I got started to the GTD method years ago with Things from Cultured Code. It was a simple, good looking application that didn’t aim at empowering me to do tons of, ehm, things with my tasks, but it focused on simplicity and ease to use instead. Back then, it was the only app I needed to stay productive and keep up with my todo list.
Posts tagged with "iPad"
Things for iPad, Reviewed.
Manage Your Finances On the iPad with Expense Tablet
The iPad is still young, but there are a couple of good business and financial applications already out that could make your lives easier if you’re that kind of guy that aims at doing a lot of stuff with his new device. Personally, I’m trying to do a lot of stuff wih my iPad (writing posts, taking notes, email) so I wouldn’t mind to take care of expenses and incomes as well.
Fortunately, I’ve found this neat application called Expense Tablet which is just the best you can have right now.
Simplenote Updated For The iPad - Still The Best Notes App?
Like I wrote in my Evernote for iPad review some weeks ago, there aren’t good iPad apps for bloggers yet. The WordPress official client- put simply - sucks, and there are some other crappy apps that I can’t really see used in a professional context. So, I decided to stick with Evernote, and I’m still using it. This post is being written on it. I use Evernote because, together with text, I have to sync screenshots over the cloud, and many other note taking applications don’t let you attach any other kind of media to their library.
Simplenote is not any other note taking application though. Simplenote is the note taking application, the one you should use if you want something simple, reliable and fast enough to let you jot down everything and anything you want and have it backed up over the air. An iPad compatible version of Simplenote came out last night: is it still worth your attention?
iPad View Source Bookmarklet
So you have an iPad and you miss the possibility to view a page source like you do on Safari for Mac. Or maybe you just miss an optimized layout for the iPad.
AIM for iPad, Elegant IM App
When IM+ for iPad was announced and the first screenshots started coming out, I had some serious doubts regarding the interface and what the developers seemed to focus on at the time: overcrowding the iPad’s larger screen with tons of buttons and menus. It didn’t feel right, even if we didn’t have an actual device to test it on.
Fortunately, AIM for iPad was announced too, and after some weeks of testing, I can say this is the best IM client you can have on the iPad right now.
The Lego iPad Stand
I’m still looking for a really useful stand for my iPad, but this one is possibly one of the coolest “implementations” I’ve seen so far. Corey Marion (co-founder of the Iconfactory) has spent his Sunday afternoon coming up with something creative for his iPad, and here’s the result.
I mean, an iPad stand made of Lego? Count me in.
Check out the photos after the break.
Multitasking Browser for iPad, Reviewed.
One of the most popular arguments against the iPad is that the device doesn’t support multitasking. I’ve discussed this subject many times before, and after Apple introduced its version of multitasking at the latest iPhone OS 4.0 event, we all know that what we’re going to get is much more like a system-wide persistent state feature rather than actual multitasking. If by multitasking you meant to be able to have multitple windows on screen at the same time, you won’t have that. You won’t be able to see more than one app at a time, and I’m definitely fine with that. If I’m writing something in Pages I don’t need to keep an eye on Twitterrific, and when I browse websites with Safari I don’t edit spreadsheets in Numbers.
There are some cases though where you’d want to work with an app and have another one open, running on its side, to take a quick glimpse at it every few minutes. When I’m on my Mac, it happens that I read stuff in DEVONthink and take a very quick look at the newest tweets in Tweetie. Maybe this it’s no exactly multitasking (I keep thinking that we humans cannot multitask), so I’ll just say it’s fast app switching which benefits from the larger real screen estate of a Mac. But would you imagine this on the iPad? Having Pages and a small widget on screen at the same time? Wouldn’t it become a mess, even with this beautiful 10 inches display?
Maybe. Maybe we just don’t need widgets at all, and screw you if you want a damn Dashboard running on the iPad. Let’s take a different approach: basing on the iPad UI guidelines, the implementation of split views and popovers is highly recommended. You know, the same stuff Mail, Instapaper and all the other apps do. And when you have a split view in front of you, isn’t that a very raw kind of multitasking? You basically have two views running at the same time, so I guess it’s quite fair to call it in this way. No let’s apply this to a browser, and here comes Multitasking Browser for iPad.
Amazon Mobile Updated For The iPad
Amazon has updated the Amazon Mobile iPhone app and made it compatible with the iPad, as a universal application. The update (1.2.4) also includes new features like bestseller and recommendation lists, video preview and music track samples.
The app sports a nice interface design, and it uses split view, popovers and paper stacks much like many other applications on the iPad. It seems like Amazon put a lot of effort in this, even though it sometimes hangs or doesn’t feel too much snappy. Maybe an update will fix these issues.
Check out the screenshots after the break.
Chaos Rings Headed to the iPad
Square Enix’ Chaos Rings has turned out to be a huge hit in the App Store: after all the positive reviews and users’ feedback, Chaos Rings (which, for those who don’t know, it’s a typical japanese RPG) is now the top grossing app in nine countries, and the devs confirmed it’s also headed to the iPad as “Chaos Rings HD”.