Tag Archives: iPad

Even fewer reasons to carry my laptop now

Today I finally caved and picked up the iPad camera connector kit. I’ve been putting it off for a while thinking that I didn’t really have a need for it, but today I’m going to do a little photoshoot for … Continue reading

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Words with Smarter Friends

Even though my idea for a Scrabble-sponsored Tweetup fell on deaf ears (really EA? Come on guys), I still play the word game often. Like daily. I did buy the “official” Scrabble for iPad (its gorgeous, and I love using … Continue reading

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Would You Use iBooks as your iPad PDF reader?

I’m not sure this is a great idea, but it is certainly a nice option: Once you’ve got the files uploaded to Dropbox, though, how do you get them into iBooks? Just find the PDF in Dropbox on your phone, … Continue reading

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Automattic updated the native WP client for iPhones, etc…and wow you can paste on the iPad now! Cut-and-paste now behaves as expected on the iPad. [#438] [From WordPress for iOS › WordPress Version 2.5 for iOS] Wow. When will the … Continue reading

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How About a Tweetup for Our Brains? An iPad Scrabble Tweetup

Let’s see how this sounds: Lots of geeks like Scrabble Lots of geeks like/have iPads Geeks like to show off the bizarre words we know Geeks need to get out more Geeks like having fun together Okay I think that … Continue reading

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Should Your Next MacBook be…an iPad?

Or maybe your next MacBook should be a Mac Mini? Brad Feld noticed something that I figured out a while ago—There are some tasks that iPads are better than laptops for just “getting done.” As I write this, I realize … Continue reading

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Can you post using an iPad through Safari? It appears so, as long as you use HTML mode. Which isn’t so bad all things considered. Hmm. So, maybe you can’t do everything, but it’s a lot better than the WP … Continue reading

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I think most iPad owners would agree that while Safari for the iPad is good, it isn’t great. I saw on TUAW their “first look review” of Life, so I checked out the site—It’s About Time: Life web browser for … Continue reading

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Work from My iPad? Sure!

My friend Chris Brogan asked one of the key questions a lot of iPad users have been asked: Can You Work from an iPad? Chris’ results were decidedly mixed, which isn’t a surprise to me: I think the iPad serves … Continue reading

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Wired Creates an iPad App and Brings the Digital Revolution to Magazines

Wired Magazine announced their iPad app today to want can only be called “great fanfare” among the geek set. From Chris Anderson’s post on the web version of the site: The arrival of the tablet represents a grand experiment in … Continue reading

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Becoming addicted to ebooks

Well, as you might suspect and guess, I’m writing this on my iPad. I’m still getting the hang of the WordPress app here; I can’t find how to add a link to something for example. However, that’s not what this … Continue reading

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