Evernote for Dummies: The App to Finally Organize Yourself!

Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small from your everyday life using your computer, phone, tablet and the web. –Evernote.com (Try out ONE MONTH of the Premium version of Evernote for free by clicking the link at the bottom of this post!) I’ve always wanted to write a post on Evernote. It…

App #32: Penultimate for iPad (now FREE!)

Great news! Penultimate for iPad is now available free of charge (formerly $0.99). This is the ultimate handwriting and sketching app for iPad. Like Skitch, Penultimate was purchased by Evernote in 2012, and has since included full Evernote integration through all devices. Not an Evernote fan or user? You have the option to not sync…

App #28: TubeBox Pro for YouTube [REVIEW]

**Update February 18, 2013 Great news! Thanks to reader Justin, it looks like TubeBox Pro has be re-released under a new name: Instatube. Go download it while it’s free and available! **Update February 4, 2013 This post seems to be getting a lot of hits, so I thought I’d better update it. It looks like…

Great improvements to Evernote Skitch for iPad and iPhone!

**Updates Looks like disgruntled Mac Skitch users were able to get their old features back, by “downgrading” back to the old version of Skitch. The 60 mb monthly upload allowance to Evernote is going to pose a problem for Skitch users. The first day I uploaded 10 Skitch images, I ended up using 38 megabytes!…

App #11: Display Recorder: Video Record your iOS device!

UPDATE! This app is no longer available, but check out a similar app, xRec, just released July 22: $1.99. **Update, November 21, 2012! Unfortunately, the App was pulled from the App Store. It was re-released and renamed as Disp Recorder and the price was increased to $9.99. There is now a 50% sale for $4.99….

How to take a screenshot on iPad/iPod touch or iPhone

Chalk another post up for the Basics. This hint might seem quite rudimentary, but even an experienced techy friend recently was quite baffled when he found out his iPad could do this. You’ll hopefully have noticed that I have quite a few screenshots on this blog of what is shown on my iPad. This process…

App #6: Camera

Back to the basics: the Camera app Have an iPad 2, iPhone, or iPod touch? Take advantage of the dual cameras that come with the device. Some of you might even own the new iPad, which boasts the much improved camera much like that of the iPhone 4S. Simply having a camera on these devices…

App #3: Evernote Skitch

Evernote Skitch for iPad is a must for any teacher who projects their iPad. It is a simple and intuitive app that even students can use on their own. One can take ANY screenshot or photo and write or type on it. I first decided to use when I was teaching a student guitar. I…