The first time my mom saw the iPad I was honestly shocked at how engaged and interested she was in the device. To me the iPad has been somewhat of a larger-version of an iPhone, and the iPhone didn’t really impress her when she first saw it. But the large screen, the navigation, everything really [...]

Apparently if you leave your iPhone in a place where it can get really, really hot, it’ll actually lock up on you and give you the above warning sign! I had no idea, and it’s not like you want this to happen anyways, right?

Yes, the 8BIT team has an iPad along with the plethora of other Apple fans in the community and we’re likely going to be hearing about it for the next several months, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t alternatives out there. Take a look at Enso’s zenPad.

It’s been fascinating the conversations that I’ve been reading back and forth between organizations, security spearheads, and then your run-of-the-mill Apple fanbois about iPhone/iPad Security. At the end of the day I almost want to just yell (loudly): Who cares? But that would be fairly inconsiderate; and it is a big deal for the enterprise [...]

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been caught on the road and I need to do something to a server – typically it revolves around something as simple as changing a filename, confirming a folder-structure, or just changing permissions. And for the most part I can’t do anything until I get home. Thankfully, [...]

I’ve done a lot of thinking about how many creative professionals could really benefit from the use of an iPad in the context of ministry. For example, a number of really cool applications and usage for service programming, video production, and presentations are obvious. But what about the IT professional in ministry? Is there a [...]

The timing of this true story is almost too perfect: John Dyer, the Web Director and Developer at Dallas Theological Seminary, has historically had to manage campus-wide notifications manually for campus-related issues (like a record snowfall!). He would get a call at about 5:00am in the morning and then boot up the browser, FTP, and [...]