So I thought I would try WritePad after my last post about Spell Helper. I had looked into WritePad before but it seemed too complex for my needs. A lot of iPhone apps include file systems, formatting options, various document types, etc — all the stuff I don’t really need when writing for the web.

I decided to take a second look at WritePad. It’s actually not as complicated as I initially thought.

Let’s start with the points that had failed me in Spell Helper; WritePad still only has presets for sending the finished product to mail but there are some additional sharing options. However, WritePad saves your progress and allows landscape mode.

But here is what WritePad does better; it auto-saves (as far as I can tell.. Er… Or maybe not), it has a far superior auto correction/suggestion to what iPhone offers by default, post-edit spell check, shorthand expansion, trainable dictionaries and much more. And one feature that I’ve been toying with is hand writing recognition. I’ve found it a slow way to write so far but as I get used to it (or it to me), it gets better. I can see its potential.

What it doesn’t have (for which I am thankful for) is any sort of formatting options. That’s a big plus for me since it will allow me to write faster with less clutter in the way.
So I will take back what I said earlier about Spell Helper, perhaps it is too basic. I think WritePad will be my text editor/spell checker of choice for now.

Maybe someday my dream of an iPhone or iPad version of TextMate will become a reality.

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The one thing that stops me from blogging from my iPhone more is that my spelling is atrocious. I usually need to write a bit in my wordpress app, save, exit, open my dictionary app, copy, close, open wordpress, paste… Or I just end up writing the whole post, save it as a draft, then do the final edit and proofing on my Mac later on — which somewhat defeats the convenience of blogging on the iPhone.

There are plenty of dictionary apps and spell checker apps, and plenty of text editor apps, but one app that is in short supply is a simple, low cost app that does both. Today I found Spell Helper by Takashi Wada, an app that let’s you write or paste an entire message inside the app and spell check the entire document.

By default it wants to send the corrected text to mail but you can also just go back to edit mode and select all and copy the message to any other app you choose. It would be nice if additional destinations could be predetermined similar to TextExpander — perhaps in later versions.

It would also be nice if there was a way to save a work in progress. At present, if someone were to call in while in the midst of writing this, then everything I’ve written up until this point would be lost.

And while I am nit-picking, it would be nice if compositions could be made in landscape mode. But aside from all this, this app is exactly what I have wanted; a quick and dirty place to write something and then have its spelling checked.

Are there better apps for this? Probably, and I will continue to test some out, but this was the first one I found that did what I needed without any other clutter.

Any other suggestions?

Tags: app, checker, iphone, spelling

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• oi! rolling in at 1:00am from the #dcg after-party is not going to make for a productive Thursday. might have to call some meetings instead #
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• @elixirgraphics all it would take is TextMate for the iPad and I would be sold. in reply to elixirgraphics #
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{ pictured (left-right): @jooliah, @CuteGecko, @seyDoggy, @cutergecko · photo courtesy @kevinleehansen of monsterfarm }

Last nights democamp Guelph held at ebar was just awesome! This was my second time out to democamp Guelph and it always amazes me that you can get a bar filled to capacity and yet the attendees are quiet and listening intently to what’s being presented. Yeah sure there is a dull roar between demos and the occasional moment of riotous laughter during some demos, but overall, this is the most well behaved, polite crowds I’ve seen.

What’s the end result when you have a room full of well behaved, fun and friendly people? It’s an environment that breeds passion, support and creativity… and isn’t that really the definition of innovation? That is what democamps/barcamps/meetups are all about, sharing innovative ideas.

The regularly scheduled event was followed up by the democamp “after-party”, if you will, at a quaint and rather historic pub around the corner from ebar, called The Albion Hotel. A number of us developer/designer types went to just carry on where we left off at democamp. More talk about new ideas, politics, and just plain old laughter and libation consumption.

To all those who I got the chance to talk to last night, thanks for the stimulating conversation and laughs. Until next time!

For a detailed write-up and pics of the nights events, presenters and sponsors, head over to monsterfarm’s democamp Guelph Roundup.

Tonight I’m heading out to democamp Guelph for a little geek networking, beer and to hear about the latest and greatest in new tech ideas in and around the Guelph area.

The event happens every 3 months or so and consists of a couple hours of 3 minute demos followed by a brief Q & A period. The demos usually consist of new startup ideas, web apps in development, new concepts and overall tech geekness.

But more important are the people who show up. If you’re just getting started in the tech sector, or have just recently had a great idea for a startup, there is no better place to start your networking.

If you want to keep up with what’s going on tonight at democamp Guelph, just follow the twitter hash tag: #dcg.

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Time passes and few will notice.
Until it’s passing becomes a comfort,
A reminder, this life is not eternal,
Our trials and triumphs not forever.

