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I’ve posted an article on my more technical blog called “Getting more Work done with iPad”.

If you get a moment to read it, please let me know what you think.

Thanks

Walt

Having trouble getting “Select All” to show up in iPad Safari so you can copy a long URL?

For some reason, it only appears when no words or characters are selected. To get rid of the current selection:
- Press and hold on the URL until the magnifying glass pops up.
- When you release, the [...]

I’ve noticed fewer and fewer magazines on the racks at local convenience stores and it makes me wonder what’s happening?

There are a lot of reasons that could account for it, but my favorite is that more people are reading electronically.

Still, the magazine rack at my local CVS is less than half it’s size one year [...]

This is a neat device.  It is a simple battery pack that charges from 12 volts, like your car or the adapter.  It has a USB port to power your iPhone/iPod/iPad and another port to power your MacBook with the provided MagSafe connector.

If you need your MacBook and or iPhone device to run for a [...]

A cool page that breaks down sales by state.  (I have no clue how reliable the numbers are.)

http://labs.chitika.com/ipad/

We’ve had interest expressed in various parts of the ePublishing business.  If you are interested in attending sessions on any of the following or speaking on any of them, please express your interest by commenting on this article or sending email to tech@flmug.org

Publishing your book or information in online bookstores such as Amazon, Apple or [...]

A good tool is a good tool.

Government officials have historically been mobile workers, but it is cool to see Norway’s Prime Minister using an iPad to assist in his work while waiting to fly home from New York.

Does Obama still use a Blackberry?

Links: NY Daily News Article

Need to take an iPad around water? Near a pool with splashing kids for instance? I put my iPad in a gallon ziplock bag (by Hefty) and used it just fine for hours. I just wiped the splashed water drops off. I wish I had thought of that before my 12-year old got chocolate all over it a few days ago.

Can a netbook work inside a plastic bag? [...]

This morning, wanting to hear some news to wake up by,  I reached for the iPad instead of the laptop and looked over news sites and video.  There was no booting, far less time waiting for it to wake from sleep than the laptop. (Yes, and far less time than it took me to wake [...]