Tag Archives: iPad
Getting your notes and highlights off the Kindle
Posted on 12. Dec, 2011 by Kenny.
I got an iPad a little over a year ago and the application I use more than any other on this device is the Kindle app. Because of both the iPad and this App, I’m reading more than I ever have. It’s just too easy and convenient and because I always have either my iPhone or iPad with me, I always have my books.
I love how you can highlight as you’re reading which allows me to boil down the most important parts of the book for later review. Unfortunately, Kindle has made it next to impossible to get these highlights and notes off the device, especially if you’re using the iPad. However, this weekend I came across some instructions on how to take my notes and highlights off the device and it works like a champ. The secret? Evernote.
I downloaded and used Evernote for a few months almost four years ago, but it just never caught on for me. However, in learning how to get my stuff off the Kindle, I think I fell in love with Evernote again.
I’m not going to walk you through the process step by step, but here is the link to Michael Hyatt’s blog where he describes how to do this in detail. Enjoy!
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App of the Week: Noah’s Memory Match
Posted on 04. Dec, 2011 by Kenny.
Last week I got an email requesting me to review a game for my iPhone/iPad. That’s a first for me. I was sent a free sample of the game and I LOVE IT! Let me tell you about it.
Noah’s Memory Match:
The story of Noah’s ark will be brought to life in your child’s imagination in Noah’s Memory Match. With five levels of difficulty and two games modes your child want to play again and again.
In addition to building memory skills, Noah’s Animal Match builds language skills with the ability to play in both English and Spanish. With high quality voice acting through the entire game, your child will learn the names of animals in both languages.
Features
- Play in English& Spanish
- 5 Levels of Difficulty
- 2 Game Modes (Classic& Time)
- Randomized Gameplay with 15 Animals
- Learn Animal Names in English& Spanish
- Voice Acting Through The Entire Game
This was a first class game developed by Playpen Games, a group of dads who make family friendly games for iOS, Android and Nook Color. If you have a preschooler and one of these devices, you need to download the game. It’s only $.99 which is a fair price for this quality of a game. Titus and I played it at bedtime the day I downloaded it and he LOVED it and laughed and giggled the whole time at all the animals and noises.
Click here to get this game for your iOS device. Click here to visit Playpen Games and see their other games.
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Your ministry needs an app!
Posted on 29. Nov, 2011 by Kenny.
My friend Matt McKee just announced something incredible. It’s called 1000 apps for Christmas. His company, ROAR, is offering 1000 free apps in the next 30 days. That means if you want an app for your ministry, they’ll build it for you for free. All you’ll pay for is the hosting. This is an incredible deal. I’ve seen places where you can get apps for cheap, but in most cases, you get what you pay for. ROAR is different. They build quality apps that are fast, stable and current technology. So, if you’ve been thinking about getting an app for that ministry or program… now’s the time!
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Wired goes iPad all the way!
Posted on 25. May, 2011 by Kenny.
I love Wired magazine. It’s one of the few magazines I read and probably the only one I read cover to cover. The problem with me is that I’m just not a big fan of magazines anymore. The media I take in is almost 100% digital now. I read my books on my iPad, I get my news from blogs and watch TV and movies through Hulu, Netflix and other services. Someone tell me, why are we still printing magazines? Oh yeah…. so we have something to do on airplanes when we’re not allowed to have electronic devices on.
Well, about a year ago, Wired Magazine began publishing their magazine on the iPad. It wasn’t just scanned images from the magazines, but actually additional content as well as videos and links… the way an iPad magazine should look like. The only problem is that the were selling each iPad issue for a couple of bucks. I love Wired, but I’m already paying for the print subscription.
Well, that all changed yesterday. IPad subscriptions and because I’m a Wired subscriber, I get all the iPad issues as well. Score! I’m a very happy man who is trashing all my unread magazines in my backpack and on my nightstand.
My big question to the Kidmin world. The iPad has been out for more than a year now. Where are the iPad friendly kidmin magazines? Where are the iPad Kid’s Bibles? Not only is there a great need, there’s a great opportunity. Somebody get on it please, we’re waiting!
Click here to read the article!
Click here to subscribe to Wired!
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Orange: MinisterSearch
Posted on 28. Apr, 2011 by Kenny.
As you know, I’m blogging for Orange this week, my third year straight. One of the things that is making it much easier to blog this year is some space that David Lyons of MinisterSearch has provided… the blogging suites. Woo hoo! If you’re here at Orange, MinisterSearch wants to connect with you. Come by anytime today and stop by the blogging suite and meet David as well as all the bloggers. Here’s some incentive for you. Drop by and sign up to be entered into a drawing for a new iPad. Yeah, that’s right… a new iPad.
So, who is MinisterSearch? What is MinisterSearch?
MinisterSearch is a search firm for those who serve in the church. Whether you’re a church looking to hire someone or you’re seeking a position in a church, MinisterSearch is a great resource for you. Several years ago I worked with a Search Firm to secure my position at Gateway Church. Let me tell you, it was an AMAZING experience. A search team like MinisterSearch have connections that you won’t know about. They know about unpublished positions or people that no one knows they are looking to move. They are thorough in their processes and the entire experience is wonderful. Job transitions can be so very difficult, so be sure to connect with MinisterSearch.
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The Almighty Bible App
Posted on 16. Feb, 2011 by Kenny.
I regret that I didn’t get a chance to finish my review of The Almighty Bible last week, but things got a little dicey at the end of the week. So, where was I? I wrote about the content and style of this new Bible here. I also wrote about the club here (which I think is what is most exciting). Lastly though, I didn’t talk about the app. Right now you can go to iTunes and download the app for your iPad. It’s a stunning app. Kids can flip from page to page, reading as they go along, or they can put it in auto mode and listen to the stories narrated to them as they look at the pictures. Many of the pictures are animated, almost giving it a 3D look and feel, so it’s not just simply looking at scanned images of the book. It’s a great experience.