Tears fall and few will miss them.
Until their falling from cheeks of others,
Heralds a time hardly remembered,
When emotions ran deep and daily,
And tears flowed with ease.

Friends will visit and few will cherish those moments.
Until mobility gives way to agony,
Faculty gives way to confusion,
Ease gives way to strain,
Chairs at kitchen tables give way to pews before caskets.

Emotions run raw and few will relish them.
Until loss becomes commonplace,
Demise becomes expected.
Until the end is anticipated,
Hoped for, welcomed.

Time passes and few should notice.
Until passing be our comfort.

In loving memory of Marie Rellinger.

This was written after attending the funeral of my wife’s Great Aunt Marie. At the age of 88, she willingly embraced her diagnosis of cancer and fought it with passion and grace. But just as Marie accepted the battle such a diagnosis brought with it, so too did she accept it’s eventual and inevitable outcome at 89.

Neither path was right or wrong to her — to suffer in therapy was almost an honor, a badge for her 89 year of service to this world and her lord — to slip away at the end surrounded by family was Marie’s sweet reward. She was ready — even if we weren’t.

At the funeral I watched a whole generation of her friends share her views — proud men and proper ladies, born a decade or two into a new century past. They were not saddened by the loss, but comforted that Marie had been ‘received’. They were happy to be celebrating her life together, as friends, while there were still friends to share it with.

There were tears at Marie’s funeral, but not from her peers. The tears came from those of us too caught up in the moment to be able to reflect on what one can accomplish in 89 years. Too caught up in what it means to lose a loved one and unable to see what it means to rest after a long and fulfilling life.

I will cherish the tears while the thought of death still terrifies me. I will relish the heartache while loss still hurts. But I will bring away with me a new understanding of what it means to celebrate life and the passing of time.

Pictured in the Rellinger family portrait, clockwise from top left: Gary Rellinger, Todd Rellinger, Audrey Merrifield, Tanya Merrifield, Mary Rellinger, Marie Rellinger, Grace Merrifield.

Tags: death, life, picture

• had a great time with all, happy birthday kimmie, and tnx for coming out @jooliah! hope you had fun. #
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• *groan* RT @amberherself: "What's the worst sport in the Winter Olympics? Luge. Because even if you win Gold you're still a Luger." #
• @nikf @dancounsell that is an awesome looking space. either all office spaces in Brighton are like that or you guys have great taste/luck. #
• @juliannasculpts their were hundreds upon hundreds of crows gathering in Waterloo on Thursday. the tree tops were solid black. scary. in reply to juliannasculpts #
• Listening to 'CBC News: World Report for 2010/01/18' by . #Podcast #
• where the farg are my slippers? #
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• Dear Consumers; When a 1 day sales ends, it's over. Sales reward those who watch for them, and teach those who don't to do so. #
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• @Scolirk some of the original Cypress Hill stuff was good too. in reply to Scolirk #
• trying to watch the Fring season 1 pilot that I purchased on the xbox… streaming not working so well. #
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• I'll finish me lunch while me waits. I must say I am a damn good cook. I missed my real calling in life. #
• whew! glad I ate lunch before watching Fringe. #
• ha! Royal Ontario Musium was used as a Corporate building in Fringe pilot. #
• just spent 40 minutes supporting a theme I hadn't even sold yet. DOH! #
• Listening to 'Slow Down' by Brand Nubian. #Hip-Hop #
• @thor0128 what's worse is they didn't even own RapidWeaver yet, lol. in reply to thor0128 #
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• just dropped some bones at the Haiti Tweetup. #
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• I cab noy speel todat #
• Listening to 'Waiting For The World To End' by Rakim. #Hip-Hop #
• Listening to 'Companion Lay Me Down' by Wide Mouth Mason. #Blues #
• @confusement no problem, Haiti needs it more then I do. yes, @kevinleehansen just told me about the towels. yay me! I never win anything! in reply to confusement #
• @chrisherbert1 downloading now. in reply to chrisherbert1 #
• wondering whether I should go to DevHouse Waterloo on Monday. That and #dcg makes for a lot of out-going next week. #
• @footose 57¢ I think in reply to footose #
• RT @blakestevenson: @brydon (and all others interested) http://www.democampguelph.com is UP! #
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• ack!!! noooo!!! how could I run out of garlic?? he'll hath frozen over! #
• @jrodgers with that tub of garlic you could make turkey rotini Alfredo like I was doing. in reply to jrodgers #
• @joeworkman @isaiah re spacebar page scroll, shift-space is the usual behaviour for paging up. #
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• @footose ouch. I've done that before… too many times. in reply to footose #
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• very frustrated that the WordPress 2.1 iPhone app seems unwilling to save my local drafts. #
• oh hey! Look at that! The Flying Dog over charge my Visa… BY $100.44!!! WTF!! #
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• Listening to 'The One That Got Away' by Pink. #Pop #
• @flyingdog nope, Flying Dog Restaurant in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. in reply to flyingdog #
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• ok, nuff muckin' about. time to port this markup into a functional RapidWeaver theme. yay! #
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• Installing iWork '09 #
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• Gedy is not your typical rock star. #
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• @edbrenner regarding jQuery? There is more documentation on it then anything else yet I see ppl doing the funniest things with it. in reply to edbrenner #
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• wife is going out tonight. wonder if I should rent a movie 4 the kids and stay up late or drug them and have them in bed by 6. #
• thanks to ivideocamera my iPhone 3G has video too. yay! #
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• my kingdom for a gas range. #
• Bruce Power raised $100,000 for Haiti just by taking collections at the gate!! Impressive. #
• Watched "Shorts" with the kids tonight. I love the "Black Box"… so much an Apple/Steve Jobs/iPhone jab. Just classic. #

