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This is the kind of thing we like to wake up to. Designer, producer, video director and virtual NYC “it” girl Va$htie is a fan of Twelve South, and was kind enough to feature several of our products on her recent segment on VH1′s Big Morning Buzz, hosted by Carrie Keagan. She talked mainly about her love of BookBook — how family members pick hers up, thinking it’s a “photo album or something” only to discover it’s her laptop — but supporting the BookBook on display was our own Compass stand (in Candy Apple Red). Here’s how it looked. (VH1 doesn’t let us show the video, though.)

Get your own “Big Morning Buzz” on with BookBook — for iPhone, iPad, MacBook, or MacBook Air — and Compass now.

The kind people over at MacTrast just got their hands on a Compass, and had a lot of very nice things to say about it (and us!).

In their words:

“Plain and simple: the Compass unfolds into a tripod-like easel for displaying, using, or viewing your iPad.

When taking the Compass from the included neoprene travel sleeve, it is merely an inch wide and seven inches tall.  The compact  size makes it easily portable in a backpack, handbag, or purse and once you use the Compass, you will want to take it everywhere.

The easel orientation easily accommodates the iPad in portrait or landscape and works well for FaceTime conversations, Keynote presentations, playing your favorite games, or showing off your recent vacation pictures.  If you will be using the Compass to type, lay the tripod frame back onto the rear leg and unfold the shortened tab found in the rear.  This laying position places the iPad at 15 degrees, which is excellent for typing, while still elevating the viewing angle.  The two options make the Compass an excellent way to having fun or get things done!”

In case you’re wondering if you actually need a stand, well…

“Would you like a fashionable way to show off a set of pictures for company? Use the easel mode and iPhoto to loop images when friends and family visit. …better yet, prop up your iPad and stream music to your stereo using AirPlay and let your Album art generate conversation.

Honestly, you didn’t know you needed a stand until you own one.  I love iPhone and iPad stands (I have several scattered across the house and in the office) and the Compass is at the top of a long list.”

So if you’re making a list of accessories you need for that New iPad (or really any iPad — Compass fits them all perfectly!), make sure you put Compass right there. At the top. Get yours today (ships free in the USA, and for a low flat rate in many of our favorite international destinations)! By the way, did we happen to mention Compass goes great with a BookBook?

Read the full article here at MacTrast.

In his article “Tablet as Sous Chef”  for The Wall Street Journal, writer Kevin Sintumuang makes a really good point about cookbooks: They’re lovely, collectible, and engaging…but not, it turns out, all that comfortable to cook with. We’d have to agree, having about, oh, 24 different ones that we flip through from time to time.(Our personal favorite? The New Best Recipe from Cook’s Illustrated, though our brother-in-law, who uses it frequently, lovingly refers to it as “The Best New Way to Use Every Cooking Implement in Your House.” And he’s half right.)

Back to the blog post. Among many useful iPad implements, our Compass was featured as The Minimalist Perch, which makes sense — as Compass is designed to virtually disappear when you’re using your iPad, so the iPad is the star of the show. More here:

“Inspired by a mechanical compass, this mini-easel has a solid feel and rubber padding in all the right places, so you’ll never feel like your iPad will accidentally slide off. It can hold your device upright, as shown here, but you can place it at a lower angle as well. When you’re done with the compass, simply fold it up and toss it in a kitchen drawer.”

We love using Compass in the kitchen. Get one for your own aspiring Martha-Stewart-Paula-Deen-UVOO-using-wonder-person today. And if you’re in a pinch for V-Day, well, it does come in red.

We love seeing Twelve South products all over the place. After all, we’re simply a small company that makes things *we* wanted to use, but it’s especially nice to see that our products have become things that the public wants to use. So yes, if you’re wondering, we do get as excited as a bunch of ‘tween girls at a Bieber concert when, for example, we see Bryan Williams on NBC using a Compass on Election Night. And now, yes, we are in fact geeking out over the fact that one of President Obama’s speechwriters (can we assume all of them?) is using a Compass. In. His. Office. At. The. White. House. And it’s been caught on tape. Should we be monitoring orders looking for other famous addresses? What do you think?! (The Compass is just under the “play” arrow. We stopped video there to save you time. If you want to watch the whole fascinating look at writing the State of the Union, load this.)

Get your own “not officially endorsed by the President of the United States of America, but kinda,” Compass here.

Gizmodo just published a must-read for all you people who got an iPad 2 for Christmas (and they also note that someone must love you a whole lot, which is most likely true). Included? Links to apps they like most, and complete list of gotta-have-’em accessories you’ll want to consider investing in for your new iPad 2.

Here’s where we come in:

Get your new Compass today (and don’t forget: It also comes in Candy Apple Red).

As we’ve mentioned, we love love love Gift Guides. Some bring our attention to cool new products we might otherwise never discover…and others feature things we design right here at Twelve South.

But when two of our products are listed in the same guide, well…that’s like thinking you’ve already done well as far as Santa is concerned, then finding a little something else at the bottom of that stocking!

The Daily Blam! featured both our BookBook for iPhone AND our Compass. Here’s how.

Get a set for yourself here…shipping is on the house.

Headlines & Heroes, which prides itself on being your “curator of cool for culture, gadgets, living, style, rides and entertainment,” makes us laugh. Their assessment on the Compass is spot-on, if we do say so ourselves. Get your stocking-stuffer-ready Compass here — and satisfy your own Rolling Stone desires. Have a peek:

We love international press, so we were happy to open an email from Konstantinos, the technical editor for T3 Magazine of Athens, Greece. He was kind enough to send us images of the latest Twelve South coverage in their magazine, and while it’s all Greek to us (we studied Latin, how useful is that?), we’re happy to be included among their picks for top tech stuff. Take a peek here.

Get your own Compass for iPad, and you won’t need to learn Greek to know why people world-wide are enjoying our handy stand. (Now selling in Tactical Black, Candy Apple Red, and, of course, iPad Silver.)

iVillage, part of the NBC Universal Women & Lifestyle Entertainment Networks Group, is all about giving practical tips to help the ladies in your life with their digital routine. Case in point: This article about kitchen gadgets that includes our Compass (which should probably be part of everyone’s digital routine, if you ask us…). Get yours here.