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New OSes, new iClouds
It’s been a while since I’ve rambled here, but I wanted to have a few days to let things settle for a while. Wednesday, Apple released iOS 5, along with iCloud. To take advantage of iCloud, all of my Macs …
Comics by ComiXology turns three (point oh)
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In previous posts, I’ve rambled about the need for one comics store/reader app to become the iTunes of Comic Readers for digital comics to really take off—and that ComiXology’s Comics app is the one best positioned to be that app. …
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Storyist for iPad: writing software for iOS grows up
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I’ve mentioned before that when I write fiction (of any variety; prose, comics, etc) I use Storyist, an excellent Mac OS X application that let’s me write and organize my notes, research, plot points, characters, settings, images manuscripts, and so …
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Great GarageBand for iPad jam
This is really impressive. This would sound good no matter how it was created, and to think that it was all done on a tablet rather than a full desktop computer is even more impressive!
Atari’s greatest hits coming to iOS
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Nostalgia is a powerful thing. And this brings back my childhood! Atari has just released Atari’s Greatest Hits to the App Store—currently it’s live in the New Zealand App Store, with the rest of the globe to follow. The app …
Angry Batbirds
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Angry birds come to Gotham City.
iPad 2
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Significantly thinner, a wee bit lighter, the iPad 2 offers double the speed, 9x the graphics, and two cameras for video/video chatting. Same battery life and low price. 3G available for either AT&T or Verizon (for the other 25 nations …
iOS apps I’m using bunches these days
It’s been a while since I posted about iOS apps that I’m using these days, either on my iPhone or iPad. So here are a few: BlogPress: I used to use the free WordPress app on my iPhone and iPad, …
Shadow and the new camera app
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I recently picked up a new camera app for my iPhone, called Camera+ which in addition to a lot of adjustable filters, also gives you some pretty nifty editing capabilities. I decided to try out with an artistic spread of …
Recording comes full circle
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When I was 18-years old, I spent half of my Freshmen year student loan on getting a Tascam Portastudio 246 to write and record songs. It was a 4-track recorder with a six-track mixer. And it was expensive—I think it …