For the past two months, I’ve used my iPad more often than my MacBook or iMac for communication and socialization, primarily web surfing, email and Skype. I can easily get someone else’s creative content: ABC Player, Netflix for Instant Watching, the movies and television shows I subscribe to on iTunes, and more games than I have for my Nintendo DS and of equal (or better) quality. But I haven’t done as much creating on the iPad. Occasionally, I made changes to the DMAF website through the Bluehost Control Panel and via the WordPress engine; but my MacBook and iMac have the programs and workflow I’ve used for years to create new content.

Heading cross-country for a wedding, I decided to leave my MacBook and accessories behind and travel light: iPad and Apple’s small wireless keyboard, Kindle, pocket Nikon and my iPod Nano as my video camera. As an avid photographer, leaving my Nikon DSLR behind was the hardest. Not taking the laptop saved me eight lbs. and a carry-on. Although this was a week-long vacation, it’s hard for me not to bring some work along.

Work-wise, I’m creating a help manual for the DMAF website that includes 60 screenshots, many of them full screen, and decided that this trip would be the perfect opportunity to see how much creative content I could generate with only my iPad and it’s software.