It’s Friday and I’m on my way home. As I sit here on the train I feel like I’ve kicked my iPad into 2nd gear this week.

Apple’s iBook app is great but the prices of the books at the store are a little high. I bought my first novel ebook from Amazon (epub) and uploaded it via iTunes. A little extra work but it save me a little change. The great new is that I finished the 250 pg novel and the experience was great. Very readable, easy to navigate, all in all a nice experience. I didn’t miss the real book at all.

I’ve settled into using Things (Cultured Code) as my todo list manager. They got some improvements/features to add but it’s a good start. The good news is things like repeating tasks, areas, and people are all creatable on the desktop.

I went kind of low tech for the moment with capturing meeting notes. I’ve found that Apple’s Notes app (built in) is simple and very workable. The best part is all those hand written sheets are being tossed out each day. I don’t thinks this works because of notes, but because the iPad is easy to pull out and update.

Some co-workers see this as a toy but the reality it’s slowly becoming as essential as a pen and notepad for me.

Side note: SF Bags Smart Case for the iPad is fantastic!