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Shared by Adam Merrifield

Category: DinnerCuisine: Italian Serves: 4

This is a delicious pasta dish that the whole family will love.

Ingredients

• 0.4 kg ground turkey
• 284 ml Cream of Mushroom/Broccoli soup
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1/2 cup cream/milk
• 5 cups rotini (whole wheat)
• 1 red pepper chopped
• 2 tsp minced garlic
• 1 cup Parmesan cheese (fresh grated)

Directions

1. In a non-stick or seasoned cast-iron skillet, brown turkey over medium heat (about 4 minutes).
2. Add minced garlic and continue cooking for another 2 minutes.
3. Add the soup, wine and cream and reduce for about 15 minutes, stirring constantly.
4. Stir in chopped red peppers and continue cooking another 5 minutes.
5. Remove from heat and mix in Parmesan cheese. Let stand for 4 minutes.
6. Mix with cooked rotini and serve.

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Last night I got the chance to attend a local geek meetup — Haiti Tweetup — put on by StartupDrinks.ca. It was, as you’ve probably guessed, a fund raising event for the people of Haiti in their time of need. It was good to get out and and chat with familiar faces and meet some new ones as well. But the true benefit was doing what we could for disaster stricken Haitians.

All told, $430 dollars were raised for Red Cross, with every little bit counting to help with the relief efforts in Haiti.

The Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph areas are rich with technology meetups, tweetups, demo camps and the like… if you happen to run such an event, or happen to know someone who does, please ask them to consider taking donations at the door, or pass the hat around to raise funds for the earthquake relief efforts.

