The iPads Place

This week I found the perfect place for iPad in my work flow. I'm getting ready to do 3 new, somewhat large projects. I needed scratch space for my photoshop, additional space to hold the project files and some extra breathing room. So I purchased a 1 TB drive to change out in my MacBook Pro. I never look forward to changing drives because it takes so long to get things done. I do have it down to about a 6 hour process, but because I'm on call for my clients and it always seems I need data I don't have access to when I change out a drive.

I've set my iPad up to do Mail, basic documents, my key FileMaker business information. What a difference my iPad made in this rotation. I was able to continue to work without any issues, I had everything I needed without having to hook up my old drive, try to find the information I needed and not had any major melt downs. I like it for mail and my relaxation time; when I'm working with a client that has basic problems I don't need a lot of backup; and I love it for change outs. So even a PowerUseer can use the iPad in the workflow and it can be worth every penny that Apple charges. I was able to keep my workflow going and was able to get my complete machine reset in 4 hours.

What this tells me is the iPad is a perfect backup device, if kept updated with syncing. It would work for someone that travels often (which I had thought would work, but am now sold on the device for this reason); great for vaction (a real vaction); and it's perfect for those that just do email, surf the web, read a few book and play a few games.