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3rd Party App Tips

Three simple tips for using Simplenote on your iPhone [iPhone Tips and Tricks]

February 9, 2010

Until we get metatag support in Simplenote, I’ll be using a set of Canadian style dash tags (ex. -JAiB, -food, -osx) that are so common amongst my people.
This has been working quite nicely for the various kinds of notes I create, whether they be JAiB drafts or quick reminders of what quick snack I just [...]

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Quick Pastebot Tip: store your iPhone wallpapers in their own folder [iPhone Tips and Tricks]

January 28, 2010

I’ve been using Pastebot (impressions here) to keep my iPhone wallpapers in cryogenic stasis until they’re needed. The cryo stasis part is probably unnecessary (been playing a lot of Mass Effect 2 lately) since wallpapers don’t age, spoil, or die, but they do normally have to be synced over from iTunes or saved to the [...]

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Quick Tip: Using Convert iPhone app as your quick calculator

November 30, 2009

Calculators are the sentries that ward off calculations. Something about having one nearby seems to rid me of the need to compute calculations, but the moment I take it off of my first home screen (“well, won’t need this old thing…”) it’s as if all the stupid numbers decide to come back into my life, [...]

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The iPhone Means Never Having To Take Handwritten Notes Again…Part 2

April 22, 2008

In yesterday’s post we looked briefly at using the iPhone’s camera to capture text images and, using Evernote, make them easily searchable. It works incredibly well.

But what if we want to capture text and then USE that text elsewhere? The fact is, while it requires some additional software it is just as simple.
In this case [...]

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The iPhone Means Never Having To Take Handwritten Notes Again… Part 1

April 21, 2008

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to spend a morning at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The museum/center is a must-see. It is a powerful place and an important reminder that freedom and equality must never be taken for granted. It quickly became clear that there was far too much [...]

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How-To: Setup Jott As Your On-The-Go Note-taker

December 16, 2007

As I’ve written here on numerous occasions I’m a huge fan of both Jott and Remember the Milk. Both work remarkably well, are relatively easy to set up and use, and are easy on the wallet — with Jott being free and the Pro version of Remember the Milk (needed for optimal iPhone integration) costing [...]

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