by Beth Knittle on January 18, 2012
Many of you will no doubt come across websites today that are blacked out. Many members of the internet are on strike to bring awareness to two impending bills before the US Congress and the Senate. They are SOPA (stop online Piracy act) and PIPA (Protect IP act). Though most support the enforcement of copyright laws as these names imply these bills if they become law are not quite what the name implies, they are much more complex. Wikipedia has a good explanation of why they do not support the bills. CBS news has an article on why they support the bills.
What do you think?
by Beth Knittle on January 7, 2012
The iPad was a very popular gift this year. One of the more frequent questions I get now is “I just got an iPad, what apps should I get?”
I want to say there are thousands of free apps so search, install, try and delete. Just go play and have fun. I think people have trouble understanding that apps on the iPad are different then an application on a computer. There are not as many applications for computers there were only a few applications that dominate market share. Apps however are numerous this truly allows for individuals to find and use a what suits there needs.
In a school most computers have the same image, my guess is you would not find 2 ipads with identical apps. So where do you start to explore apps if you are not ready for the overwhelming choice of the the App store?
I would suggest AppStart it contains a user friendly guide to the iPad with app suggestions. Apple has comprised a getting started list for apps for education as well as suggestions for initial exploration for productivity. Go explore have fun and find what works for you.
by Beth Knittle on December 31, 2011
I have been trying to use my iPad for all my usual computer use. This is forcing me to get use the iPad keyboard and to try a variety of apps. I finally found an app that I can use for my blogging. Blogsy is a fairly complete blogging tool that allows me to post to my personal blog, Beth’s Thoughts, using the WordPress platform and my blog for work hosted on blogger. One tool, two blogs that is pretty cool for me. Blogsy works well with images and can be integrated with my flicker account. Blogsy even has a built in browser with drag and drop linking. So if you are a blogger and working off an iPad I would recommend Blogsy. So far it is the best blogging app I have tried to date.
