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Nitro


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Posted Thu Jan 28th, 2010 4:23pm Post subject: iPad blog

Nothing to do with blog post recently, but I thought Stephen was going silent to write a book etc etc...hmm...well, at least there's no vision of him in a dark room, sitting still before a blank page with mold growing all over him

But back to the iPad blog. Why is everyone getting all uptight about it?

Hey everyone: it's a TOY! A slick, digital toy. Aren't toys SUPPOSED to fun? I mean, dial down the seriousness for a minute. This is a person who's having fun and the inability to control the excitment level is not an indicator of deviousness, but the opposite. Sincere, pure, innocent joy. You know? I mean, god for fucking bid anyone experience THAT!

Apple has their fans for very good reasons but you know what? Even those reasons don't *require* rational explanation. It's enough to say,"I like it because it makes me happy.". It doesn't have to be justified to anyone who does not experience that happiness. Experiencing an interface of any kind is subjective. Maybe you like driving your SUV. I personally hate them, but don't demand the drivers explain their appreciation to me so I can find it 'credible'.

Apple has a rep for being trailblazers and that's what they're doing. I'd like to know the company that created the perfect machine that NEVER fails 100% of it's use. Anyone? Even Toyota, the standard of reliability and consistency, admit to mistakes and engineering errors. Thankfully, the iPad probably won't put anyones actual physical safety at risk if it burps occasionally.

I'd have more faith in a brick built by Apple than an o/s built by Microsoft any....day...of...the...week. But that's also MY experience and I know others would disagree.

Don't condemn somebody or slight them simply because they've found some happy new thing they really, really like. For some, this is the iPad. I think many propellor-heads enjoy finding something wrong because they have a nature to problem solve. That's great, but it means nothing when used to ridicule someones 'interface experience'. The iPad looks, if nothing else, FUN!

I know. It's a word with only three letters so not very impressive in that respect. Ah...but the EXPERIENCE?

Why would anyone deny themselves that if they can have it?

Really? Wow.

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TobiasMonk


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Posted Sat Jan 30th, 2010 8:19pm Post subject: iPad blog

I'll be ordering one in March. That is all. Well that and you mentioned god and fucking in the same sentence. I love that. Now that is all.

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep.
Walt Whitman
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IdeaCollector


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Posted Sat Jan 30th, 2010 9:00pm Post subject: iPad blog

I will order one when I get a proper job. My macbook pro has held out a bajillion times longer than any other PC i've had and it doesn't slow down in the least. I seriously put computers through their paces and my mac is going strong after over 3 years of hard time.

I wish they were a bit cheaper but no matter what happens I"m not going back to PC. I just can't do it.

I used to be EternalStudent on these forums until the switch over. So don't get excited..I'm not someone new and exciting. I'm just me :P

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TobiasMonk


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Posted Sat Jan 30th, 2010 9:43pm Post subject: iPad blog

When I left the architectural firm I worked for to begin my own I started with PC's. Huge mistake, nothing but problems and I ended up scrapping everything for Mac. I now run my business from 2, soon to be 3, Mac Pros. PC just doesn't compare with Macs for quality, or performance and for speed Snow Leopard leaves Vista standing still. Ok, sorry for making this sound like a Mac ad, carry on...

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep.
Walt Whitman
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Bethune


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Posted Sun Jan 31st, 2010 12:47pm Post subject: iPad blog

To be honest - when Steve Jobs intimated that Apple felt there was a gap in the market that the iPad is intended to fill I completely understood where he was coming from...

I'm a commuter and I have been left feeling terribly isolated from the technology I like to dabble with the three hours a day I spend on a train getting to work.

I have tried fancy-mancy mobile phones - squinting at minuscule renditions of web pages in my tiny version of Opera - and was left frustrated and cock-eyed!

I have tried a Netbook. And have fidgeted about trying to balanced the thing on the tiny fold down trays they install on the back of seats, or on my bag on my lap. This all left me with a huge crick in my neck!

