Posts Tagged ‘apple’

Why I didn’t get an iPad

After I walked out of a local, specialist Apple retailer I didn’t think it was worth looking into purchasing an iPad. Unfortunately the staff member was spectacularly unsuccessful at showing me the various accessibility features of the shiny tablet computer. I was despondent. Having been cut-off from reading papers, websites, books and more as a [...]

Mac OS X accessibility tweaks

A few weeks after the stroke I had in June I wanted to get some new podcasts. Listening to radio shows proved a great way of keeping myself occupied.
 Up until my unexpected health setback I was an inveterate, dextrous computer user. Years of constant honing meant I’ve created an onscreen environment that’s familiar and [...]

A tip for presenters – take your own bottle

I’m going to skip making any introductory comments and get straight to the point. If you’re doing a presentation and are worried there’ll be even the faintest possibility you might spill a drink on your laptop then: drink from a bottle, preferably one you brought from home of course (and make sure the lid is [...]

iWork software for sale

I’ve been perfectly happy with Apple’s iWork ’08 suite of software. I’ve created business cards, brochures and reports, a few slide presentations and played with the spreadsheet. It’s been easy to learn and use, especially with loads of templates. Best of all it only cost about $80. Last week I hit a glitch – I [...]

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