• May 5, 2010

    I can't believe I didn't sign up sooner!

    A friend pointed me to Dropbox the other day to transfer PDFs to my iPad. I'm not sure why I didn't sign up earlier. It's free for up to 2 GB and it works so seamlessly. It's actually easier to use than dragging and dropping files across my network; just place the file in the Dropbox folder on one machine and it appears on the other machine almost instantly. It really couldn't be any easier.

    I've reviewed their specs and they say it is secure where even their employees can't view files. I haven't read anything to the contrary, but who knows. Will I put my accounting data on it? No. Will I put temp files that I need to move around on it? Sure.

    Give it a try and see if it can work for you.

  • May 4, 2010

    Got Milk?

  • May 3, 2010

    I lost my iPad (to my son)

    The iPad is truly amazing in that anyone can use it with very little direction. I made the mistake of letting my 3 year old son use it. He's now addicted to it; he loves to see pictures and hear the Toy Story Read-Along book.

    If I pull out the iPad, all he wants to do is play with it. I almost have to wrestle it out of his hands. Maybe by the time he goes to kindergarten, I'll give him one!

    (You can see I'm a bit worried about him dropping my very expensive device.)

  • Apr 30, 2010

    The iPad, a few weeks later

    I've now had an iPad for a few weeks now, since they became available to the public. When I first saw them introduced, I didn't see me getting one because, as an average consumer, I didn't see it fitting into my life.

    An iPad managed to land at my feet and I've completely changed my tune. This is the device for the average consumer. Granted, the price right now is a bit high, but I think that the iPad is going to revolutionize a number of fields including textbooks, newspapers, and portable computing. While I was impressed with the iPad when I first started playing with it, it wasn't until the next morning when my wife picked it up, that she said she could see how it could be used as a textbook. She had seen my Sony Reader and was unimpressed with it, but the look and feel of the iPad puts it in a whole different class.

    While I've done some iPhone development in the past, I don't use an iPhone (I can't justify the monthly cost). I use my iPad everyday to read news, RSS feeds and email. It isn't going to replace my desktop, but I'm excited to start developing applications for the device.

    The iPad is the future of tablet devices.