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Harry McCracken on using the iPad as a primary computing device

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 [...]


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New Apple Profile of Construction Consultants Using the iPad

I just noticed last night that Apple put up a new “iPad in Business” profile – this one features Crescent Construction Services, with offices in North Carolina and Connecticut. Industrial clients such as Southern Company and major retailers like Food Lion and Harris Teeter turn to Crescent Construction Services for “commissioning,” an integrated set of [...]


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Why the new Amazon Kindle Fire isn’t ideal for construction inspections

On Wedenesday, September 28, Amazon announced a new tablet – the 7-inch Kindle Fire. Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, put on his best Steve Job’s impersonation for the announcement, which also included updates to the entire Kindle line. The most amazing detail of the Kindle Fire has to be the price: $199. Will this replace the [...]


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On Design for the Web: Re-Visiting Onswipe

A while back, I wrote about using Onswipe, a service that automagically enables iPad friendly versions of WordPress websites. In that post I described how I had configured Onswipe to run on all of my sites. A couple days after writing that post, and without much fanfare, I disabled Onswipe. A couple weeks ago, Carol [...]


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Why people “just get” the iPad

The other day, my sister Melanie (one of four sisters) came down from Hemet to San Diego with her three boys. Right now, she is finishing up coursework for her teaching credentials and is doing a class on technology in education. One of her assignments is to create a proposal for $25,000 worth of technology [...]


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