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Not to be left behind by Amazon’s Kindle App and Apple’s iBook’s App, Famed bookseller Barnes and Noble has just released the long awaited eReader App for iPad.

I think the best feature of B&N’s hardware ebook reader device the NOOK was the lend to a friend feature. The ability to lend books just like we would a paper and glue version has long been missing from readers like the Kindle. The “LendMe” feature allows you to lend or borrow books on any of the BN eReader platforms including “The Holy Trinity” (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch), Mac, PC or NOOK.

I love to read books, a trait I pick up from my mother, and there was no better way to consume books than with my Kindle 1. However, since the iPad gave me 3 major sources and growing of places to score really good content my Kindle is collecting dust. What has been you experience with eReading? Leave me a comment to insert your $.02.

Look at all you get for free:

- Free BN eReader app designed specifically for iPad
- Exclusive LendMe™ technology that lets you share eBooks with friends using any of our free BN eReader apps or NOOK eBook readers
- LendMe™ allows you to grab friends’ addresses right from your existing iPad contacts
- Free safe and secure library keeps your eBooks accessible for years and years to come
- Ready to read in your library:
–Ten free samples of current best sellers (with new accounts)
– Three free classics
- Free samples of any eBook
- Adjustable font size so you can make the text as big as you want for reading ( 10 different sizes)
- Multiple font types—so you pick the typeface you prefer
- Background and text color options for easy reading in any light
- Use our professionally designed themes or create your own
- Tap or swipe to turn pages
- Browse your library visually with big, beautiful color covers or in iPad style “list view” (like Apple’s Mail app)
- Synchronize your notes, highlights and current reading position with BN eReader for PC (and our forthcoming update to iPhone)
- 24/7 shopping — no waiting
- Free Merriam-Webster’s Pocket Dictionary is built right in so you don’t leave the page when looking up a word

[via TUAW]

I just got this app and I have to say so far its cool. I’ll be doing a full video review of the app in a few days after i put it through it’s paces. From what i gather thus far it is very intuitive and easy to just jump right in and start futtin’ around getting creative.

I love all things design and this is no exception as Moodboard Pro has a very nice interface design. It seems as if they have a great understanding of the touch interface and it ergonomics.

Until I get my video of this great app up please take a look at the developers video:

Totally on a more patriotic note, the designer/co-creator of the app Kyle Tress, is a World Cup Skeleton athlete and a 2014 Winter Olympic hopeful. That alone make me want to buy this app as US athletes have to raise their own funds to be an Olympian. Check out his blog http://www.kyletress.com/

I’d say buy it now even if you don’t need it so you can help out this inspiring Olympian… well and because it is a great app. This one will surely end up on my home screen.

iTUNES LINK:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moodboard-pro/id355893506?mt=8

Developer: A Tiny Tribe
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Moodboard Pro for iPad

My favorite designer and younger brother @AMP808 made these cool must have wallpapers for the Hawaii iPad Users Group. Please feel free to download and enjoy I only request that you don’t repost these rather just send the back to this page.

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Since I left Apple (Ex Genius) I have been doing a lot of Freelance work in my many fields of expertise. The hardest part of this style of business is not excepting credit cards. I have looked at several solutions like iSwipe from AppNinjas to many of the other 30+ possibilities in the iTunes App Store. Nothing really popped my socks except for iSwipe ( @ $1.99 it is actually the cheapest option) and that really wasn’t trippin’ the lights fantastic for me.

Then the was the reveal for the handy devices at the local Apple Retail Stores. This was getting a little bit closer. A few weeks ago I heard of the Mophie option coming soon… Now I’m excited…. this is looking promising.

Well today my homeboy Kevin Rose dropped a big bomb on the situation… (see the video). Squareup.com now has the solution I will for sure get. This is not only sleek and elegant it was made for people like me. I have been a follower of Kevin and his adventures since “Follower” was an internet related word and Kevin was the new kid on TechTV’s call for help with Leo Laporte.

I think you have gotta see this baby in action, so Square please send me one asap, poppa needs to buy some new shoes.

I use QuickLook pretty much everyday while searching through folders. I fin it most helpful when browsing documents, PDF’s and media files like photos or videos. Until now if you ran across a nested folder ( a folder inside of another folder) QuickLook will just show you a pretty little aqua blue folder. But adding this little hake-a-round I found on Mac OS X Hints and you’ll have a neat little semi-transparent folder to see your files in complete with a rotating animation of your files.

How Do You Do This You Say…Easy:

1. Force Quit/Relaunch Finder Using the Force Quite Menu (or cmd + opt + esc)
2. Open Terminal Application (in your Utilities folder)
3. Enter or paste in the following command: defaults write com.apple.Finder QLEnableXRayFolders 1
4. Relaunch Finder

[UPDATE: I was able to do this in 10.6.1 by just pasting the command into terminal without quitting the Finder.]

These are my before and afters. (click the first image to see the sequence)

You really need to be backing up your data… No REALLY! There is a wide variety of online backup solutions offering pretty fast performance but are not truly full featured backup systems. Many of us uber-geeks have tried a gamut of online backup services both free and paid; only to find them all lacking. Many of us were convinced this was a lost quest. On the other spectrum is those who have never tried an online backup service.  Well, I have a solution for everyone… Dropbox (www.dropbox.com)

Dropbox is the holy grail of online backup services that will leave you tickled pink and literally laughing out loud. It is a totally painless backup solution that even my brother-in-law can use.

Dropbox works on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and iPhone and provides simple file syncing, sharing, and backup; like a cheesy Ronco commercial all you do is “Set It and Forget It.” Jump on over to Dropbox.com and sign up for a free account. Once you’ve signed up, download the easy to install helper application leaving all the settings as default (standard configuration is best). Finally, start copying your important files into the Dropbox folder on your computer and the helper app takes care of all the rest.

The software’s main task is to watch a specified folder in your computer.  Whatever you have placed in that folder, may it be music files, documents or videos, all will instantly and automatically be backed-up by the software to the Dropbox WebDav(Cloud) Servers. If you have multiple computers just install the helper application on all of them and the files in the Dropbox watch folders will be synced. All the computers will have the same files right down to the last edits. If you should accidentally leave a file at home just go to the website and you’ll have full access to all of your Dropboxed files. It even saves your assets if you mistakenly delete an important file. There is a way the retrieve deleted files from the Dropbox web app… Trust me I know this first hand.

I use drop box to house the database file for many of my apps giving me the same data on multiple machines. I’ll do a separate post on this later.

If you do nothing else this year for yourself, get Dropbox. Start out with the freemium version and soon you will be getting a $99 per year full account that lets you have a whopping 50GB of online storage. Hope you find this useful in the New Year.