Agile Tortoise just updated Drafts for iPhone and also launched Drafts for iPad.1 I really like and use both versions. It’s the quickest way to get a bunch of notes down. The iPad version feels roomy and comfortable. I especially like the low contrast extra keyboard row. Too many apps make the text window smaller by adding an extra row. Drafts doesn’t feel smaller.
There are also a good number of new actions available such as “Send to Day One” and “Append to Dropbox”.
Gus Mueller gives a glimpse into the future of VoodooPad 5.1 and I like it. VoodooPad will be a suitable engine for generating a static Web site from MultiMarkdown. The static blog generator plugin for VoodooPad is open source and available on GitHub.
I don’t use Facebook. I’ve been the subject of ridicule and disappointment for several years because I don’t use Facebook. I’ve resisted the pleas of grandparents and friends because I don’t want to post private information about my family on a service I don’t think has earned my trust. Now I have a solution.
Glassboard is the social sharing site for people that hate Facebook. The primary goal of Glassboard is to keep information private unless explicitly shared with invited friends.
If you want accurate weather forecasts, I recommend a combination of two apps on iOS:
Week Forecast eWeather HD is my default app for planning around the weather. The interface is a little odd for the daily view but the week view is informative and accurate.
eWeather HD provides an option for two different weather services (Foreca.com and Intellicast.com). I usually check both by tapping the icon in the upper left corner.
Not much time left for Apple to make Flash work on the iPhone.
Also, thanks again Steve for putting user experience ahead of bullshit legacy. A small but appreciated dent.
I am one of those fortunate individuals with the uncanny ability to give a reasonably good presentation without much rehearsal. I typically hit my allotted time without much fretting. However, there’s no way to control the external factors in a presentation. Presentations start late. Hosts don’t follow a schedule. The real killer is being second in a team speaking situation. All of these factors make a presentation timer crucial.
Lightning Talk Timer Lightening Talk Timer 1 is beautiful and has a very clever UI.
QuickShot 1 has been out for awhile and I have used it for many months. I think it was Shawn Blanc's post that introduced me to it. I just realized that while it is on my home screen and I use it regularly, I've never recommended it. Let's rectify that situation.
QuickShot is a basic camera app with one core principle: Take a photo and immediately upload it to a specific Dropbox folder.
I’m enjoying BeerBuddy 1, primarily for its RateBeer.com integration.
Scan a barcode on a bottle:2
Within a second or two the app gets the details about the beer along with the RateBeer.com ratings and reviews.
It also provides beer check-ins like in Untappd but with less social cruft. I really like the option to record a beer that I have in my cellar rather than a beer I just drank. The downside is that the data stays in the app and there is no way to export it or save it outside of the app.
From the Gridwriter Colophon page:
I also built this site entirely on my iPad using Textastic, iSSH, and Diet Coda all while paired to a Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Case. Formatting the blog posts while transferring from Tumblr to Pelican, however, was accomplished on a MacBook Air using nvALT and Keyboard Maestro.
The site was built on his iPad. Sounds like a creation device to me.
You know what else I like about Gridwriter?
The Pythonista app for iPad is a Python interpreter for iOS.1 I have used and the Python for iOS and it is a nice facsimile of running Python on a Mac. But Pythonista is more than a Python interpreter.
Background I’ve used the Python for iOS app on my iPad. It’s a solid iOS app that does one thing well. It allows me to work with core Python modules and run them.
