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365 / AIGA

Espen Tuft — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:23:34 +0000

We just got word that we have been included in the prestigious AIGA 365 annual show for our Not For Tourists iPhone App. Congrats to both the NFT team and the T+Co team for the great work!

Washington DC App. is free

Tuft and Co. — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:35:26 +0000

Yea, free is always good. We have launched the Washington Not For Tourists app free at the iTunes store. There are several improvements we hope to roll out this summer also, as always we welcome any feedback and thoughts. – the iPhone team

NFT SF Party tonight

Espen Tuft — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:54:50 +0000

NFT is taking San Francisco by storm. Hot off the assembly line is the completely updated 2010 NFT Guide to San Francisco AND the sleek new SF iPhone App. To celebrate this double release the fine folks at Double Dutch are hosting a big ol’ shindig that includes Free NFTs for the first 100 guests, Free beer from 6-7pm, tasty appetizers, a Free drink from our specialty Le Tourment Vert cocktail menu for anyone that purchases the iPhone App, and great prizes from W Hotel, JetBlue, and gift certificates to local restaurants and clubs! Whew. That’s a lot of stuff.
Go to the Facebook page Facebook page to sign up and get more info.

NYC? SF? How ’bout both?

Anthony Picciano — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:53:44 +0000

iPhone app Not For Tourists San Francisco launches, joining the popular NFT Manhattan guide, available now on the App store.

It’s always nice to share

Anthony Picciano — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:51:35 +0000

CTO Anthony Picciano develops DirectorAS3, a free API library for the users of SlideShowPro Director. Available on slideshowpro.net.

22 Divisions

Anthony Picciano — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:49:49 +0000

…multiple regions, and one spiffy new site. The Time Warner Cable Business Class redesign launches.

Not For Tourists Available

Espen Tuft — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:31:45 +0000

We’re happy to have the NFT iPhone App we’ve been working hard on go live at the Apple store ! While it’s been pretty hectic leading up to the release, we’re are already working with our fabulous NFT partners on releasing more cities and new features that can make the app even better. In that regard, we’d love to hear from you if you have feedback or simply tell us about how you use the NFT app. Email us at feedback@tuftandco.com

Of course – if you are interested, check out the NFT site nftiphone.com or the Apple store: NFT Manhattan

Not For Tourists on iPhone

Espen Tuft — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:00:27 +0000

We’ve been hard at work on giving iPhone owners a new way to browse and interact with Manhattan. Fantastic insightful content from the Not For Tourists books, combined with a fast, intuitive iPhone application provides for a great new way to explore and discover New York. It’s already the office’s favorite way to get around this awesome city — Stay tuned for an early summer 2009 release.

Oh – and there is a contest to make a video for the release. Check it out here.

Devices offer a pay for content model

Robert Little — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:34:49 +0000

We all know there is more than enough news going around about the slow but steadily approaching death of traditional newspapers and publishing. Unfortunately while the papers such as the New York Times have more readers than ever – largely online – this new technologically adept audience is not translating to profits. The model for generating revenue online simply hasn’t managed to catch up to print.

This week’s announcement by Apple regarding it’s iPhone 3.0 software offers a hidden glimpse into a different future where perhaps the online model will work for publishes better than we thought. The iPhone 3.0 release will bring more models of payment such as subscriptions, and pay as you go (per article?) setups. It’s really as flexible as the developer or provider wants.

Though the larger shift is the move towards devices. With the device, there seems to be an expectation that we should pay for content formatted specially to it, as opposed to the web where we want everything for free. The iPhone offered the first real device that people could carry with them and comfortably use the internet. But a year ago we saw that customers were also willing to pay extra for applications that delivered things like news, media, and other information to their device in a way that’s formatted preferably for the device. Generally these apps also provide special functionality. The Kindle is another example of a device that’s specially formatted for reading, and again, people are willing to pay to get content delivered to it.

It’s early trends like these that lead me to believe that while it’s not coming tomorrow, very soon more people will get their news and media content via devices such as smart phones, tablet devices, or reading devices. This will lead to a profit generating model that could bring new life to publishing, news media, and others. For any of these companies, an application or delivery for the device will always be attractive to customers if it’s formatted well for the phone, and offers some sort of extra functionality that’s valuable to them.

Also see Microsoft’s Visions of a device driven future below. In particular regarding this post, watch for the digital newspaper in the video which is flexible and thin like paper but offers touch interactivity, color, and video. This has been promised for years but we are beginning to see technology like this finally find its way into real world devices. Very exciting.