Unpopular opinion: the old school paper blueprints still beat tablets on a dusty jobsite

I had a superintendent last week at a site in Phoenix pull me aside and say he prints out every set because his iPad screen is useless before 10 AM in direct sun. Makes me wonder, is there really a one-size-fits-all answer for digital vs paper on site?

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ninas6718d ago

And what happens when that dust gets into the iPad's charging port and kills it?

the_faith18d ago

... and you know what, ninas67, that actually happened to my nephew's iPad last summer. He left it on the patio during a windy day and a bunch of fine dust blew right into the charging port. The port was completely dead after that. He tried blowing it out with compressed air but it still wouldn't charge. I told him to try a toothpick and it worked for a bit, but the connection was always loose from then on. Sometimes I think we forget how much stuff just floats in the air around us.

stellanelson18d ago

oh nah, i gotta call something out real quick. you should never use a toothpick in a charging port, man. that's how you break the little pins inside or push dust in deeper. compressed air is actually the right move, but you gotta do it in short bursts and at an angle, not straight on. leaving an ipad face down in dust is asking for trouble, but once stuff gets in there, the safest bet is just a soft brush or taking it to a repair shop. my buddy does phone repairs and he sees so many people accidentally frying their ports with random objects.