its what i want
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iWant but iDon't need
So my wrap up, excluding the tech specs which I know you want, is that the iPad seems to do everything really well that we use laptops for already. It ingeniously lets you do everything you want to do with little tweeks that make sense for a tablet.
That being said, I don't think it does anything additional or revolutionary. Its not a game changer. The new form is 1/2 of the old, laptop form, but its used for the same tasks, activities, content.
I've always been someone who looks for keyboard shortcuts that my fingers do automatically so I don't have to find the mouse cursor and then move the mouse cursor back to where I saw I wanted it to go in the first place. So directly touching it is pretty natural; so in that, its a nice hybrid between our smart phones and a large-form laptop screen.
Jason's article astutely points out that Apple has given us the device, but its potential must be achieved by the content makers. Living, dynamic text/ebooks and web pages will be as good as the designers, developers, authors and artists make it. Those folks must find ways to work in harmony to create the dynamic user experience Jobs wants.
I do believe the educational and medical realms may finally adopt this as the ubiquitous computer solution that we waited for and expected much sooner. In contrast to laptops, the iPad (any tablet) does not have a screen to act as a partition between two people; doctor/patient nor student/teacher. I've not heard it talked about in the past, but I see now that the laptop's screen is a barrier, alienating user from their authentic interaction with another. For one, the user could be distracted at any moment, and their partner has no control or knowledge over this. With a tablet's screen flat on a table, the two can be face to face while sharing the content in the device.
That's my take.
That being said, I don't think it does anything additional or revolutionary. Its not a game changer. The new form is 1/2 of the old, laptop form, but its used for the same tasks, activities, content.
I've always been someone who looks for keyboard shortcuts that my fingers do automatically so I don't have to find the mouse cursor and then move the mouse cursor back to where I saw I wanted it to go in the first place. So directly touching it is pretty natural; so in that, its a nice hybrid between our smart phones and a large-form laptop screen.
Jason's article astutely points out that Apple has given us the device, but its potential must be achieved by the content makers. Living, dynamic text/ebooks and web pages will be as good as the designers, developers, authors and artists make it. Those folks must find ways to work in harmony to create the dynamic user experience Jobs wants.
I do believe the educational and medical realms may finally adopt this as the ubiquitous computer solution that we waited for and expected much sooner. In contrast to laptops, the iPad (any tablet) does not have a screen to act as a partition between two people; doctor/patient nor student/teacher. I've not heard it talked about in the past, but I see now that the laptop's screen is a barrier, alienating user from their authentic interaction with another. For one, the user could be distracted at any moment, and their partner has no control or knowledge over this. With a tablet's screen flat on a table, the two can be face to face while sharing the content in the device.
That's my take.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
ideas from tc, jk, the apple tablet and tomorrow forever
its going to be dfw's intensely dense prose, updated, thriving.
with layers upon layers, and seeing YOUR eyes.
socially relevant, culturally prevalent, sharing, caring, and useful for all.
In my opinion, it must be able to see your eyes. If one is to engage in the act of reading, an activity that has become compromised by the colorful, glowing, moving rectangles surrounding and drowning your flow through the prose, the output must consider where to put every bit and every bite; for your mind unless the structure of evaluation changes.
I can gobble up a course in a week, a quarter in a day.
As the webz are now, they prey on those who stay. To change it all, as Steve Jobs wishes, the machine must listen not only to your fingers and your palms, but with that which we more naturally use to communicate between humans.
It must read our attention, and adjust transmission; like a girl who knows if the boy's eyes are wandering to another desirable ratio.
It must even listen to our breathing, our pace, our conversational grace.
But how to generate content as such? For now, slowly, but as today we have strove far beyond the letters of the press, the will, the market, the artist, all find ways to communicate; quicker at times, and better at others.
with layers upon layers, and seeing YOUR eyes.
socially relevant, culturally prevalent, sharing, caring, and useful for all.
In my opinion, it must be able to see your eyes. If one is to engage in the act of reading, an activity that has become compromised by the colorful, glowing, moving rectangles surrounding and drowning your flow through the prose, the output must consider where to put every bit and every bite; for your mind unless the structure of evaluation changes.
I can gobble up a course in a week, a quarter in a day.
As the webz are now, they prey on those who stay. To change it all, as Steve Jobs wishes, the machine must listen not only to your fingers and your palms, but with that which we more naturally use to communicate between humans.
It must read our attention, and adjust transmission; like a girl who knows if the boy's eyes are wandering to another desirable ratio.
It must even listen to our breathing, our pace, our conversational grace.
But how to generate content as such? For now, slowly, but as today we have strove far beyond the letters of the press, the will, the market, the artist, all find ways to communicate; quicker at times, and better at others.
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