Whenever there is a discussion of lawyers using iPads, a frequent topic is when is it appropriate to use an iPad instead of a computer. Thus, I thought it was interesting when I saw a post on Twitter this week about the most famous iPad-using lawyer in the country, President Obama. Pete Souza, the Chief White House Photographer, posted a picture this week of President Obama working at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. Then, in response to a question about why there isn’t a computer on President Obama’s desk, Souza explained that the President just uses an iPad. Feel free to tell folks that if it is good enough for the President, then it is good enough for you, if someone asks why you are using an iPad to get your work done. And now, the news of note from this week:
- Speaking of Pete Souza, most of his presidential photographs are taken with a high-end camera, but he also uses an iPhone to take and post pictures on Instagram (and Twitter). This week, I enjoyed listening to an interview of Souza on Episode 20 of the Hashtagged podcast, in which Souza discusses how he started to use an iPhone to take official White House pictures. He also discusses this famous photograph taken in the situation room on May 1, 2011 during the mission to find Osama bin Laden.
- Des Moines, Iowa attorney Victoria Herring explains why she likes wearing an Apple Watch in an article for the ABA’s GP Solo website.
- The Apple TV officially goes on sale today. I enjoyed watching a short interview on CNN Money with Apple Senior VP Eddie Cue in which he discusses the Apple TV. The easiest way to watch both parts of the interview is to start at this post by Dave Mark on The Loop.
- Ben Thompson of Stratechery discusses why Apple is doing just fine, notwithstanding what some stock analysts might say.
- Jason Snell writes for Macworld about the big takeaways from Apple’s 2015 Q4 earnings call this week.
- Lance Ulanoff wrote an interesting article on Mashable about Apple’s drive to make the perfect device.
- Steven Levy, who knew Steve Jobs and frequently interviewed him, isn’t a fan of the new Steve Jobs movie. Levy posted an interesting interview this week with screenwriter Aaron Sorkin about the liberties taken in the movie.
- If you want to switch from Evernote to Apple’s Notes app, you can move all of your notes using a program on a Mac. David Pogue of Yahoo Tech explains the process.
- Based on analysis by Chris O’Brien of VentureBeat, it appears that Apple has sold more than $1.7 billion worth of Apple Watches.
- Need a costume idea for Halloween? Evan Killham of Cult of Mac points out that you can just ask Siri.
- Law Professor Jonathan Turley of George Washington University visited New Orleans this week and posted a few fun pictures, and discussed lawyering in the Big Easy. No, this doesn’t have anything to do with the iPhone, but I’m always happy to see lawyers (and others!) have a good time down here in New Orleans.
- And finally, now that I’m off the topic of the iPhone anyway, I’ll conclude today with a link to this silly video of a Jeopardy game that I think I could totally win (via The Loop):