UX Write: The 'write' tool for the job (Update)

January 02, 2014 by David Johnson

Are you an iPad writer? Do you have a bluetooth keyboard case? Do you think of your iPad as a notebook replacement, the netbook Apple never made? Are your text messages measured in paragraphs rather than characters? Somewhere on your iPad, do you have the beginnings of a draft of that novel you always dreamed of writing? If any of this sounds reasonable and not completely daft, then you are an iPad writer, and you need a writer's tool. Allow me to tell you about the one I've been using lately:

I predict…

December 28, 2013 by David Johnson

Having just listened to the TNT prediction show for 2014, I thought I would go ahead and write down a few of my own predictions for the coming year. If my predictions prove to be true, you can bet there will be a follow-up. If not, well…

Of keyboards and tablets

November 23, 2013 by David Johnson

There is a reason the iPad does not come with a keyboard, and it may not be the reason you think. You will never see an iPad advertised with a keyboard, either, even though there are very good keyboards made for it. Apple even sells them in their retail stores. For the exact opposite reasons, you will never see a Windows tablet advertised without a keyboard. I am not aware of any that come with a keyboard out of the box. But Microsoft, Nokia, and others build keyboards for the tablets they offer.

Make Your iPad mini More Productive with the Zaggkeys Cover Mini

August 10, 2013 by David Johnson

No one needs to tell me. I fully understand the absurdity of using a keyboard with an iPad mini. That said, I have been rocking the Logitech Ultra-thin Keyboard Mini for several months... and loving it. But I fully realize that I am well outside the norm...