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PDFPen for iCloud, er, iPad
Last week, Smile Software released PDFPen for iPad, as well as an update to PDFPen for Mac to enable iCloud. If you have used Smile’s products before, like PDFPen or TextExpander, then you would have expected a well thought out … Continue reading
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Kindle Fire: The Curated Content Device
I had one primary goal when I ordered a Kindle Fire: it would free up the iPad to leave home during the day for my wife and kids to use. (Okay, okay, stop looking at me like that. I also … Continue reading
Six Days With the Kindle Fire
Since the first Kindle was released, Amazon has offered a device that’s the perfect storm for this tech-loving book lover. Or is it book-loving tech lover? Either way, I’m a lover, and tech gadgets and books sit high on my … Continue reading
Hands on With the Kindle
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, while we were all listening to Peter Gabriel, I ordered the new $79 Kindle model. The three readers in our house have been happily passing it around the last few weeks. We’re making … Continue reading
A Quick Look at Ulysses 2.1
I reviewed Ulysses 2 a few years ago in anticipation of NaNoWriMo. I thought it was an impressive writing tool that’s merits consideration for any longer writing project. (I’ve used it some myself, though most of my writing projects have … Continue reading
iPad at Work
That David Sparks guy. Wow. It was only last February I wrote up a review of Mac at Work, which David had been kind enough to send to me. Here we are less than a year later, and I’ve stepped … Continue reading
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Three Things
In the last few weeks, I’ve been using a few tools that are new to me, and they may be new to you too. All of them are worth a look. 1) PogoSketch Pro Stylus from Ten One Design. I … Continue reading
Standing Outside the Library Blasting Peter Gabriel on my Boom Box
I’ve not been the most faithful library patron over the years, though I have made sure my kids have maintained regular visits. I find a lot of value in having my own books arrive at my doorstep or on a … Continue reading
Kindle Fire Pre-Order? Check.
I pre-ordered a Kindle Fire. The first day. No hesitation. Going in to last week’s announcement about the new Kindles, I had high hopes for an Amazon Kindle tablet. I hoped that Amazon would create a device that was a … Continue reading
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If Knowledge is Power, I May Have Just Gone Nuclear
As much as I like to dabble with new apps and imagine the possibilities that they might offer me, I tend to stick with the apps that are tried and true, that I know will get the job done for … Continue reading
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