Post by Admin on Jul 21, 2013 5:04:16 GMT
I do all my work these days on an iPad. From organizing reviews through gathering story ideas to actually writing posts and features, and even photographing and editing gadgets for those reviews, it’s all — every last bit — done on Apple’s tablet. I just spent two weeks away from home using the iPad’s 3G connection to work, only opening up my MacBook to sync my FitBit.
And they still say the iPad is just for consumption.
One of the biggest problems with the iPad has been writing blog posts. You really did need a Mac to take care of the multiple browser windows and — most of all — the image uploading. Now, though, while there isn’t quite a wealth of options, there are certainly several credible methods to do this all from the iPad. So make a coffee, sit back and enjoy this how-to:
I’m going to take you step-by-step through the process of writing a blog post on the iPad, starting with finding a story and finishing with the final, scheduled post. The process requires several apps, and it would be nicer if a couple of them worked together a little closer, but it’s all smooth enough once you get going.
One note: The comment I get most often is that swapping between apps to get things done is too frustrating. First, this is usually said by people who haven’t tried it for an extended period of time. Second, these people conveniently forget that they spend their days on a Mac or PC flipping between windows. With the iPad 3, there’s enough RAM to make swapping apps as seamless as swapping windows on a Mac. And it has its advantages, too: I never command-tab into the wrong app on my iPad, or open an app and then have to search for the right window.
The Hardware
iPad, Third-Gen, 64GB with 3G/4G
64GB because 16GB is too small and 32 is only $100 cheaper. 3G because why the hell would you buy an iPad just to use at home? And white, just because I like it.
Apple Bluetooth Keyboard
This is the best keyboard to use with the iPad. The little cases with their little keyboards are fine, but this full-sized keyboard is still small enough to carry around, and runs on AA batteries so you never need to charge it or worry about powering it.
And it plays nice with the…
In-Case Origami
Probably one of the best accessories I ever bought, and just $30. It’s a case for the Apple keyboard which folds out into a stand for the iPad. It’s sturdy enough to use on your lap, but shines on cafe tables where you can work with the iPad in portrait format. Pro tip: remove the iPad’s case for maximum cellular reception.
News Gathering
Mail App
Mail is my first stop of the day, usually after making a pot of coffee and taking it back to bed. I quickly work through all messages. Start and the bottom of the list because when you delete or otherwise process a message, you’re automatically moved to the one above it.
If a mail contains something I want to write about, I send it to OmniFocus. This can be done in two ways. If you’re running a Mac, too, then you can just forward the e-mail to yourself and have it processed using Mail.app’s rules on the Mac. The advantage here is that you can have your Mac automatically add the message to a project, along with some other neat things like adding due dates and contexts.
Or you can send the mail to “send-to-omnifocus@omnigroup.com.” This will immediately bounce the mail back, only with a link that you can click to add the task to Omnifocus on your iPad.
Once there, you just tap to add it to a project, or leave it in your inbox. It doesn’t matter.
Mr. Reader
Mr. Reader plays nice with almost every app you have.
Mr. Reader is my RSS reader of choice for a few reasons. It’s fast. It lets you manage and subscribe to feeds (unlike Reeder, my previous favorite). And it works with an embarrassment of other apps including — you guessed it — OmniFocus. Along with all the usual export and save-as options (email, Instapaper, Evernote and so on), you can send an article straight to OmniFocus.
The process isn’t perfect. Pictures aren’t saved, and neither is the text of the post. But the title and the link are carried across and this is plenty. One tip: If there’s a picture you want to use from the RSS article, save it to your camera roll now, as our writing app of choice — Writing Kit — is very flaky in this regard.
OmniFocus
Potential posts, ready for writing.
Here’s the hub of gathered stories. I use OmniFocus for a hell of a lot more than this, but it’s great for blogging as there are so many ways to get things into it (we already saw two of them here).
I open OmniFocus and pick a story to write. I find I prefer to line up a bunch of stories over coffee and then head out to a bar or the library to actually write them up. When I’m ready, I pick one and just copy the URL from the notes field. Then we head over to the powerhouse of this setup, the awesome (and flawed) Writing Kit.
Writing
Writing Kit
Writing Kit is designed for researching and writing at the same time. The editor is powered by Markdown, and offers one of the best extra keyboard rows for adding pictures, links and for formatting (this remains visible even if you use a hardware keyboard).
It also syncs with Dropbox, and can export Markdown and HTML to other apps, to a Tumblr weblog, to the clipboard, email, Pastebot or any of a gazillion customizable destinations.
The browser lets you easily send links back to the editor.
Tap a button on the screen and you’re whisked to the browser view. It doesn’t have tabs, but it can pull from your Instapaper feed (which is a neat way to add articles if you don’t use Omnifocus), and can send images back to the editor side, as well as links.
It should also let you save images to the camera roll, but this often fails, and has done through the last few versions. It’s frustrating, and requires a round-trip to Safari to get save images.
Will it work or won’t it? Every time is a surprise!
