it never makes it anywhere.

Another Christmas has come and gone. Merry? Yeah. Had some good times. Disappointed? No. Friends and family were great as usual. Got a new phone this time. No. Not the Galaxy Nexus that I am still kinda drooling over. I did get the Samsung Stratosphere which to people who pay attention to these things is basically a rebranded Samsung Epic 4g from Sprint. 18 month old design. Is it the latest and greatest? No. But for the things I do, its perfect. In fact when the Epic came out on Sprint, I was like "ooohh". Too bad I didn't want to switch carriers at that point.

Ok. Lost my train of thought...

BumpTop: 3D desktop fun!

Author: Bump Technologies, Inc.
Date: 2010-02-27
Size: 17.6 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win7/Vista/XP

BumpTop™ is a fun, intuitive 3D desktop that keeps you organized and makes you more productive. Like a real desk, but better. Now with awesome mouse and multi-touch gestures!

Your desktop doesn't have to be a boring graveyard for lost and forgotten files anymore! Transform it with BumpTop. Create the desktop that suits your needs and style.

Piles are how we organize on our real desks but computers force us into rigid, hierarchical folders. Piles are lightweight, flexible and its easy to see what's inside. Let order evolve naturally or quickly get a mess organized with a pile, you’ve got options.

BumpTop piles work like in the real world. Toss items at a pile to add them or pop them into a grid, flip through them with your scrollwheel or fan out a pile to quickly see what’s inside. Converting between folders and piles is seamless too.

BumpTop makes your pixels come to life. Grab, toss, pile and sort your icons and watch them respond with stunning lifelike motion simulated with nVidia PhysX, a gaming grade physics engine. Your flat desktop will pop with BumpTop's saucy 3D visuals and new organization possibilities.

Reduce keystrokes with BumpTop's elegant, intuitive gesture system. Gesture in any direction with the dynamic Pie Menu to instantly invoke a command, eyes free. Or lasso select and manipulate items in a single, fluid stroke with the LassoMenu.

Got a touchscreen or tablet computer? BumpTop's physical effects are even more captivating as icons move under your finger like they would in the real world. Flick through piles, toss icons at widgets to get stuff done, use fluid gestures to advance photo slideshows or manipulate stuff.


Project has been acquired by Google in 2010 and is no longer in development.