I'm toying with the idea of taking my iPad out and doing some work from a Coffee Shop...
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:mastodon: Ric Harvey πͺπΊππreplied to Andy Carolan :prami: last edited by
@andycarolan you can pair your mouse/trackpad dunno if that makes it any easier???
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@CTD I've used Affinity on Desktop. It's nice. I have Procreate on there, but its bitmap only.
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:mastodon: Ric Harvey πͺπΊππreplied to Andy Carolan :prami: last edited by
@andycarolan personally getting out of the home office every now and again does wonders for me
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Andy Carolan :prami:replied to :mastodon: Ric Harvey πͺπΊππ last edited by
@Ric I have paired my trackpad to it, and it works ok. Still not a desktop OS though, which I think is where my problem lies lol.
I have a really good environment with Ai on desktop... keyboard shortcuts that I can do without looking at the keys. Doing anything in Ai on iPad is like wading through a thick sauce
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Andy Carolan :prami:replied to :mastodon: Ric Harvey πͺπΊππ last edited by
@Ric I wish I could find a shared office someplace to rent for very little lol. I end up with horrific bellyaches in coffee shops as I feel obliged to drink lots of coffee when working from them haha.
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:mastodon: Ric Harvey πͺπΊππreplied to Andy Carolan :prami: last edited by
@andycarolan eat the cake instead
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@andycarolan It's the "still not a desktop OS" that made me give up on using my iPad for anything other than browsing the web - and it's the 12.9" Pro.
Once Adobe CC has better support for Windows on ARM I'll be getting a Surface Pro.
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Andy Carolan :prami:replied to :mastodon: Ric Harvey πͺπΊππ last edited by
@Ric LMAO! Sounds like a plan!
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@barrysampson Agreed. As much as Apple pushes it as a creation device, it's still very much one of consumption for me. It does double as a nice second screen for my Mac though lol @Ric
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@andycarolan True, I do use mine as a second display if I'm travelling.
At home I've got a Huion Kamvas Pro 16 that gets used as second display a lot. Not sure I'd take it to a coffee shop though!
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@barrysampson I imagine the Pro 16 is a bit on the big side lol @Ric
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@andycarolan It's definitely too big for coffee shop working!
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John Meadowsreplied to Andy Carolan :prami: last edited by
@andycarolan @Ric Itβs irritating that Apple puts an M4 chip in the top of the line iPad, but keeps the power locked down by a restrictive OS.
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John Meadowsreplied to Andy Carolan :prami: last edited by
@andycarolan I bring it along to the coffee shop most mornings, but mainly just for browsing, emails and of course Mastodon. I use an old Apple magic USB keyboard and that extends its usability, to a point. But when I have more work to do, it stays home, and the MacBook Air comes along.
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Andy Carolan :prami:replied to John Meadows last edited by
@Jgmeadows Isn't it just! @Ric
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Andy Carolan :prami:replied to John Meadows last edited by
@Jgmeadows I find the iPad experience all too casual for anything serious. It's a nice device for content consumption however.
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John Meadowsreplied to Andy Carolan :prami: last edited by
@andycarolan I do have fun using the Procreate drawing app on it (not that I am any good) but for work like creating a presentation deck, or creating a document of non-trivial complexity, one feels the restrictions very quickly.
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Andy Carolan :prami:replied to John Meadows last edited by
@Jgmeadows Procreate is lovely! I occasionally use it for sketching... perhaps I need to revisit that and get some use out of it
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Beardy Star Stuffreplied to Andy Carolan :prami: last edited by
@andycarolan @barrysampson @Ric Yeah, but, ya know, I suspect that there are quite a few of us out here that find it a perfectly usable device. Today I used Affinity Publisher to layout an annual report. Yesterday I finished off a promotional postcard for a client using Affinity Designer. Last week, icons. And between those projects I've used Textastic for coding on 3 different web projects. Later this week it's back to Publisher for a newsletter. βοΈ
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Andy Carolan :prami:replied to Beardy Star Stuff last edited by
@dennyhenke @barrysampson @Ric Iironically, Iβm sitting in a coffee shop right now, trying to get use out of my iPad haha. Iβm sure itβs a βmeβ problem rather than that of the iPad itself. I should probably get a keyboard folio, or at least a Bluetooth keeb for this. Sounds like you are making great use of your iPad