It effectively replaces your iPhone Calendar app and does all the regular things (creating/editing calendar entries, inviting others, et cetera) that you would expect. It really shines, though, when you’re running late to meet someone or need a map of the venue to navigate to the meeting venue quickly with GPS.

Here’s an example. If I create a calendar event called “Lunch with Tony W. at Grim’s Seattle”, TouchBase will automatically go through my iPhone contacts and find Tony W. and associate him with the calendar event. The app will also run a Google search for “Grim’s Seattle” and insert the top-ranked search result’s address into the location/address field of the calendar event. Since TouchBase knows who I’m meeting with and automatically fetched his phone number from my address book, I can call or text Tony DIRECTLY from the calendar event, and because TouchBase has automatically fetched the meeting venue’s address, I can navigate to it and get driving directions–also straight from the TouchBase calendar event. If I’m stuck in traffic for our lunch meeting, I can simply hit “I’m running late by 20 minutes” and TouchBase will send Tony a text to let him know (or I can call him).

This is the kind of useful extension of the calendar that I wish Apple had built into the standard iPhone calendar. Anyways, you can now have this functionality for just $0.99 (the price is set to quadruple to $3.99, so get it soon!).

TouchBase App (iTunes)

Via GeekWire.

And he even gave me a copy of his book, Light and Shadow!

Check out his exhibition in San Francisco if you have the chance (it ends 4/2/11).

His gallerist‘s Artist Description:

“Z.Z. Wei’ s paintings transport us to a place where time stands still. His compositions portray quiet, yet powerful images reminiscent of a whimsical, rural America. Richly complex, they are filled with humor and loneliness, peacefulness and pain. They balance on the knife-edge of meaning, half in shadow, half in light, tempting those who choose to look beyond the mundane to experience a unique and timeless look at life.”

Artist’s Website: www.wi-ch.com

Via Goods.

Maybe the coolest skateboard graphics I’ve seen this year.

Yesterday, I got a new Hello Kitty Skateboard. Here’s a shot of David Cantu holding it:

I’m pretty psyched about it.

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Tickets are $10 presale or $20 at the door, and can be purchased here:

http://bit.ly/party4haiti

Get yours before they sell out!

Just released. Press play. Download. You will thank me later.

Download link:

http://bit.ly/ctDSc4

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If you’re on T-Mobile USA, there’s something you should know. You’ve just hit the jackpot!

Well, kind of.

T-Mobile is upping their overage per-minute rate to 45¢ (on individual plans <$59.99 and family plans <$89.99), and 40¢ per minute for plans above those pricepoints. The rate increase is carrier-invoked and it constitutes a “materially adverse change of contract,” which means you can get out of your contract now, all without paying an early termination fee.

Who is this good news for:

a) People who wanted to jump ship to get an iPhone, but didn’t want to pay a hefty ETF.
b) EVERYONE!

The reason the change is good for all T-Mobile customers (even if you’re staying with Big Magenta) is that without a contract, you’re a free agent, and hence eligible for upgrade pricing. It’s like you’ve just been given $200 toward an expensive phone, or a free cheap phone (that you can promptly sell on Ebay).

If you’d like to take advantage of the free contract-out, click over to BGR for details:

T-Mobile raises overage rates; cancel your contract sans-ETF – Boy Genius Report