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Harry McCracken on using the iPad as a primary computing device

By on December 5, 2011 | Category: Link

Technologizer’s Harry McCracken:

I think it’s possible to use an iPad as one’s primary device for professional-level content creation. Actually, scratch that. I’m positive it’s possible–because I’ve been doing it for the past three months, and I’ve been having a really good time.

from How the iPad 2 Became My Favorite Computer

I agree, for the most part, with McCracken’s opinions here. The iPad is capable of replacing most of the functions of a laptop. As he points out, there are some things he still uses his MacBook Air for, including managing his WordPress installation, and for specific apps that are not available for the iPad.

Where I differ with McCracken, purely on personal preferences, is using an external keyboard with the device. He uses one of those iPad case/keyboard combos that essentially turn the device into an iOS-based laptop. To me, I’d rather use a laptop for situations that require a full keyboard. I don’t write blog posts on my iPad, but for email and note-taking, I have become quite efficient using the on-screen keyboard.

Anybody else considering switching primarily to an iPad for computing?


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Condé Nast’s iOS app developer profiled by Ars Technica

By on June 28, 2011 | Category: Link

Ars Technica is owned by Condé Nast. Condé Nast recently developed some awesome apps for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad for some of their magazines. (I love the Wired app!) Jacqui Cheng sat down with the developer behind those apps to get a sense of what goes into repurposing content for today’s leading content platform.

If you’re not a writer or editor for one of Condé Nast’s famed publications, it’s easy to get lost inside the publishing giant. One unsung hero who labors behind the scenes is Robert “Tolar” Haining, an Ars reader and Technical Architect who has been instrumental in bringing Condé’s offerings to the iPhone and iPad. “The first app I ever worked on was Epicurious, but the original was just a rudimentary version that I wrote on my own time back in 2008,” Haining told Ars. “At the time, we were working on Facebook apps, so I wrote the Epicurious iOS prototype in the meantime just to show it could be done, and suddenly the ball got rolling.”


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How To Secure Your iPad

By on June 23, 2011 | Category: Link

Rich Mogull recently published some tips at Macworld for securing the data on your iPad.

Because there are currently no known remote attacks against iPads, the biggest security risk is physically losing the device. Thus, the first step is to make sure your tablet’s data is safe in case it’s lost or stolen. For that, I’d suggest a combination of encryption and remote wiping.


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Share on Google Reader bookmarklet (for iPad/iPhone) – Sign ‘O’ The Times

By on June 20, 2011 | Category: Link

Shared by BLHill

After scourging the Google for a solution, I found this block of code (finally). So create a new bookmark for your iPad (e.g. from this page), then go to edit bookmarks, edit the title of your bookmark and then edit the actual link. Copy paste the code below:
javascript:var%20b=document.body;var%20GR________bookmarklet_domain=’http://www.google.com';if(b&&!document.xmlVersion){void(z=document.createElement('script'));void(z.src=’http://www.google.com/reader/ui/link-bookmarklet.js’);void(b.appendChild(z));}else{}


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iPad Adoption in Business Starts at the Top According to Report

By on June 20, 2011 | Category: Link

According to GigaOm’s Darrell Etherington, controlled circulation publisher, TradePub.com reports that a majority of enterprise iPad users have a title of “manager” or higher. This report was based upon usage statistics generated by the site’s iOS app for viewing trade journals. The report also indicates that these users consume more content on the iPad than on the iPhone version of the app. Other interesting statistics indicate that users of the app were more likely to access content on weekends – apparently the enterprise is filled with workaholics…

In addition to the 71 percent of iPad users (drawn from TradePub’s 30,000-strong installed base) who were at least managers, 48 percent of were at the level of “Director” or above. While TradePub’s audience may skew toward higher-level employees because of the nature of its content (it offers trade magazine and technical support documentation downloads), this does back up previous reports that the iPad is generally seeing a top-down adoption pattern in general.


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