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Using our iPads – At work, at home and at play

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There is a lot of discussions around how the physical vs digital world ‘should’ look. Do we want our digital environments to mimic how the physical world looks and feels? Or, should apps on our iPads have a completely different appearance to match what we need to get done and less about fluff around the [...]

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An email came in Friday from Griffin Technology just as we were wrapping up the work day. It was to let us know that from the 1st through the 8th of February, everything is on a 20% off sale! So, we thought we would pass the news on. 20% OFF site-wide when you use code [...]

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It’s from Griffin Technologies, It’s called the Papernomad, and it’s “An amazing, and patented, paper composite that has plastic’s durability and water resistance, but can be composted in your backyard.” The outside, as the marketing bit above says, is paper composite created from several layers of paper and biopolymers. Like high tech paper used in building [...]

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We have covered many different iPad drawing and painting apps here. As well, the ever expanding list of stylus options. We have at times even mentioned that the majority of us are just want-to-be artist, leaving the real creating to the pros around the office. That doesn’t mean we don’t want to expand out drawing [...]

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Not many ToDo apps let a person have sub tasks under the main item. This power is usually more of a project management app feature. But, if a task has dependancies, how does a person show those? To handle the need, we generally create hierarchal lists. Meetings notes without much management can become paragraph after [...]

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The TV weather person has a contently changing background. The local sky, numbers, radar, and a map of the US, while they stand in front pointing out what is interesting. The feature is referred to by the term ‘Green Screen’. The person stands in front of a green screen which the computer automatically shows a [...]

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Another iPad Stylus has made it’s way to the office for testing during our work day. The stylus, Pogo Connect, needs a battery since it has Bluetooth to tell the iPad how hard your pressing as you write and draw. The tip is closer to a regular stylus round rubber than the other pressure sensitive [...]

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