I’m back…
A funny thing happened on the way to the 'net. I started a consulting job that sort of sucked up all my time. So it's been a while since I regularly wrote a blog entry, surfed Facebook or even twittered a link! All my favorite things and all I could do was go to work (and commute an hour each way) and sleep. Such a dull life if it hadn't been for the type of work I've been doing.
Put a piece of software in front of me and I like to take it apart. I like to find out what it can do, what I can use it for, etc. Put a web app in front of me and it gets worse. I don't break things as well as some of my colleagues, but I can be pretty good at it. So much fun!
I've thought of a million things I'd like to be writing about and amazingly I've learned to write them down or record them as I go. One of them is my new toy. My baby, my iPad 2.
I love this thing. Having always been the kind of person who gets giddy over the feel of a notebook of paper, the iPad 2 appeals to this sensibility. Just the right size for a notebook. It isn't a coincidence that I collect writing apps. Several have become favorites, for reasons other than what I assume they were developed for. One is iJournal. Doesn't do much except create diary entries with automatic dating. But this is an easy way for me to quickly jot down what I am doing at 5 so that at 8 the next morning I can step back into it without trouble. Yes, I use OneNote too but that app is more for detail collecting and it can be difficult after awhile to find a specific bit of information you hastily added the night before. In iJournal, that note is always on top. Love it!
Unlike my iPhone, I don't need a magnifying glass to read on the iPad. The best part of this is not being constantly reminded of my fading eyesight and mortality. At 52, I really don't want to feel old and creaky yet. Let me handle that when I've added a couple of decades. I don't need it now.
There has been a lot of picking apart of tablets and netbooks and whether they are worth it and my unequivocal answer is "Yes!" Try living with a laptop bag thrown over your shoulder all the time and see how you feel about a computer (yes, I think they deserve that categorization) you can throw in your purse. And it's just big enough that I can find it in said purse. Try saying that about your smart phone!
