Posts filed under “Computing”

My iPad setup

Over at the Interchange Project I detail — and I mean detail –my iPad setup, which is a key part of my writing workflow: A big part of what I do is write and take notes, and that part of my workflow will be the main focus of this post. I use several programs for [...]

Why and how I’d use an iPad and similar tablets

Instead of pontificating on whether or not the iPad is a failure or how it will change computing forever, I thought that I would spend some time thinking about how I would actually use an iPad or similar tablet. 1. My commute to work and walking around the city Doing work on the train — [...]

The people need the iPad and simpler computers

A lot of technologists don’t realize how broken the current computing experience is for so many people. Desktop computers (with desktop-metaphor OSes) are really work machines, but many people — if not most — spend the majority of their computing time these days doing non-work stuff on their computers. Desktop computers with desktop-metaphor OSes will [...]