Tag Archives: iPad

Priced to Die

“Why We Should Fear Ourselves More Than Pirates” So now that I’m seeing reports of SOPA and PIPA having been defeated by overwhelming negative opinion many are breathing sighs of relief. And others are cursing violently (but generally silently). Among game developers and writers, my two primary areas of interaction, opinions are mixed. Many are …

January 20, 2012 – 3:34 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Game Reviews, Technology, Writing Resources | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (57)

Recently Played – Emissary of War

As I noted a few days ago former BioWare co-worker Tobyn Manthrope recently released a new videogame “Emissary of War” for iOS devices. Well I finally squeezed some time in to play through the free first chapter. It was fun. Regular readers know I’m a fan of tactical RPGs and though Emissary doesn’t have a …

September 3, 2011 – 9:09 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Game Reviews | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Lego Games on iPod and iPad

Our sons (3 and 5 years old) are playing more and more with Lego, which pleases me greatly as I was a Lego kid growing up. Being a hoarder I kept most of my old Lego as well we have bought several newer sets for the kids. In the last couple months the two of …

April 20, 2011 – 1:22 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Apple - iPhone/iPad, Brent's Toys, Game Reviews, Lego | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

iPad App – Noterize

A few weeks ago I purchased the iPad App Noterize to assist me in editing a novel that is still in draft form. Wow. This is probably the most useful application I have on the iPad. Basically you import a pdf file (from a variety of sources) onto the iPad and can then make markup …

February 3, 2011 – 1:29 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

iPad + Kobo + Instapaper = Awesome

Longtime readers might remember me ranting about not enjoying the reading experience at online magazines such as Strange Horizons or Clarkesworld. I very much dislike scrolling and prefer a paging experience. This is probably one of the reasons I really like reading eBooks on the iPad as all the book apps use a paging interface. …

December 18, 2010 – 8:36 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Brent's Toys, My Life | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Request – iPad & iPod Touch Recipe Manager

There is nothing writing or game design related in this post. Just saying. As the cook/mealplanner/shopper for the house I’m trying to make my time spent doing these things a bit more efficient. To that end I’d like to use my iPad and iPod touch to help manage the dozens of recipes I have scattered …

December 17, 2010 – 8:54 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in My Life | Tagged , , , | Comments (3)

Back from Vacation

Been away for several days visiting family back in the homeland. Very pleased that I had the iPad this time around. In the past I’ve brought one of my laptops and I have to say that the iPad was more useful than they. I had no problems with battery life, maybe not quite getting 10 …

July 5, 2010 – 4:18 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in My Life | Tagged , , | Comments (3)

Reading PDFs with iBooks on an iPad

With the latest version of iTunes and iBooks I can now read pdfs through the iBooks app on my iPad… this makes me quite happy as the other PDF reader I was using didn’t have bookmark support (and iBooks does). And it means one less app I have cluttering my screen real estate. I do …

June 24, 2010 – 8:49 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Brent's Toys, My Life | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Got iPad

Well I did it. Even despite some reservations I bought myself an iPad. My main concerns with doing so stemmed mostly around the way Apple limits and controls apps. But I put my principles aside for the love of geek and bought it anyways. So with less than a day of using it I can …

June 20, 2010 – 3:05 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Brent's Toys, My Life | Tagged | Comments (0)

Story available on the Kindle

While I don’t have a dedicated ebook reading device like the Sony reader or the Kindle I have been reading eBooks and stories on my Ipod Touch for almost a year now. I have all the various bookstore apps on it including Stanza, eReader and Kindle. But what I hadn’t thought about, ever, and I …

January 27, 2010 – 8:16 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)