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Words of Wisdom from Author Jay Lake — In which my recent #sffwrtrchat is rather nicely quote mined (with my full agreement).
The Art of Immersion: Why Do We Tell Stories? — Anent my recent posts on this same topic. (Thanks to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=1){kind=small}
jackwilliambell.)
garyomaha asks for advice on email clients
Black Men and Women of the Old West — A few classic photos.
The most beautiful truck crash, ever
Appeal of iPad 2 Is a Matter of Emotions — Isn’t that always true of this sort of thing? Interesting article. (Via Dad.)
China blogger angered over losing Facebook account — Company officials told him by e-mail that Facebook has a strict policy against pseudonyms and that he must use the name issued on his government ID. My Facebook account doesn’t match the name issued on my government ID. “Jay” is a nickname.
Endowed by Their Creator?: The Future of Constitutional Personhood — Some deep thinkie. (Via danjite.)
Newt Gingrich’s ‘horny patriot’ infidelity excuse: Will voters accept it? — Mmm, family values.
Sarah Palin ‘Not Afraid’ Of Jon Stewart, Says Aide — Um, yeah.
Scrivener’s Error lays some well-deserved smack on Rep. King’s Islam hearings — Juan Cole on the same. What is it with conservatives and Islam?
?otD: In the event of this blog experiencing a water landing, what will you do?
3/11/2011
Writing time yesterday: 1.25 hours (2,700 words on Sunspin)
Body movement: n/a (airport walking to come)
Hours slept: 5.0 hours (interrupted)
Weight: n/a
Currently reading: Between books
Posted: 3:56 am Fri March 11 2011 |
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Cora
March 12th, 2011 at 4:40 pmLast week I had an iPad in my hands for the first time and played around with it for a while. It’s a nice device and easy to carry around, the piano keyboard app is neat, even if the keys are a bit small for my fingers (and I have thin fingers). But the iPad does nothing that my laptop and netbook don’t already do for me. And since I do a lot of typing, both laptop and netbook are a lot better suited to my needs than the iPad with its virtual keyboard.
Going back to your consumers versus producers post, the iPad strikes me as a device primarily intended for consumers. Of course, you can use it to create, as your daughter’s stunning artwork proves. But its main utility lies in making consuming media easier and more elegant. Which is what a lot of people want from their device.