23 Mobile Things: Thing 13

Haiku Deck is pretty fun!  At first, I just did the introductory slide show that gets you acquainted with the tools of the app, but then I branched out on my own.

You can change fonts (sort of) and alignment, which is great.  You can upload your own pictures from your Ipad or search a rather large selection that's inside the app (I found about 20 pictures of hedgehogs, so you know they've got some weird stuff in there).  They have related tag options when searching for pictures that get you more of what you might be looking for and I think that's a nice feature.

You can add as many slides as you want and share it online if you want, or save it to your account.  You can go back and edit, which is great.  There are all sorts of themes you can use to make your presentation unique.

While it's not as fantastic as powerpoint, it's a good tool that I will keep on my device.

23 Mobile Things: Thing 12

Books, books and more books!

I used the app FreeBooks by Classicly and was quite impressed with it.  I like the layout, which allows for browsing by subject across the top and titles along the right, with a description of the subject on the left.  The colors and bright and inviting and the titles available aren't too bad - classics mostly, but there's a good selection of Lovecraft, which I find interesting, and the original Grimm Fairy Tales in the horror section.

It's an app that I will keep, though I must admit to using Kindle most often for books.  I love how Kindle works on the Ipad, much better than the Nook app.