Week 4 - Alex W.

Let it be known that I Definitely Used My iPad Today.

I sat down in my Theories and Models of Leadership class thinking I'd use it to take notes, but the prospect of having to type that much was just too daunting.  I sighed and set it aside.

Same thing again in my Shakespeare class.

After class, I wanted to do some work pulling together a list of sources for a group research assignment for my leadership elective class on Queen Elizabeth.  I didn't feel like moving (lazy, but it's so hot outside today!) so I settled down in one of the common areas in Jepson Hall and pulled out the iPad.

In a few taps and a little bit of typing, I'd logged on to the library website and searched for the two authors whose books I needed to look up.  Twenty minutes later, I'd looked through all of the search results, and now had a list of call numbers written down that I could bring with me to the library (tomorrow) to track the books down.

I suppose if I'd thought ahead, I could have logged into my library account and just created the list and saved it--then I could just carry the iPad around as I look for the books.  You know what they say about hindsight, though.

After I'd worked on that, I realized that I had a lot of email to process.  Still too enervated by the heat to move (and not wanting to wait five minutes for a computer in the labs in Jepson to turn on), I switched over to Gmail.  Another 15 minutes and I'd read and responded to at least 5 emails (some of which involved a good bit of typing)!  Perhaps I'm a little slow on the uptake, but I finally realized that the magnifying glass that appears if you press and hold over text for a second or two actually lets you move the cursor to rest between letters, making typo-fixing MUCH faster.  Better late than never, right?

Sorry this post was a bit late!  I'll try to be more prompt next week.