ipad apps
LumaFusion on iOS: such an easy way to create social videos Paid Members Public
LumaFusion on iPad makes knocking up quick and easy social videos a doddle.
The stealth success of Apple News Paid Members Public
I woke to unexpectedly happy news this morning – one of my (meagre) blog posts from last week had killed it on traffic: That’s a normal week’s worth of traffic on a single post. Not bad. And I was completely unaware until that point. Why? Because all the traffic
Using an iPad to prepare photos for the web Paid Members Public
Using an iPad to prepare photos for the web [http://www.imore.com/why-i-prefer-ipad-pro-my-mac-importing-and-editing-photos] This article has me rethinking one of my core reasons for not using my iPad for more blogging: > I’ve pretty much stopped importing and editing images on my Mac. Though I didn’t expect it,
Publishers and iPads: half a decade on Paid Members Public
My predictions for the relationship between magazine publishers and iPads five years ago [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2010/02/the_obligatory_ipad_for_publishers_post.html] : > * Companies will seize on the magazine-like form factor and the “book replication” iBooks interface to build what are, in effect, straight replications of
The baffling stall of tablet magazine evolution Paid Members Public
Interesting piece from a couple of months ago, on the faltering pace of change in tablet magazines [http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2014/09/why-your-tablet-magazine-isnt-getting-any-better/] . It makes a good case for what’s gone wrong – and an even more compelling one for some missed opportunities: > A successful tablet magazine requires
Flickr arrives on the iPad - finally Paid Members Public
Few apps have deserved the response “at last” more than the Flickr iPad app [http://blog.flickr.net/en/2014/10/17/announcing-flickr-for-ipad/]. The fact that it has taken over four years for this to surface is a sign of just how much Yahoo has dropped the ball with the
The publishing winner on iPads - comics - are under threat from Amazon Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/04/comixology-new-app-3708.html] It’s interesting to note that one type of publication was hugely assisted by the arrival of the iPad: comics. > Very few people bought comic books digitally before the iPad (probably more stole them). Remember how the iPad was
iPad Magazines: a whole new generation of shovelware Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/04/the-loop-ipad-3685.html] While we’re on the topic of iPad magazine apps [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2014/04/ipad-magazines-a-predictable-publisher-r.html] : > We in the publishing game have a name for this phenomenon – we call it “shovelware”. We used to use the