And now along comes the iPad - and I rejoice!

OK - so it's a niche market - but it's a market none the less. With the iPad I have all the hand-held convenience of a web enabled mobile phone, with the size of screen that means I can look at a web page, watch a movie or a VBlog or even play a game....And now, of course, I can read a book!

The fact is that I don't believe in the all-in-one killer-diller device. I own several devices, all doing different jobs - and the iPad is the tool for the specific, but very important, job of keeping me amused and connected while I waste large portions of my life travelling to work.

I suspect other travellers will find the iPad just as fun and useful.

(Though I must admit - as a designer I look forward to the day when we can use the iPad as a sketching tablet with something powerful like Adobe Illustrator using some sort of stylus.)


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TobiasMonk


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Posted Sun Jan 31st, 2010 11:49pm Post subject: iPad blog

Bethune said:
(Though I must admit - as a designer I look forward to the day when we can use the iPad as a sketching tablet with something powerful like Adobe Illustrator using some sort of stylus.)

Exactly, though I had ArchiCad in mind. I'm thinking it'll happen eventually, it just makes sense that it'll progress in that direction.

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep.
Walt Whitman
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James @ iPad Creative


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Posted Tue Apr 13th, 2010 1:55pm Post subject: iPad blog

I think it could well revolutionise the creative arts. There's something about it's connection with the user and the broad reach of the App Store... Look what people are already producing with their iPads:

http://www.ipadcreative.com/blog/2010/4/10/the-ipa.....-arts.html


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Nitro


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Posted Mon Apr 26th, 2010 3:53pm Post subject: iPad blog

I'll still hold out for the iPad down the road. It will be way more useful than in its current 'hook-'em-in' state, IMHO.

There's a real price to pay down the road for squinting all the time. It's bad for the CNS and the eyes. I can 'see' people having to turn to reading glasses well before their time for instance, and migraine issues are on the rise with people ( yep, I blame squinting, in part ).

If the iPad can 'solve' that problem alone, it's well worth the size. But in engineering there are prices to pay for every pleasure. To have something truly multi-functional ( not the same as a 'do-everything' idea in devices, btw ), means more heat and weight ( and in that case, are we just back to the macbook pro anyhow? ). OTOH, these issues are wrestled with by engineers wordwide on a daily basis and likely will have viable solutions soon.

Apple doesn't just like to be 'ahead of the pack' in phasing in a new technology, they like to be ahead in phasing out a technology ( G4's w/no floppy drives for instance ).

And I'm still not sure if this story is 'true' or a publicity stunt LOL

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/761104.....stool.html

Engineers sign 'non-compete' contracts w/serious legal ramifications, corporate espionage is a real thing, and so an Apple engineer sitting around bragging about this thing, as some stories include, strikes me as.....odd...

Really? Wow.

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TobiasMonk


Moderator

Posted Mon Apr 26th, 2010 4:24pm Post subject: iPad blog

Nitro said:

There's a real price to pay down the road for squinting all the time. It's bad for the CNS and the eyes. I can 'see' people having to turn to reading glasses well before their time for instance, and migraine issues are on the rise with people ( yep, I blame squinting, in part ).

You're so right about that, I'm 32 and I've recently had to get bifocals for computer/reading.

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep.
Walt Whitman
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Nitro


Member

Posted Tue Apr 27th, 2010 5:21am Post subject: iPad blog

Yeah, the whole font size issue on cell phones and all sorts of small screens is a real issue.

On a desktop, I can adjust the font size with ease without really losing too much monitor space. If you can do the same on the iPard, that would be an ideal feature.

I don't even bother trying to look at my cell phone when driving. If I get a call, it goes to voice mail or i'm texted ( blurgh ) and if I want to make one THAT bad, I pull over. I can't see the damn tiny font while driving anyway, so why risk Death just to find out a friend has ice cream and is willing to share it.

Wait...that was a bad example

Really? Wow.

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