I’m sorry the site never got off the ground. I went through a huge business transition earlier this year and that plus other projects sucked the wind right out of iPad Artistry. I still like the name (and I’m still an avid iPad fan!) so I’m thinking about how to re-use it for another purpose. [...]
Reading this CNN article by John D. Sutter, it reminds me that the iPad marks a singular event in the history of personal computing: a hot new product coupled a robust platform for app development that has no competition. When was the last time you saw that happen? There have been multiple hardware systems, OSes, [...]
I think pretty much everyone in the tech and design communities has read Steve Jobs’ Thoughts on Flash open letter by now. Published early this morning, it outlines a clear case for the rationale why Apple has deliberately chosen to block Flash from the iPhone/iPod/iPad ecosystem — not only as a plugin in their Safari [...]
When I was very young (6? 7?), my dad bought me a Casio SK-1. Twenty years later, I’m still a synth geek (obligatory link here). I absolutely love synthesizers and electronic music, and I can trace it all back to that first Casio SK-1 where I could press a button, sample whatever was making noise [...]
When the iTunes Music Store came to market in April 2003, there wasn’t anything else like it. The simplicity and elegance of buying songs and syncing them to your iPod, combined with attractive and industry-sanctioned pricing, was a revolution.
Today, Apple has embarked on a similar journey in the publishing world with the iBooks Store, and, [...]
l was typing up a white paper for my company on the iPad the other day while sitting outside of a local market. It was a very interesting experience. A couple of school kids walked by, and I overheard them chattering all of a sudden: “wow, there’s an iPad! Cool! It’s like a big iPod!” [...]
According to some estimates cleaned from data captured by Distimo, games are clearly the most popular category of application for the iPad (in terms of developer focus that is), accounting for over a third of apps in the App Store. Educational titles came in at less than 9%. I hope that number increases significantly in [...]
I’m pretty happy with the overall experience of the Calendar app on the iPad, but, strangely, it’s missing some crucial features compared to the Mac version of iCal that makes it difficult to use for wide-ranging scheduling sessions.
I’m typing this in the WordPress app on the iPad. I’ve been using it since 10am. I’ve synced it up with iTunes, checked out all the native apps, and played around with some downloads from the App Store. I even took it outside. Here are some initial thoughts.