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• @isaiah I thought you were actually more then 2 years older then me. not saying you look old… just sayin' in reply to isaiah #
• @MrForScreen you change focus more then I change my underwear in reply to MrForScreen #
• seyDesign news:: Theme Update: Sleeker Speeds up for IE6 http://bit.ly/8UTYBK #
• I am just into the twitter these days. #
• correction, I am just *not* into the twitter these days. #
• @WebKarnage crap, sorry. moving a blog from one site to another. should have turned off twitter tools. in reply to WebKarnage #
• my stew is done… stewing… omnomnom #
• OMG! Just heard the news of Haiti earthquake! Listening to 'CBC News: World Report for 2010/01/13' by . #Podcast #
• what I wouldn't give for last.fm on the xbox… in Canada… *sigh*…. giant US/Canada media curtain has GOT to go! #
• @cranstonIT re: apps ope… you must have a BUTT-LOAD of RAM to keep all those apps open. in reply to cranstonIT #
• Neil deGrasse Tyson: "spend a year teaching your kid to walk and talk, and the rest of their lives telling them to shut up and sit down." #
• sitting at the doctors with my wife. #
• one more blog to move and then my consolidation should be complete. #
• I am looking for any excuse to eat goat cheese by the spoon full… anyone? #
• @isaiah happy b-day. in reply to isaiah #
• @predmer I'd say that 9 year cheddar was as likely to bite you, so I'd say that was a fair fight. in reply to predmer #
• that was the best stew I have ever made. I had better same some for my wife… oh… maybe just one more bowl :p #
• Intense! Listening to '317 Mache dich, mein Herze, rein' by Johann Sebastian Bach. #Classical #
• Listening to 'Symphony no.2 in D major, op.3' by Ludwig van Beethoven. #Classical #
• Listening to 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd. #Rock #
• just uploaded 157 lines of new code that has made the store a bit faster. yay! #
• seyDesign news:: THEME UPDATE: Sleeker Gets Another Speed Boost for IE6 http://bit.ly/6f8HIU #
• Listening to 'You're My Brand' by The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band. #Blues #
• Path Finder 5.5.7 released http://prmac.com/release-id-10029.htm #
• Old school. Listening to '01 – Straight Outta Compton' by N.W.A.. #Hip-Hop #
• Classic! Listening to 'Hey Joe' by Jimi Hendrix. #Blues #
• looking forward to seeing @jooliah and the gang at #kwdesignmeet tonight. really need to get out. #
• @kevinleehansen tonight at the heuther, 7:30pm in reply to kevinleehansen #
• Get mah girl powa on! Listening to 'Independent Women Part Ii' by Destiny's Child. #R&B #
• I hate that moment just before flipping the switch… the pangs of doubt… what did I forget… ahh farg it, let go! yeeheee! #
• Listening to 'Dirrty' by Christina Aguilera. #Pop #
• that ought to be the last of the consolidation. #
• @footose heuther hotel: http://webdesign.meetup.com/472/calendar/11887948/ in reply to footose #
• @footose I am going and @modsuperstar hasn't missed one ever (I don't think). It's pretty informal so come on out. in reply to footose #
• @jooliah is there room for @footose to come out tonight? #
• @footose you're free to come, according to RT @jooliah: Sure! We've yet to have a night where everyone shows up anyway… #
• @footose 4sho! in reply to footose #
• damn! #kwdesignmeet is PACKED! #
• wow! there is even head hunters out here tonight. #kwdesignmeetup #
• RT @cdutson: First up is R&D Funding Management is up first talking about SR&ED and OIDMTC #kwdesignmeetup #
• drinking real beer tonight at #kwdesignmeetup #
• I love Julie's smile. #kwdesignmeetup #
• thinking @jrodgers is present, but not really here. #kwdesignmeetup #
• @mdenny you need a real job first. in reply to mdenny #
• @mdenny it's not stalking… she can see me… still. in reply to mdenny #
• OH: "assexment"… am I the only one that heard that? #kwdesignmeetup #
• @mdenny @ccarmichael hahaha.. ha… ha… I'm laughing on the inside… #
• @igrigorik talking about data visualization with Processing. #kwdesignmeetup #
• RT @mdenny: processing visulizations that @igrigorik is presenting are hella interesting – the post-coitus cigarette of programming. #
• what are usaying? RT @jrodgers: fun watching @igrigorik show the visualizations… good for the visual learners in the room #kwdesignmeetup #
• @DEVi8 might drink 2 for you. in reply to DEVi8 #
• @edbrenner good ol' local, brewed-in-pub, draft bear. in reply to edbrenner #
• another kid trying to pry my text editor out of my hands… when they're cold and dead, my friend… cold and dead. #kwdesignmeetup #
• @mdenny eh-hem… can you contain yourself please? #kwdesignmeetup #
• takes me 10 minutes to code a form from scratch… where's the advantage? #kwdesignmeetup #
• @grant_lovell RIM had a rep come out to #kwdesignmeetup in November in reply to grant_lovell #
• Met the guy who wrote this last night #kwdesignmeetup #
• lol, a universal truth. RT @igrigorik: my consumption of espresso appears to have a quadratic relationship to the day of the week (oi)… #
• Sometimes Fridays are fun. I played Barbies with my 3yo on my morning break and now my wife's just served lunch. nice. #
• RT @brockhart: Please do pass this along … pretty great opportunity for a student: Social Design Intern wanted for #mfx http://tr.im/K514 #
• well… I think I'm going to call it a day. #
• @saffyre9 link to said project? in reply to saffyre9 #
• @saffyre9 lol, I ain't for no need for you l33t seo skilz… just thought you might have somepin web-sexy to scope. in reply to saffyre9 #
• Going to the Flying Dog tomorrow night. Who wants to see this white boy bust a move (or slip a disk)? #
• @edbrenner lol, as another, once great Canadian said, "let your backbone slide…" has a whole new meaning at 35 then it did at 15, lol. in reply to edbrenner #
• looks like I am going to the Flying Dog will a bunch of fine women. All the men a "too tired"… bunch of babies. #
• my wife took action and subjected the 3yo to a time out, then followed it up with an effective debriefing. I didn't have to help at all. yay #
• @ENBdavies it must be @soma__ winning smile. #megettingbrowniepoints #
• wife and I are without kids and looking for something simple to eat? suggestions? #
• we're going for wings! then it's the Flying Dog later tonight! it's like we're young and single again! #
• at Wild Wings, pricey for wings, better be good. #
• @mikepgww the wings sure didn't compare to the Huether. in reply to mikepgww #
• @cdutson I say 360. give u one guess what my gamer tag is. in reply to cdutson #
• Do i nap b 4 flying dog? or just go full bore 'til morning? #
• @quirkycori too true. awake it is then. in reply to quirkycori #
• @jooliah actual there are men coming now so I can't have all the glory now. in reply to jooliah #
• @codeguy congrats!! in reply to codeguy #

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