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I'm just an average consumer of media. I'm also totally taken by the iPad.

Orangutans. And iPads.

Posted on May 9, 2012

Okay so it’s no mystery that I’m an iPad guy. But this AP story picked up by the NY Times gave even me pause! I know they’re easy to use but…damn.  

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“Deep Thoughts” from TUAW

Posted on May 9, 2012

Erica Sadun is a terrific dev/hacker and a pretty solid journalist to boot. She just penned an interesting piece over at TUAW regarding the iPad’s success. Though I’d quibble with some of her ideas here, in particular regarding the relationship … Continue reading →

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The New iPad – My Thoughts

Posted on March 21, 2012

The New Precious When the iPad 2 was announced, I dragged my feet before upgrading. A new version of iOS had given my lowly iPad new spring in its step, and I tried to convince myself that the incremental speed, … Continue reading →

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Serious (?) video editing on the iPad

Posted on February 3, 2012

I read this morning on Engadget that Avid has entered the video editing fray on the iPad. For $5, the same price as Apple’s own iMovie app, we now have another offering from the 900 pound gorilla of the space.  For … Continue reading →

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Welcome to my world, Tim Cook!

Posted on January 25, 2012

By now you’ve probably heard or read that Apple announced what can only be described as “ridiculous earnings” for the most recent quarter. The stock is at an all time high, the most valuable company on the planet; worth more, … Continue reading →

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My 24 Hour Jailbreak

Posted on January 22, 2012

  As a full time user of the iPad, I’m always looking for ways to improve the overall experience. Hearing the recent news that the geniuses (no sarcasm or irony) in the dev community had released an untethered jailbreak for … Continue reading →

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OnLive Office – MS Office on the iPad, Take 2

Posted on January 18, 2012

Video game ‘streaming’ platform OnLive recently rolled out its OnLive Office app. Basically, they are hosting an instance of Windows, and Office, in the cloud, and streaming it to you for use on the iPad. The downside is that it … Continue reading →

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OnLive Desktop – another take at MS Office on the iPad

Posted on January 13, 2012

I was pretty excited about CloudOn when it was announced. The idea of having a “real” version of Microsoft Office on the iPad was pretty exciting, at least until Microsoft gets around to doing the inevitable. However, upon real world … Continue reading →

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VueScan app solves one of the few remaining iPad alone issues

Posted on January 10, 2012

For those who’ve followed my exploits, you’ll know that scanning is one of the things I still rely on my iMac to accomplish. I only need to scan a handful of times each year so it’s not a big deal. … Continue reading →

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CloudOn, Office, iPad…Oh My!

Posted on January 4, 2012

EDIT: upon further usage (read: real world, every day, on a variety of networks with varying speeds) I have come to the conclusion that CloudOn is NOT a viable productivity tool. There’s just too much lag. For very minor editing, … Continue reading →

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