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After spending a whole month with the iPad, I think I’ve decided that I can live without one. Don’t get me wrong – it was useful as a kid-distractor/babysitter – and as a means to check email and access the Internet occasionally while on the go. But in general, I don’t think the iPad is for me. I don’t like typing on it, it is awkward to hold, and the glare on the screen is frustrating. I think my kids used it more t

So, it’s my turn to take the company iPad for a spin for a few weeks, and fortunately, it happens to be during the same time I’m going on holiday with my little family. I’ll be taking a 4.5hr flight across the country alone, with my two young kids (4 yrs & 2 yrs) and I’m TERRIFIED! Not so worried about my eldest, but the 2 year old is going to be a handful. So you can imagine how excited I was when I found out th

Zerofootprint, an organization that seeks to achieve massive reductions in carbon emissions, and a client of Usability Matters, has launched the Zerofootprint Challenge for students and schools. “Is your school green? Prove it.” A few months ago, students from Simcoe County came to Zerofootprint to learn about climate change. Zerofootprint gave them a hands-on assignment – to measure the carbon footprint

UM is the proud owner of an iPad, so we’ve been taking turns getting to know it. Last weekend was my turn. We had a dilapidated and rather encrusted ‘kitchen laptop’ that in actuality was the most used of the numerous computers in the house. Kitchen Laptop had been declining steadily, so we thought maybe an iPad could fill the inevitable void. Thinking “nothing better than a test drive!” I carefully packaged up the i