I like this app, but I like what’s coming more than just the app in itself. Again, if you haven’t read my review of the club, read it here. Down the road, the people behind the Almighty Bible hope to launch an iPad version of the club. This way your kids can engage in the Bible… all the the books. They can play the games, collect the game cards, read the additional books and more. All of this from inside one app. Amazing! I really don’t think we’ve seen anything like this on the iPhone or iPad yet, and I’m thrilled. Although my three year old is a little young for The Almighty Bible, I will be recommending it to many!
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App of the week: Square
Posted on 23. Jan, 2011 by Kenny.
Not everyone is going to need this app, but I must say it is one of the coolest new apps I’ve seen. I was first introduced to it when hearing Bro. Jim and Sam Luce talking about it at an Infuse retreat this summer. It sounded intriguing, but I never checked it out. However, two weeks ago when I was with these two guys again, I saw it in action. Sam Luce paid Bro. Jim $20 by swiping his credit card through a card reader plugged into the earphone connector on his iPhone. What? That was kinda cool.
So, I downloaded the app, verified my bank account and received the free card reader (that’s right, it’s free) and have tested it multiple times. It works on the iPhone, iPod, iPad and even Android devices. Best of all, it’s really simple and really cheap. If you want to receive money from people by card for business reasons or for personal reasons, it’s probably the easiest thing out there. Yeah, maybe even easier than PayPal. No merchant accounts to set up. No monthly fees. Just swipe and you’ll 15 cents for the swipe and 2.75% of the purchase for using Square. Don’t have the card reader with you? No worries… just type in the card number. It will cost you 15 cents and 3.5% of the purchase for using Square. That’s pretty handy.
- Garage sale? You can use Square (I just wouldn’t use it for those items you’re selling for $0.50)
- Piano lessons? Your students can pay using Square (my wife is thinking about this)
- Want to sell shirts or CD’s to kids, parents of volunteers? Set up a table and use Square (you’ll just need to set up Square with a church bank account)
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Speaking from an iPad
Posted on 16. Jan, 2011 by Kenny.
Yesterday I used my iPad for a wedding. More than likely, I’m never going back to paper again. My next test will be to use it to teach from, which I’ll try out over the next few months.
I’ve always been the type to fully write out my talks and speak from that. So when I used my iPad yesterday, I had to modify my document for reading purposes. The 9 point font was just a little too hard to see, so I jumped it up to 17 points. Perfect.
I was also a little curious as to how I was going to access my file. After playing around with it for a few minutes, put copies of the document in both word and pdf formats in dropbox. I was able to open the word doc in pages and transfer the pdf into iBooks. In the end, I liked having it in iBooks. What I loved most about the iPad as a place to display my notes was that it was smaller, more compact and freed up my hands a little more. At several weddings, I’ve been given a microphone to hold and balancing my notes with a microphone on a windy day is not fun. Holding a microphone still isn’t ideal, but with the iPad, I can hold it with one hand and turn the page with one finger touch.
I haven’t played with it yet, but I need to change the setting so the iPad to not go to sleep and the screen go to black. This way I can use it more effectively for notes when I speak, which I’ll test out this summer at camp… maybe even a few times before then.
The only thing I felt I needed to be cautious of was making sure I had a paper backup. I couldn’t imagine having any problems, but I did print out a copy of the ceremony. I left it in the car, but I think that next time I’ll keep it in my coat pocket. If my iPad had failed, it would have been awkward to say, “hold, on a sec… let me go grab my notes from my car.” Secondly, I’ll need to test the screen backlight settings. I did a wedding not too long ago where they had a low light setting. It would have probably looked weird for me to have a bright screen illuminating my face during the ceremony.
When doing a quick web search, I found they do make super cool podiums for the iPad. How great is that?
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Using my iPad for an iWedding
Posted on 15. Jan, 2011 by Kenny.
I’m excited that today I’m going to perform my first wedding using my iPad. Being in Austin, 90% of my weddings are at outdoor locations and I’m usually trying to make sure my notes don’t fly away in the wind. I usually carry a nice black binder for my notes, so my iPad with it’s black case should look nice and sleek, plus I don’t have to worry about wind.
I’m going to have to enlarge the font size of the text as its just a little too small as it is on a regular word document, but that should solve the only issue I was facing. I’ll write more about the experience tomorrow. I was going to use it at my last wedding in October, but chickened out at the last minute. I’m committed now as everyone and the rehearsal already saw it, so they’re expecting it.
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App of the week: Dropbox
Posted on 09. Jan, 2011 by Kenny.
Over a year ago, I wrote about dropbox for the first time. I started using it because my preferred file storage/sharing application (Live Sync) wasn’t playing nice with OS X Snow Leopard. One year later and I’m using dropbox for just about everything. Sorry Microsoft, you took a great application and messed it all up.
Although the app has been available for a long time, I recently just installed dropbox on my iPhone and iPad. Amazing! One of the more frustrating issues I face with my iPhone and iPad is file management. Its like there isn’t really any place to stick documents and things. Usually I resort to emailing them to myself and just opening it up as an attachment (if you know of another file management system for the iPhone/iPad, let me know). However, with the dropbox app, I have instant access to every document and file in my dropbox folder (as long as you have an internet connection). It’s genius really.
So, if you haven’t started using dropbox yet, you really should (click here to sign up) and if you don’t have the app, don’t wait as long as I did. Get it here!
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