April 2010

Tom Bihn’s Checkpoint Flyer: My Best Bag Ever

by Chip Griffin on April 27, 2010

I have an embarrassingly large collection of laptop bags. This isn’t because I am a collector of them as memorabilia. Nor do I have some strange bag fetish. And it isn’t because I have nothing better to spend my money on. It’s because I have had a hard time finding a bag that works well for me under almost all circumstances.

Top 10 Tips for Conference Speakers and Organizers

by Chip Griffin on April 26, 2010

I do my fair share of speaking, and I attend conferences regularly. After having done both over the past month, I have some observations that hopefully may help other speakers as well as those who recruit people to speak at events.

Apple’s Pages Has Me All Turned Around on the iPad

by Chip Griffin on April 12, 2010

As part of getting acquainted with my iPad, I decided to try out Pages to see how feasible it would be for me to type longer documents on the device. In fact, I am doing so now to write this blog post. Unfortunately I have run into a silly snag. It seems that Pages will [...]

My Love-Hate Relationship with the iPad

by Chip Griffin on April 12, 2010

I love the iPad. I hate the iPad. That pretty much sums up my first five days with this new device. Apple has given me lots to like about it and to give me the glimmer of hope that I might be able to use it largely as a replacement for rather than a supplement [...]