iPad: Screenwriter's best friend?

Maricris V. Faderugao
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From Kindle to Nook and now, ipod to ipad, these days, you need not to buy a book, smell the ink and spines to read. The necessity for information is growing fast in today's fast-paced way of living and we cannot let mother nature to suffer. Still, we have to keep up with the demand.

If you think carrying your library+pen and paper is impossible, I'm going to break it to you, you've got it all wrong.

Scott Stein on CNET news wrote: iPad: Screenwriter's best friend?

The idea of an e-reader actually being used to create notes as well as display text is, at least to me, the real holy grail of all e-reading. The original purpose of e-readers (and the e-ink displays of readers like the Kindle) was to replace the printed page, and most of the paper I waste goes into creating copies of scripts or rough drafts that I then read and make notes on before re-entering edits later on. I do this because, though I love using a laptop to write, I absolutely hate using a laptop to read. Hundreds of old stories and drafts sit in a folder, largely untouched, because they're not easily readable or sharable on a laptop, and I'd rather not waste the paper to print them. Having a diverse e-reader that can not only read e-books but also allow easy note-taking and edits is the desire that turned me off to limited-use devices such as the Kindle, and I'm not the only one.

3 Facebook Setting Every User Must Know

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Facebook is relatively known to my generation as the"I've graduated from friendster account". With it's addictive features like games, live update and chat, presto! You are connected with the world! Not so fast missus. Because facebook has made some changes that you might want to rethink last December about its user's privacy.

Sarah Perez writes..Check link: The 3 Facebook Settings Every User Should Check Now

In December, Facebook made a series of bold and controversial changes regarding the nature of its users' privacy on the social networking site. The company once known for protecting privacy to the point of exclusivity (it began its days as a network for college kids only - no one else even had access), now seemingly wants to compete with more open social networks like the microblogging media darling Twitter.

Those of you who edited your privacy settings prior to December's change have nothing to worry about - that is, assuming you elected to keep your personalized settings when prompted by Facebook's "transition tool." The tool, a dialog box explaining the changes, appeared at the top of Facebook homepages this past month with its own selection of recommended settings. Unfortunately, most Facebook users likely opted for the recommended settings without really understanding what they were agreeing to. If you did so, you may now be surprised to find that you inadvertently gave Facebook the right to publicize your private information including status updates, photos, and shared links.

Want to change things back? Read on to find out how.