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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:25 pm 
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I'm on the prowl. Right now I'm mostly using:

Twitteriffic
Flipboard
USA Today for crossword puzzles
Dropbox/Box.net

The Broad is an Angry Birdser. I played for about 15 minutes one day, that's plenty for me. I'm not opposed to games necessarily, but Angry Birds is lame.

I'm open to just about anything. I've tried:
Flud: Similar to Flipboard, but updates slow and the browser tends to crap out on me.
Slate, Mashable: I like Flipboard better.
Huffington Post: POS

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 Post subject: Re: iPad Apps
PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:29 pm 
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I think the Daily, while still has some bugs, is the first publication to truly embrace the format and worth the free trial.

I use Evernote on my ipad, iphone, and desktop. The ABC and Netflix apps are pretty good too.

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 Post subject: Re: iPad Apps
PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:56 pm 
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I kinda think they all suck, especially the ones that are dedicated to websites. I just use Safari.

Also, this thing is good for A) Not having to carry my laptop home and B) porn

http://www.slate.com/id/2285434/

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Vic Da Baron LooGAR Wrote:
I kinda think they all suck, especially the ones that are dedicated to websites. I just use Safari.

Also, this thing is good for A) Not having to carry my laptop home and B) porn

http://www.slate.com/id/2285434/


Have you used the Daily?

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:17 pm 
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I was intrigued by the keyboard dock I saw at either Costco or Sam's Club.

But I don't have one.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:47 pm 
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The Daily isn't bad, but I've found that I like Flipboard better because it's more tailored to my interests. Also, this thing is great for Twitter, esp. the articles I star during the day and read in one big chunk later.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:23 am 
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Have you checked out the MOMA app?

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 Post subject: Re: iPad Apps
PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:03 pm 
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so this ipad 2 announcement... do you guys use your ipads a lot? thinking about getting one but not sure.

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Kingfish Wrote:
Have you checked out the MOMA app?


Yeah - it was pretty cool to walk around MOMA using it.

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harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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so this ipad 2 announcement... do you guys use your ipads a lot? thinking about getting one but not sure.


We got one a few weeks back, and I like it more than I anticipated. It's my newspaper replacement, but with customizable content. My pre-dinner hours routine is now knocking out a crossword and reading feeds from Salon, Slate, Mashable, Good, Brain Pickings, The Atlantic and shit I star in Twitter throughout the day. Plus, I've got Box.net and Dropbox, so I've used it to show proofs/share files.

It does suck for typing. If I have to reply to an email, I just go upstairs. Droid has spoiled me, because Apple autocorrect blows.

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