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Despite the slight, I shall still cover Apple’s March 7 press announcement.

Last week, Apple sent out press invitations for members of the press corps to attend their March 7th press announcement. I know my seven loyal readers will be shocked when they hear this, but brace yourselves…here goes… I didn’t get … Continue reading

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Home Shopping Apps. HSN’s got the goods. Literally.

I’m not an avid shopper. Every once in a while, I’ll hit the store to pick up an item or two. Most of my shopping is done online, and in response to a real need. Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, Valentine’s Day, … Continue reading

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Enough with the Leaks! Drop The iPad 3 Already!

A little over a year ago, I got my first iPad. Less than 35 days after I did, Apple released the iPad 2. Needless to say, my acquisition fell outside of the 30 day window in which Apple permitted iPad … Continue reading

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Find My iPhone: Tales of a Lost and Found Device

My friend Sanford Biggers just told me a story I have to share about an experience he had with his iPhone. As an artist, educator and musician, Sanford is constantly on the go. A member of the Apple nation, his … Continue reading

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Gesturing vs Stylus: Getting the most out of your iPad (aka My Journey From Darkness)

I’ve been rocking the iPad for just over a year now and it’s definitely become my ‘go-to’ device. Having put my iPhone through its paces for several years now, stepping up to the iPad was a welcome respite to the … Continue reading

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iBooks 2: Textbooks, Authoring, Learning. Ain’t Apple grand?

With the release of iBooks 2, Apple has (once again) changed the game. Training their sights squarely on the academic sector, Apple recently unveiled a suite of software, iBooks textbooks, iBooks Author app for Mac and iTunes U (they didn’t … Continue reading

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Mobile phones everywhere and no (free) public wi-fi!

Last week, I wrote a post about how annoying it is to attend a ‘digital’ function, where there is no public wi-fi to jump on. Equally frustrating is when you attend a function, where the conveners publish their Twitter handles … Continue reading

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Digital Stewardship: PAL Digital U.N.I.Verse.City

If you’re a forty-something like me, computer classes in high school involved learning to program in ASCII or DOS on a monochrome screen. If you attended college, there may have been more advanced computer classes, for which you likely moved and … Continue reading

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My Top 5 (Productivity) iPad Apps

I’m frequently asked which apps I’ve got on my iPad by friends, colleagues and clients, alike. But unlike most folks, who use their iPads for entertainment and have a gang of apps on their devices, from Angry Birds to HBO … Continue reading

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. But it will be on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

I just finished reading The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Joe Trippi on the Nook app on my iPad. It was a self-imposed homework assignment, for the work that I’ve been doing with Vincent Morgan, the Democratic candidate for … Continue reading

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