Countdown to iPad – iPad vs. hungChad (Use Case 27)
iPad: Farewell to Chad The Year is 2000, it’s the closest presidential race in the history of the United States… the US Consitution hangs by a chad. Fast forward to the 2012 US elections, no chad/no...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Life of the Party (Use Case 28)
Here's looking at you What do you get when you put an iPad, a digital camera with an EyeFi card in a room full of friends/family? Fun, fun and more fun. iPad – Memory Maker Vers wood iPad case/stand...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Overnight Success (Use Case 29)
iPad: On the move Overnight package services like FedEx and UPS have long been leaders in leveraging technology to their advantage. GPS enabled trucks, route planning, bar coding, handheld scanners and...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Hi-Tech and Hi-Art (Use Case 30)
iPad: Get the picture Art galleries will never be the same. Stroll through galleries at your own pace, enjoying the serenity and beauty within. iPad multi-media presentations allow you the freedom to...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Whatcha got cookin’? (Use Case 31)
Cookbook 1.0 Cookbook 2.0 After years of use, traditional cookbooks have sticky, dirty and missing pages. Its time the cookbook got a make-over. The latest recipe for successful cooking has not one,...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Portfolio (Use Case 32)
iPad: best of show Photographers, designers and artists rejoice… iPad, the ultimate portfolio has arrived! Show off your designs, creations, compositions and photos in a new and exiting way. Create a...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Big iPod Touch (Use Case 33)
A touch of magic “While the rumor mill was churning with all kinds of crazy possibilities for the Apple tablet, I mostly rolled my eyes, because I felt strongly that all Apple needed to do to...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Game Changer (Use Case 34)
Why granny, what a cool computer you have! Our next use case illustrating iPad as a game-changing device is drawn from the website NorthTemple and from the personal experience of one of their regular...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Teleprompter (Use Case 35)
iPad enters stage left 1. ProPrompter HD-i (shown with iPad) 2. Screen shot from ProPrompter iPhone App In just a few moments of researching the teleprompter use case, I discovered a product has...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Podcast Cohort (Use Case 36)
iPad - podcatching with attitude Nothing embodies new media quite like podcasts, they are neither tied to time nor device. And just as blogs have given way to millions of citizen journalists, podcasts...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Wordsmith (Use Case 37)
credit: Final Draft While reading iPad: Screenwriter’s best friend? by CNET editor Scott Stein, I had one of those why-didn’t-I-think-of-that moments. Scott recognizes the iPad as a logical...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – The New Newspaper (Use Case 38)
Taking in the morning paper I have a real fondness for the newspaper industry. As such, it has been hard to watch it’s relevance and viability slowly disintegrate. Certainly newsprint isn’t the only...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – The Puzzler (Use Case 39)
Tune in tomorrow, same pad time, same pad channel Holy multi-touch interface Batman, The Puzzler has struck again! Sometimes doing a family puzzle is more of pain-filled experience than a fun-filled...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Personal Trainer (Use Case 40)
What Tabata Pro and a personal video trainer could look like together Alex Lindsay of Pixel Corps was the inspiration for the personal trainer iPad use case. Each week on MacBreak Weekly, a part of Leo...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Stimulus Package (Use Case 41)
iPad: keep the money flowing While technology and media giants scramble… and gadget pundits debate… Apple and it’s latest gizmo, iPad, are busy spurring economic growth. Apple shares are up, iPads are...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Franklin-Covey-Apple (Use Case 42)
3 great works - that work great together I have long been a fan of Franklin Planners and Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It was exciting to see these...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Farewell to Poingo (Use Case 43)
iPad - taking learning to a new level One of the most clever interactive technologies I have encountered can be seen at mypoingo.com. A year of so ago I had the opportunity to provide my youngest 2...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Super Reader (Use Case 44)
Defender of Innovative Thought Sleeker than a common e-reader. More colorful than the gloomy Sony. Able to speed through content with a single swipe. Look! Up in the sky! It’s a Nook. It’s a Kindle....
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – iPortal (Use Case 45)
What? Windows on an iPad? Three geek cheers for iPortal, aka iPad! The power of Mac OS X, Linux and Windows is coming to the iPad. Through the use of VNC (Virtual Network Computing), iPads will be able...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Teammate II (Use Case 46)
Getting on the same page In Use Case 12: Countdown to iPad – Teammate, we introduced iPad as the “politically correct meeting tech.” And although iPad can benefit a single team member, when you outfit...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Ready-Fire-Aim (Use Case 47)
iPad, the parallel planning tool... soon to be all the rage. Ready… on spur of the moment you decide to get away for the weekend. Fire… you pack the car and leave the house without knowing exactly...
View ArticleTwins! – the big day has arrived!
Almost asleep If you have been following this blog, then you know I have spent the last several weeks turning out daily iPad use cases. As my bride and I have been blessed with two new additions to our...
View ArticleQuick Look: Pages for iPad
My brother plays good! The idea behind this review of Pages for iPad was to see how quickly someone could get something done without having used it before. In the interest of full disclosure, I have...
View ArticleReview: LogMeIn Ignition for iPad
View of my laptop's desktop via LogMeIn Ignition. In Countdown to iPad – iPortal (Use Case 45), we explored how an iPad could be used as a portal into and onto other computer platforms. LogMeIn...
View ArticleTwins – Day Two (Now get to work you two)
Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions on naming the twins. We have settled on iVy and iVan. Now that we have had them home for a day, it is time we got back to work. Though young, the twins have...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – All Shook Up (Use Case 22)
iPad: Love Me Tender In October 2004, Apple introduced the iPod U2 Special Edition as part of a partnership between Apple, U2 and Universal Music Group. It was the online music industry’s...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – iPhone 4×4 (Use Case 23)
Yes, you're once, twice, four times an iPhone... and I love you! A great many iPhone apps would benefit from the larger screen real estate provided by the iPad. However, there are quite a few apps that...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Living GuideBook (Use Case 24)
iPad: Takes you where the red fern grows You were going to buy a Kindle, but that geek husband of yours surprised you with an iPad. You love the color pictures and video, but it wasn’t till today’s...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Ultimate Sales Kit II (Use Case 25)
iPad: Your next sales assistant In Countdown to iPad – Ultimate Sales Kit (Use Case 7) we saw how a salesperson uses iPad to manage their customer list, arrange appointments and get to the prospect’s...
View ArticleCountdown to iPad – Get in line (Use Case 26)
iPad: time management well in hand. A thread in Google Answers claims the average person “spends an estimated 45 to 62 minutes waiting everyday. That’s about 3 years in a 70 year lifetime. ” Though I...
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