Apple mobile devices
It seems that the technical press (i.e online bloggers on big sites, who are fans of Apple and Google) sometimes needs to use just a touch of hyperbole in articles to maintain readership. We are living in a world where the sky is continually falling, and being chicken little has little utility. There are so [...]
I ditched all of my guitar amps and pedals several years ago (2007), and have been using virtual equivalents in the iPad, iPhone, and computers for a while. One of the biggest shortcomings of this sort of system is that you need to be near a mouse or a screen to change parameters when playing [...]
We live in an age where having instant communications are an ever present norm, Cell phones allow us to be in contact with almost anyone, anywhere. I imagine that you can see this more clearly if you watch some old movies or TV programs. The plot lines are often written around the idea that we [...]
Ironically, it seems that when computers had a complex variety of inputs, inputs that took much fiddling to get to work (serial, parallel ports, various card formats, and cabling, that there were more external gadgets used. Now, in the world of more standardized connectors, and almost ubiquitous connections, external gadgets a less common… Maybe it’s [...]
There are plenty of things you can do to make yourself more secure online. It will take a little volition on your part to do it. The good news is that most of these changes are not that much work, and in most cases, they only have to be done once (or on a regular [...]
Online magazines for mobile devices (i.e. Android, and iOS devices like iPhone and iPad) are not exactly magazines, not exactly newspapers, or even RSS readers…but they can be, if you wish it. I have been trying out almost every one of these new forms of information presentation since I first got an iPad (some time [...]
At long last there is a worthwhile note taking app for the iPad. Notability (now only 99 cents!!) allow for seamless use of typing, handwriting, audio recording, insertion of links, photos, and content. It syncs with DropBox (amongst other cloud storage apps), and some pretty easy PDF annotation too. I could go on, but the [...]
There are some amazing things going on in the computer industry these days… as a barometer, if you were to look over the vast majority of the technology press, and its coverage of computers, you might surmise that Apple was the preeminent brand…for years. They sure have been making some leaps in technology, especially when [...]
This may be a real prize winner in the world of appropriate technology…a simple length of bamboo (with a slot sawn into it) amplifies and focuses the audio output of an iPhone as well (or better) than far more expensive, more complex, electrically powered gear… How can you not like this! The Most Eco-Friendly iPhone [...]
These two articles sound, at first apprehension, amazing… That is, until you start to think through what they really represent. Of the millions of tablets in use in the continental US…what is the proportion of iPads in this mix…? I would make a wild guess and state that the percentage of iPads in the US [...]