Writing Kit also has a “quick-research” feature. This can be used to look up facts and figures (it’s powered by the sluggish DuckDuckGo), or as a secondary browser. This mitigates the lack of tabbed browsing in the main browser. I use it to do quick site-specific searches for grabbing links to other Cult of Mac articles (using the “site:cultofmac.com” modifier in the search).
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And they still say the iPad is just for consumption.
One of the biggest problems with the iPad has been writing blog posts. You really did need a Mac to take care of the multiple browser windows and — most of all — the image uploading. Now, though, while there isn’t quite a wealth of options, there are certainly several credible methods to do this all from the iPad. So make a coffee, sit back and enjoy this how-to:
I’m going to take you step-by-step through the process of writing a blog post on the iPad, starting with finding a story and finishing with the final, scheduled post. The process requires several apps, and it would be nicer if a couple of them worked together a little closer, but it’s all smooth enough once you get going.
One note: The comment I get most often is that swapping between apps to get things done is too frustrating. First, this is usually said by people who haven’t tried it for an extended period of time. Second, these people conveniently forget that they spend their days on a Mac or PC flipping between windows. With the iPad 3, there’s enough RAM to make swapping apps as seamless as swapping windows on a Mac. And it has its advantages, too: I never command-tab into the wrong app on my iPad, or open an app and then have to search for the right window.
The Hardware
iPad, Third-Gen, 64GB with 3G/4G
64GB because 16GB is too small and 32 is only $100 cheaper. 3G because why the hell would you buy an iPad just to use at home? And white, just because I like it.
Apple Bluetooth Keyboard
This is the best keyboard to use with the iPad. The little cases with their little keyboards are fine, but this full-sized keyboard is still small enough to carry around, and runs on AA batteries so you never need to charge it or worry about powering it.
And it plays nice with the…
In-Case Origami
Probably one of the best accessories I ever bought, and just $30. It’s a case for the Apple keyboard which folds out into a stand for the iPad. It’s sturdy enough to use on your lap, but shines on cafe tables where you can work with the iPad in portrait format. Pro tip: remove the iPad’s case for maximum cellular reception.
News Gathering
Mail App
Mail is my first stop of the day, usually after making a pot of coffee and taking it back to bed. I quickly work through all messages. Start and the bottom of the list because when you delete or otherwise process a message, you’re automatically moved to the one above it.
If a mail contains something I want to write about, I send it to OmniFocus. This can be done in two ways. If you’re running a Mac, too, then you can just forward the e-mail to yourself and have it processed using Mail.app’s rules on the Mac. The advantage here is that you can have your Mac automatically add the message to a project, along with some other neat things like adding due dates and contexts.
Or you can send the mail to “send-to-omnifocus@omnigroup.com.” This will immediately bounce the mail back, only with a link that you can click to add the task to Omnifocus on your iPad.
Once there, you just tap to add it to a project, or leave it in your inbox. It doesn’t matter.
Mr. Reader
Mr. Reader plays nice with almost every app you have.
Mr. Reader is my RSS reader of choice for a few reasons. It’s fast. It lets you manage and subscribe to feeds (unlike Reeder, my previous favorite). And it works with an embarrassment of other apps including — you guessed it — OmniFocus. Along with all the usual export and save-as options (email, Instapaper, Evernote and so on), you can send an article straight to OmniFocus.
The process isn’t perfect. Pictures aren’t saved, and neither is the text of the post. But the title and the link are carried across and this is plenty. One tip: If there’s a picture you want to use from the RSS article, save it to your camera roll now, as our writing app of choice — Writing Kit — is very flaky in this regard.
OmniFocus
Potential posts, ready for writing.
Here’s the hub of gathered stories. I use OmniFocus for a hell of a lot more than this, but it’s great for blogging as there are so many ways to get things into it (we already saw two of them here).
I open OmniFocus and pick a story to write. I find I prefer to line up a bunch of stories over coffee and then head out to a bar or the library to actually write them up. When I’m ready, I pick one and just copy the URL from the notes field. Then we head over to the powerhouse of this setup, the awesome (and flawed) Writing Kit.
Writing
Writing Kit
Writing Kit is designed for researching and writing at the same time. The editor is powered by Markdown, and offers one of the best extra keyboard rows for adding pictures, links and for formatting (this remains visible even if you use a hardware keyboard).
It also syncs with Dropbox, and can export Markdown and HTML to other apps, to a Tumblr weblog, to the clipboard, email, Pastebot or any of a gazillion customizable destinations.
The browser lets you easily send links back to the editor.
Tap a button on the screen and you’re whisked to the browser view. It doesn’t have tabs, but it can pull from your Instapaper feed (which is a neat way to add articles if you don’t use Omnifocus), and can send images back to the editor side, as well as links.
It should also let you save images to the camera roll, but this often fails, and has done through the last few versions. It’s frustrating, and requires a round-trip to Safari to get save images.
Will it work or won’t it? Every time is a surprise!
Writing Kit also has a “quick-research” feature. This can be used to look up facts and figures (it’s powered by the sluggish DuckDuckGo), or as a secondary browser. This mitigates the lack of tabbed browsing in the main browser. I use it to do quick site-specific searches for grabbing links to other Cult of Mac articles (using the “site:cultofmac.com” modifier in the search).
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