iPad
Journalists: update your iOS devices now Paid Members Public
Today’s security update for Apple’s iOS devices [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/technology/apple-software-vulnerability-ios-patch.html] is a serious one: > One of the world’s most evasive digital arms dealers is believed to have been taking advantage of three security vulnerabilities in popular Apple products in
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
New mobile blogging workstation in testing… Paid Members Public
I’m playing with a new keyboard and stand combo, to see it I can carry my laptop around a little less. It’s probably just iPad Pro envy – but I’m enjoying the experiment.
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
Apple's News app: no publishing from iPad Paid Members Public
Oh, the irony. You can’t (currently) sign up for Apple’s new News Publisher [https://developer.apple.com/news-publisher/] (for the new News app [http://www.apple.com/ios/ios9-preview/#apps]) on the iPad it’ll be publishing to. More thoughts on News to come – once I’m done
When The Magazine nearly died Paid Members Public
Interesting insight into The Magazine [http://www.marco.org/2014/06/23/elephant] and its (previously unknown, I believe) near-death experience: > Having a “built-in audience” from a 5by5 show, Tumblr, Instapaper, and Marco.org didn’t sustain The Magazine. I sold it because it was cratering under my ownership
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
iPad Magazines: a predictable publisher road-crash Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/04/newsstand-again-3682.html] David Jacobs of 29th Street Publishing [http://www.29.io] talking about magazine apps: > What we have learned is that the replica will never be successful. Consumers have soundly rejected them: digital subscriptions make up only 3% of
