5 iPad Apps for Interior Design

<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizk72ztI8NgnX4qk9h6k6ZNtgXzjO_OYC8URHmLAzRLejCFRbkp0yyVjLW_Zm-HpLOvyDOavexH9GlIaiI3fGNnQna2HH4pflCaqLUxKDZL4b0wxXZo5qinKjRcfXbcVoZ3QX67YVp8KF8/s1600-h/image%25255B8%25255D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPRipTK32VAEoUZN7w_NGcHfdoJZEI4Y2iNPsOe68-rxP-oEPwnWdlS6dHbUD_b5FiJKntTkGXKzsA_XJSXwt_tOl4M_A-U8CClpvOKkZFIyFzgG69BVGKQKLe9QoqFfBo0lmSrtj0mYO/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" width="440" /></a></p> <p align="justify">I got a new iPad this summer as a gift from dear clients on the completion  of their  home and it has changed my life and the way I do business. No longer do I have to carry around my laptop – the iPad does every thing  for me and more when I am out of the office that I used to bring my laptop for. With some clever apps I have a virtual box in my hands. These are some of the iPad Apps I am using that are proving to be indispensable:</p> <p align="justify">1. <strong>Dropbox</strong> is a service that lets you bring all your photos, documents, and videos with you. After you install Dropbox on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your iPhone and iPad. With the Dropbox app you can take everything that matters to you on the go. It is very easy to use – you just drag the file you want to transfer into the Dropbox folder on your computer and it almost instantly shows up on your iPad. Magic! You can share folders on line by giving others access by email. I have used it recently to transfer photos and drawings to a client and my contractor. It saves sending numerous emails and you can send high resolution images seamlessly.</p> <p align="justify">2. <strong>Evernote </strong>turns your iPad into an extension of your brain, helping you remember anything and everything that happens in your life. From notes to ideas to snapshots to recordings, you put it all into Evernote and it instantly synchronizes  between all your devices – iPad, iPhone and Mac or Windows desktop. No more having to plug your devices into each other.</p> <p align="justify">3.<strong> iBooks</strong> is an Apple app that comes on your iPad. You can read books on it much like Kindle, but what I really use it for in business is downloading PDF documents such as CAD drawings, specifications, manuals etc. What makes the iPad so unique is that you can enlarge just the areas you want to see by dragging your fingers over the screen – it works like a magnifying glass. I recently downloaded the PDF of my camera & lens manual and it is now always with me. </p> <p align="justify">4. <strong>Flipboard</strong> was named Apple’s iPad app of the year and rightly so. It is a fast, beautiful way to flip through the news, photos, videos and updates on social media sites. It is now my preferred way of bookmaking and browsing my favourite websites.</p> <p align="justify">5. <strong>Microsoft Tag</strong> lets you instantly connect to a whole new world of information. there is not need to type long URLs, you simply scan the Tag. Microsoft Tag multicolored barcodes transform traditional marketing, such as print advertising, packaging, LDC displays etc. into live links that immediately access info, videos, and other material online.</p> <p>*Best of all Dropbox, Evernote, iBooks, Flipboard and Microsoft Tag are all free iPad Apps <br />Check out my Post on <a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/2010/01/iphone-apps-for-interior-design.html" target="_blank">5 iPhone Apps for Interior Design</a></p> <p align="center"><strong>Please let me know what iPad Apps you have found helpful by leaving a <a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842244027880136050&postID=318744944698982599&isPopup=true" target="_blank">comment here</a>.</strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank"><font size="1">PATRICIA GRAY INC</font></a><font size="1"> is an award winning interior design firm in Vancouver writing about lifestyle and <br />WHAT'S HOT in the world of interior design, architecture, art and travel. <br /></font><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/"><font size="1">2011 © Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog™</font></a></p>

5 iPad Apps for Interior Design

I got a new iPad this summer as a gift from dear clients on the completion  of their  home and it has changed my life and the way I do bus...

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5 iPhone Apps for Interior Design

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPWyXyBmutNwaeYW43fS7W4MRJviPZ_gOZjhzdH249SoIQmHVTPEaAkUe8TczljND78dWpZuXYshJnvijdg-5R0a4Fr4jjz6AdwI9bLyrX8WM7duOTXhcrMfeTeyiDAzrbVkFB8R2oMNH/s1600-h/iphone+apps+for+Interior+Design"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425203538745389970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPWyXyBmutNwaeYW43fS7W4MRJviPZ_gOZjhzdH249SoIQmHVTPEaAkUe8TczljND78dWpZuXYshJnvijdg-5R0a4Fr4jjz6AdwI9bLyrX8WM7duOTXhcrMfeTeyiDAzrbVkFB8R2oMNH/s400/iphone+apps+for+Interior+Design" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 400px; float: right; height: 340px; cursor: hand" /></a> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLpG1XPqnlNDxZnXxEmU2KxQ9jL_9DLGwXdyPXgXmp2a2lC1AvIjs40CUWaArQtmUobVm5uFGxTeHLi8bJVPjspJi4KpfCSMG0XTJhdLhOcA6JKcAv-qzyDh1nTfEmxLN8NvpIozfaXcm/s1600-h/image%5B5%5D.png"></a></p> <p align="justify">I got a new iPhone in December and I have been getting familiar with iPhone Apps. These applications or Apps (for short) are wonderful software programs that are installed directly on the screen of your iPhone - most are free to download, or have a nominally small fee.</p> <p align="justify">These are the iPhone Apps that I have downloaded so far that are proving to be very helpful:</p> <p align="justify">1. <strong>Flashlight iPhone App</strong> - This App fills the screen of your iPhone with bright white illuminating light. I used it on a job-site last week to look behind a wall to check the position of the gas line in a kitchen renovation. I will also have it handy next time I am in a dimly lit restaurant and can't read the menu!</p> <p align="justify">2. <strong>iHandy Level iPhone App</strong> - very handy for leveling pictures on the wall, checking that a table is level, etc. </p> <p align="justify">3. <strong>Digital Mag iPhone App</strong> - great for magnifying those hard to read dimensions on floor plans....also works great to read small print disclaimers, menus, etc.</p> <p align="justify">4. <strong>Ben Color Capture iPhone App</strong> - I love this one. You take a picture with your iPhone and it matches it up with the exact Benjamin Moore paint color.</p> <p align="justify">5. <strong>MacBox Units iPhone App</strong> - Units is a really useful app for the iPhone that lets you easily convert from various units into lots of others. Units can convert Area, Currency, Energy, Temperature, Time, Length, Weight, Speed, Pressure, Power, and Volume. As an added bonus Units also has a built in ruler, for doing small, quick measurements when the need arises.</p> <p align="justify">*Best of all Flashlight, IHandy, Digital Mag, Ben Color Capture, and Units are all free iPhone Apps </p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 100%"><strong>Please let me know what iPhone Apps you have found helpful by leaving a comment <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842244027880136050&postID=7339579143349753172&isPopup=true" target="_blank">here</a>. <br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6842244027880136050&postID=7339579143349753172&isPopup=true" target="_blank">Comments</a> </strong></span></p> <p></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.com/"><font size="1">PATRICIA GRAY INC</font></a><font size="1"> is an award winning interior design firm writing about lifestyle and <br />WHAT'S HOT in the world of interior design, architecture, art and travel. <br /></font><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/"><font size="1">2011 © Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog™</font></a></p>

5 iPhone Apps for Interior Design

I got a new iPhone in December and I have been getting familiar with iPhone Apps. These applications or Apps (for short) are wonderful ...

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