Attila's Den: Our School In A Box - First Deployment in South-East Asia →

attila:

In less than a minute, there were 5 more kids around. In less than 2 Arnaud did not have access to the iPad anymore, 10 kids were drawing on a turn-by-turn basis. That was the first high point for me: it’s working, it’s working… they’re so into it that they do not care whether it’s a tech or not, they’re just using it.

This whole post is an amazing example of how the iPad is changing the very nature of education. My friend Dave Mendels and his team is on the bleeding edge of this movement. Bringing iPads and technology to the places it can do the most dramatic good.

I am especially gratified by the inclusion of Ink for iOS in this project. To know that something you helped make can surprise, delight, and engage a small child on the other side of the world is a feeling no words can describe. To see the pictures as the kids crowd around the screen to play with it really impressed upon me the idea that the simplest of ideas can spark huge creative interest and growth in the eyes of a child.That the more complexity and features you add, the less accessible you make it to those who, perhaps, might benefit from it most.

Thank you so much for this Dave. You have no idea how deeply it has affected me.

iPhone Traveler Pt. 6 – Apps and tips from an international airline pilot | 52 Tiger →

I’ll admit, I’m pretty excited about this. My sister Erin is a pilot with United Airlines. She’s been flying internationally for about 10 years, always with an iPod touch or iPad in tow. I asked her to share some apps and tips with you all, and she was happy to oblige.

Latest in a traveling with your iPhone series Dave is doing. He’s absolutely killing it. Great work.

The Log: Reading List →

chrisbowler:

The more I consider the idea, the more I realize it’s Safari that is a fantastic tool. And unless I feel the need to share my bookmarks and items I’m reading, using Reading List and Safari’s bookmarks is a perfect solution.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the possibility that many of us go running for 3rd party apps because we have never trully taken the time to examine or give the built in ones a fighting chance. Chris does a great job here of explaining why he now uses Safari’s Reading List feature over other “Read It Later” apps.

The Loop: After 20 years on the web, veteran Apple reporter Jim Dalrymple bets on an iOS magazine →

oneinfinitewatch:

Related:

• The Loop magazine for iPhone and iPad released
• Welcome to The Loop magazine
• Macstories’ Federico Viticci talks to Jim Dalrymple about The Loop Magazine

I now have two reasons to open up the Newsstand App and in no particular order they’re Marco Arment’s The Magazine and The Loop Magazine.

Yep.

Managing A Growing iPhoto Library — Log — Nick Wynja →

Having thousands of photos at 3072 × 2304 pixels didn’t make sense anymore especially with limited drive space my new MacBook Air. I wanted to resize those images to something still reasonable but save a few gigs while I was at it. I went straight to Automator, an under-praised utility in Mac OSX, and started playing around. Here’s what I came out with.

This is simply great. And, greatly simple.

Rethinking My Apps and Home Screen →

This is a good example of one method to really think hard about the apps you are using, ones you could be using better, and ones you really don’t need to use at all.