I was stunned and shocked. I was seated on the floor of the trains “quiet car”, I boarded too late to get a seat, and I took a look around to see if other’s had received a similar message. Most of my fellow passengers were reading a book or already fast asleep, although there were a few others busily burying their faces in their mobile devices. I surfed the web for confirmation and quickly received it. I was devastated. I sent a text to my closest friends and a “tweet” as tears filled my eyes…
Changing the Paint Scheme
I recently began to make better use of my commute time by bringing along my MacBook Pro. I now have a few hours each day when I can focus on post processing my photos and enhancing my graphics abilities. As an example of this effort, I decided to create a new landing page for ChasingSteel.com as a means to learn some new packages that I have purchased. Consequently, yesterday I updated the main page of the site, which has traditionally been a place to showcase one of my specific photographs, with new graphics as seen below on an iPad…
APPLE NOW ACCEPTING IPAD APPS FROM DEVELOPERS
Yeah!. I can't wait for April 3rd. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas...
iPadded. Did you?
On Friday, a mere two hours after Apple began accepting pre-orders for their newest device, the iPad, I placed my order for two of them. (I also bought one for Deb since she deserves the best.)
I opted for the 64GB Wi-Fi version, without 3G. Since I am already an iPhone owner and devotee I didn’t feel the need for yet another data plan. At some point I plan on getting a MiFi™ device and the capabilities of that connection should be easily leveraged by the iPad, no matter where I am, provided, of course, that I have a 3G connection.
The device is scheduled to be delivered on April 3, 2010. I opted to have the iPad shipped to my house rather than try to deal with the craziness certain to be prevalent at my local Apple store. It should be a fun day because I am very impressed the devices that Apple the designers and engineers produce. They tend to be extremely well-engineered and the software and operating system are always intuitive and very integrated. I am looking forward to having all of my existing iPhone apps work seamlessly on the iPad out of the box. I am also looking forward to browsing the internet with such a large screen!
So, iPadded, did you? ;-)