Lee Stacey - Musician / Geek / Thinker
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The iPad = The Perfect Home Computer?

Once again the world has gone crazy about another Apple product but is it really that useful?  To the average geek it probably isn't because it's not really very practical for hardcore computing, we have better devices.  Portability wise, everything we need to do on the move is taken care of by our smartphones and it's just too damn big to cart about.

Let's take it out of the hands of the geek for a second and put it in your average domestic situation.  It's perfect for sofa or bed based browsing, ebook (or iBook) reading and with the keyboard dock it will even sit on your desk and work quite well for basic correspondence needs.  The base model is perfectly suited for this role at a very attractive price.

OK so it can't multitask.  It's a leisure time thing.  Who really needs multitasking when they are sitting down at home casually browsing, reading a book or playing a game?

It doesn't do Flash... Big deal.  Content providers are already creating iPhone apps so TV on demand and the likes will no doubt come to the iPad in a very nice slick format soon enough and without any negative impact on the user experience.

So at first I was like "meh."

But then I was like "OH I SEE!"

So there might even be a place for one in my home too.

Image source and further info:
engadget.com

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I Don't Need AudioBoo - I Have Posterous And An iPhone

  
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Photo Blog (easy with Posterous)

I decided it was time to stop using Twitpic and start using Posterous for my iPhone snap shots.  Emailing photos is something the iPhone does very well and receiving emailed photos is something that Posterous does well so it's a match made in heaven.

All you need to do to get started is email a photo from your iPhone straight to post@posterous.com and you're rolling.  If you feel the need to change the name of the site or edit your profile, you can log in via the web and do so but it's not essential.  The blog is up and running from the very moment they receive that first email.  From then on, all you need to do is keep emailing your photos.  It's a piece of cake.

If you feel the need to look at my snapshots, looky here:

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Audioboo: iPhone Blogging Application

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Thanks to Christian Payne (@Documentally) I have been introduced to some newness that I thought I might share with you.  This particular nugget of newness is a very simple audio blogging platform for the iPhone that could well become audio's answer to YouTube.

Where Audioboo beats most other audio blogging and/or podcasting technologies to date is the simplicity factor.  All you do is set up an account, download the iPhone app from the App Store and GO GO GO!  You can link it with your Twitter and Facebook accounts too, should you feel so inclined.  You don't have to set up an account to use it if you don't want to.  Any Boos recorded without an account will be uploaded anonymously.

Once uploaded your Boo can then be individually linked or embedded such is the way of Web 2.0 applications.  If you set up an account all of your Boos will be listed there also.

If that's not enough, you can also subscribe to a user's boos in iTunes!

For more info on Audioboo you can visit their site:

http://audioboo.fm

There is a handy little video tutorial available here:

You'll find my Audioboo account here and Documentally's account here.

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