I was really excited to upgrade my iPad to iOS 5. Face it, I’m a geek. But, along with a host of other interesting new features, were gestures for the iPad.  One of the joys of the iPad is the tactile sense of working with it and the ability to use the whole screen for [...]

I’m now commuting daily into Manhattan and taking my iPad. When you commute, its amazing how a bag which you hardly even noticed carrying getting out of the car, feels like it weights a hundred pounds by the time you get to the office. So, I wondered, how far could I go being paperless and [...]

Last August the camera in my iPhone 3GS started producing photos as if they were taken through a jar of Vaseline or a screen door – neither one a very pleasing effect. It didn’t inconvenience me much, but I do find the camera handy for a quick informal shot or as a reminder for something [...]

Ok, so Grandma (Mom in my case) can’t figure out how to view the pictures from the link she got in an AOL email. I suppose AOL should be the tip-off that some help would be needed. The trouble is she’s 230 miles away and trying to do tech support over the phone is a [...]

Ten years ago I bought a personal 800 number. Then I forwarded the number to wherever I was – cell phone, office, home. It worked pretty well, provided I didn’t screw up and leave the forwarding to the wrong number. Voice mail was a bit of an issue too. You’d think in the intervening ten [...]