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Software/Apps

Taking Notes on an iPad 2

November 9, 2011

Noterize note taking app for iPad

I recently purchased an iPad 2, my first since iPad, but have been on the prowl for the best note-taking app. There are so many variations as to why you are needing to take notes, but for me the requirements were simple:

  1. I wanted to be able to type and also use handwriting for marking up as I’m a doodler.
  2. I wanted to have access to my dropbox folder so I can read PDF’s that I’ve saved there, mark them up, highlight, etc.
  3. I wanted to be able to share the final notes easily.
  4. I wanted to have a great way of keeping my notes organized as what I have been using before this was 3 or 4 different notebooks spread around 3 different desks. Not optimal.
Many people swear by Evernote, I haven’t really gotten into it and I’m not sure why, even before getting an iPad. My main hang-up for using Evernote as a note-taking app is that you can’t use handwriting. I moved on.
I tried GoodNotes and really liked almost everything about it, except that it didn’t let me type – though to their credit it isn’t supposed to and I knew that before purchasing. Once I started using it “for real” I realized that was something that I was going to value.
I gave Notes Plus, Note Take HD and Notability a look, but didn’t really feel like paying so much.
Along came a review on appadvice.com and whamo! Lead me to Notarize. This app did the trick. And best of all, FREE. Highly recommend for any iPad users out there.

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Mozy.com Back Up Break Up

February 26, 2011

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It’s official. I’m single.

Mozy and I had to break up. We had a pretty good run and I will say there was great potential for a long-lasting relationship, but things happen. Namely, this happened.

As in every relationship it’s the subtle things. From the announcement there is the causal line of “we’re replacing our Unlimited backup plan.” Replacing? With what? Oh, that’s right, you’re replacing it with a plan that just quadrupled my price each month. Yeah, thanks for that.
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One Powerful Shopping Cart

01.23.2011

So you want to open an online store?  Great!  Just get your web-guy cousin to hook you up with one…there’s just a few things you have to get figured out first: What store software will you use? How will you host the store? Will your site have an SSL Certificate installed so you can accept [...]

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Desktop Sharing Using join.me – a Review

08.29.2010
join.me review

I recently found the need to share my desktop with a few people and wanted a better option to LiveMeeting, GoToMeeting and Yugma.  I could review those as well, but will stick to one that I found recently that is still in beta but was a great alternative. After stumbling upon join.me (created by LogMeIn) [...]

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WordPress for Blackberry

08.05.2010

I have been wrestling to try and figure out how to get the email-to-post to work on this WordPress installation. This is something fairly straight forward, and yet came to realize that because I am using Google Apps for my email, so far no good. There are a ton of posts ‘out there’ as to [...]

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Mac and Blackberry/Android/Smartphone Users Gotta Check Out Missing Sync

12.10.2009
missing sync apple blackberry android

One of my frustrations with have a Mac is that my Blackberry is sort of pieced together in terms of keeping everything in sync. I tried a ton of different “solutions” but they all seemed like they missed the mark (no pun intended for what I’m about to say). Along comes Mark/Space with their Missing [...]

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The e-Newsletter Alternative

09.01.2009
enewsletter alternative free

For a small-to-medium business, keeping a website fresh with content is a big enough challenge. Add to that the desire to produce a quality newsletter and the pressure begins to mount. As mentioned before, there are some great options for high-quality, profession, painless e-newsletters (ConstantContact, MailChimp, Emma, BlueSkyFactory to name a few). The greatest challenge [...]

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