Another iPad-Loving Writer
Like me, James Kendrick of ZDNet is too silly to realize that you can’t use the iPad for serious work. He’s shared some thoughts and tips about using it as a writing tool.
View ArticleMicrosoft, Maker of iOS Apps
Boy, Microsoft is taking Apple’s iOS seriously these days. Today, it announced SkyDrive for the iPhone and Kinectimals for iPhone and iPad. Yesterday, it unveiled OneNote for the iPad and said it would...
View Article“Harry McCracken’s iPad”
I had lots of fun recording an episode of the Mac Power Users podcast with cohosts David Sparks and Katie Floyd. The topic was near and dear to my heart: It’s about using the iPad as a laptop...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Guide to Phone/Tablet Styluses
I’m still looking for the idea stylus for my iPad–I like to draw, and it’s way easier with a pen than it is with a finger. At the moment, I’m using Adonit’s Jot and mostly liking it, although I’m still...
View ArticlePhineas J. Whoopee, You’re Like Google
TIME’s James Poniewozik makes a point that seems obvious, how that I think of it: Tennessee Tuxedo, the semi-educational 1960s TV cartoon starring Don Adams as a penguin, featured elements that are...
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Coming on Thursday: Live Blog Coverage of Apple’s Education Event
On Thursday, January 19th, Apple is holding a press event in New York at the Guggenheim Museum. It says that the topic involves education. Lots of folks are logically assuming that iPad textbooks are...
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My First Few Questions About Apple’s Education News
Judging from the turnout for our live coverage of Apple’s education event–which was much sparser than for something like the iPad 2 announcement–a lot of tech enthusiasts lost interest in today’s news...
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Nomad Brush: Making iPad Painting More Painterly
When I attended Macworld|iWorld last Thursday and Friday, the show floor was bustling with attendees. And in terms of bustle-per-square-foot, the busiest booth I saw probably belonged to Nomad Brush,...
View ArticleiPad 3, Coming About When You Expected It?
AllThingsD’s John Paczkowski, usually not a spreader of wild rumor, says that Apple will announce the iPad 3 in the first week of March and release it shortly thereafter: As for the next-generation...
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Review: Adobe’s Ink and Slide Are Great Hardware Which Need Great Apps
People who are serious about software should make their own hardware. When that famous declaration by Alan Kay gets quoted, it’s usually in reference to ambitious computing devices such as Apple’s...
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