Tag: ipad

  • So an iPad Mini, a Galaxy Note 3 and a Vivotab Note 8 walk into an event…(now what about Office for iPad?)

    The subject line sounds like the setup to a joke, but it’s not. Neither is Microsoft announcing Office for iPad. Finally. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been experimenting with leaving my laptop behind and leaping into the fray armed only with a handheld smart device. I emceed the annual IN-NW social engagement conference with…

  • What’s a “pro” anyway?

    Microsoft’s freshly announced Surface for Windows 8 Pro; Apple’s slightly-less freshly announced (it was last week after all — almost ancient tech history) Macbook Pro with Retina Display. Both a mouthful of names, both differentiated from their “amateur” brethren with a higher price, higher resolution and of course, the all-important “Pro” suffix. As I consider myself…

  • Best video editing app for the “new” iPad? No contest…

    Avid Studio is totally up to the task.  Simple enough to be intuitive, powerful to make some fine tune edits.  I think I fell out with iMovie on the Mac in 2008 (yucky interface), it does not redeem itself on the iPad in 2012 (I tried, it’s yucky there too; I couldn’t even figure out…

  • Hacking Edu: My 7 “Whoa’s!” at SXSW Edu

    A different kind of geek parade now descends upon Austin as SXSW Edu wraps up and SXSW Interactive revs up.  I’m overlapping between the two events to welcome our MCDM Flip The Media SXSW team (check out our blog redesign!), connect with some friends at a Starbucks Speed Pitch session, and to attend an O’Reilly…