January 2011
4 posts
iPad apps you should try
The iPad. Some love it, others hate it. No matter which camp you’re in the device is popular and continues to attract new users. I see people asking “what apps should I get” frequently so here’s a sample of iPad apps I think you might like.
Chat & Social
Friendly
BeejiveIM for iPad
LimeChat or Colloquy
AIM
Twitter
Reading and News
Reeder
Pulse News Reader
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Apple conspires to make email users appear foolish
Mac OS X has a system-wide keybinding which I find really useful, although it doesn’t work in all applications. If you hover your mouse over a word and press ⌘⌃D a popup window appears with the dictionary definition of the word. It looks like this:
Meanwhile, Apple Mail has a default keyboard shortcut of ⌘⇧D to send the email you’re currently editing.
If you mix up the ⇧ and ⌃ key...
I use Twitter and while they have a feature-rich website I prefer to use a client application. It feels faster and I can use the style of interface I prefer. What do I mean by that? Take a look at this TweetDeck screenshot. This app is a popular Twitter client. It’s far too complex for me. I loathe their aesthetic and interface design. There are too many buttons, too much information, too...