Taking Free Classes & Courses At iTunes U [iPad, iPhone & iPod touch]
At Apple's recent live event at the Guggenheim in New York to launch its most recent application, iBooks Author, the company also used the occasion to introduce another education related iOS 5 app and iTunes service called iTunes U. Apple is providing access to complete courses from leading universities and other schools.
Why Twitter's TweetDeck Is Worth A Second Look
In the last few months, Twitter has become my favorite social networking hangout, mainly because I find it less time consuming than Facebook and Tumblr, and I can certainly update it quicker than I can any of my typically abandoned blog sites. Most of last year I have been using YoruFukurou and a few iPhone apps as my Twitter clients, but now I'm giving the multi-platform TweetDeck a try again.
Convert Your Twitter Tweets Into A Published Book With Twournal
A few years ago, I stumbled upon Twournal which can put your latest 3,200 tweets into a PDF or paperback book. When you see your Twitter content archived in one document, you gain a better appreciation of what it means to be a published author. Twournal allows you to create, buy and sell books printed from your tweets. Registering on the site and creating your first book is nearly as easy as signing in and allowing Twournal to access your Twitter timeline
How To Write Your First Book In iBooks Author
Apple recently introduced iBooks Author in a live presentation at the Guggenheim in New York. The software is aimed at textbook writers and publishers, but it can just as well be used for producing cookbooks, picture books, interactive fiction novels, how-to books, and the like. iBooks Author looks to be the first consumer-based e-Pub software designed for multimedia books.
Get Creative & Funky With The Mixel App [iPad]
While the iPad is mostly a media consumption device for surfing the web, reading e-mails, and watching movies, there are some amazing apps like GarageBand and Keynote apps that make it a really creative tool for producing media. Another such app is Mixel for the iPad - an iOS5 app that truly engages your artistic abilities, or just your willingness to have fun with images, shapes, and letters.
10 Tips To Better Organize Your Files & Folders [Mac]
Most of what we do in any computer is access, manage, and use files and folders. Having a handful of good tips for using files and folders on your Mac can help you get things done faster and more efficiently. The following are a list of the favorite ways I work within the Finder.
Apple Introduces iBook Textbook Publishing [News]
Last Thursday, Apple held a live event at the Guggenheim in New York, where the company introduced its latest software, iBooks Author, which some critics are calling a game changer for schools, writers, and book publishers. iBooks Author is designed to enable writers and publishers to create multimedia e-textbooks that can be uploaded and sold on the Apple's iBooks store and viewed in the updated iBooks 2 app.
The Advantages Of Journal Writing On Penzu.com
I started journal writing back in the early eighties when I was in college, but haven’t really put personal thoughts to paper in the last fifteen years. After thinking long and hard about what medium I wanted to use to keep my journal, I chose Penzu.com because it offers advantages over traditional paper notebooks and even popular blog sites like Wordpress and Tumblr.
How to Use Apple's Lesser Known Podcast Producer on Mac
Podcasting has already proven to be an effective way to communicate or entertain, and thus for basic broadcasting needs, Mac users might want to try out a lesser-known application included in Mac OS X Lion, called Podcast Producer, which is not located directly in the Applications folder, but in the Utilities folder which resides in the Applications folder.
Create A Cool Travel Slideshow In iPhoto '11 [Mac]
For iPhoto users who have travel photos taken in different places throughout the country or world, iPhoto offers a pretty cool slideshow theme that is relatively easy to put together, depending on how well you have managed your iPhoto library. It even includes a great piece of stock background music if you don't have anything better to use.
Five Apps And A Few Tips For Using Your iPhone While Driving
The key to using your phone while driving is to reduce the number of steps it takes to make a call, send a text message, or check driving directions. The iPhone includes a few built-in features and apps that might be useful while driving, and there a few third-party apps that can help keep your eyes on the road.
Can You Break Or Start A Habit In Only 21 Days?
The beginning of the year is always a good time to set new resolutions and break old habits, to make this year better than the last. I've recently wrote about a couple of good websites for goal setting and monitoring New Year resolutions. But a few Amazon and Microsoft engineers and developers teamed up to develop another web application designed to help break old habits or create new ones.
Dropbox Automator Sends Emails, Converts PDFs, Downsizes Files & More
For many computer users, Dropbox is the quintessential online storage and file sharing service for accessing files between computer devices. If you're heavy user of Dropbox like I am, you might be interested in a new online service, Dropbox Automator, that can automatically perform all sorts of tasks when you add files to your designated Dropbox folders.
List It And Achieve It With 43Things.com
Though New Year's resolutions and goals could easily be typed and printed out on a sheet of paper, 43Things.com offers more useful features than pen and paper, and it provides a simple method for managing your goals without having to invest in complex personal management software. The following are some suggested tips for using 43Things.com in a more dedicated manner.
How To Set & Accomplish Your New Year Resolutions For 2012
We all know that making New Year's resolutions is a useful way of getting things done and achieving particular goals; however, setting them is easier than actually doing them. Typically by March what we resolve to achieve fades away like a dream as we get distracted by our daily routines. But in the last several years, I have found that if I make a list of ten or more personal goals, I will achieve at least a few of them.
Google Puts Election Coverage At Your Finger Tips [News]
Just in time for the Iowa Caucuses, Google released this week its US election coverage website which brings together the news, opinions, videos, and other resources that you might find in a Google search on a particular presidential candidate or issue. Google contends that "there’s no question that the Internet is set to deliver more political information, opinion and news than any other medium throughout the 2012 U.S. elections".
3 Great Apps To Easily & Fairly Split A Bill Among Several People [iPhone]
Nothing can spoil a great group lunch or dinner than having to spend quality time calculating the cost of splitting the bill. Sure it's easy when you split the cost between yourself and your girlfriend or boyfriend, but what happens when you have more than five people in the group? You could use a calculator or the old pen and paper method, but if you have a iPhone or other iOS device, there are apps.
Reading Personal Documents On Your Kindle App
Since I first reviewed the Amazon Kindle for the iPad and other iOS devices, some pretty useful features have been added in recent updates. From basic annotation tools, an e-book library, and its Whispersync capabilities, the Kindle app now allows users to import magazines and newspapers, as well as personal documents—each of which can be synced between iOS devices.
Preserving Your iPhoto Library For Your Grandkids & Beyond [Mac]
The end of the year is a good of time as any to tidy up, organize, and back up your iPhoto library. Even if you're using Apple's Time Machine to back up the contents of your Mac, your memorable photos are definitely files that you will want to preserve in more than one place. Apple has made the process fairly easy, in that you can simply back up your entire iPhoto library on a disc or external hard drive.