One thing that I hear from time-to-time is that Yummy, my iPhone application, lacks “polish.” But what do people mean when they say that?
When I ask, what I usually find is that these people have never actually used it. They have probably looked at screen shots, maybe one of the screencasts. They can see that there are few graphics and little animation.
That’s fair — it’s absolutely true — but that’s not what I think of when I think of polish.
Another late entry for PhotoFriday (this is becoming a theme in and of itself). This weeks image is around the theme “Bloom” which I felt pretty much had to be about flowers. These were in Bath, UK.
Please also vote for my entry in last weeks challenge, “Motionless.” I’m entry number 167.
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](http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephendarlington/4872223660/ ““City of New York” drain cover by stephendarlington, on Flickr”)
Last time I went to New York I wrote a reasonable amount about it so I’m not sure that I have much to add this time. Instead I’ll mainly just let the pictures do the talking.
The hotel I was staying in was not far from Times Square, so I passed through on a number of occasions. It’s always busy, especially early evening when this image was taken1.
It’s been a while since I got back from Paris but things have been so hectic since then that I’ve not found the time to document my trip.
The last time I was in Paris as a tourist I did most of the obvious stuff which meant that this time I was able to just hang out and wander around without any particular aim. That I also had great weather and some luck factored in to make a great weekend.
We see symbols pretty much everywhere, both graphic symbols and metaphorical ones. Lots of other entries to this weeks PhotoFriday went for the metaphorical option — indeed my first thoughts were crosses, minarets, the pyramids, stone henge — so I decided to head in the opposite direction with this instruction painted on the pavement of the Brompton Cemetery.
Please also vote for my entry in last weeks challenge, “The Coast.” I’m entry number 223.
I know I say this every week, but I had difficulty picking my image for this weeks PhotoFriday theme, “The Coast.” And that’s because my first reaction was, well, any picture with the sea or ocean in it. Then I realised that “The Coast” is a little more specific than that; it may be where the water meets land but, to my mind at least, it doesn’t conjure images of a beach. Hence this picture take towards the end of my week in Corsica, in Porto.