There’s an inherent benefit to only doing one thing at a time: the load of worrying about other tasks is lifted. Knowing that there isn’t anything else competing for your attention is quite liberating.
Craig Hockenberry on the iPad
Five Ways the iPad Will Change Magazine Design →
Pentagram designer Luke Hayman weighs in on the implications of the iPad.
Developers who supplement Flash with HTML5 may soon tire of Flash—but Adobe has a brief but golden opportunity to create the tools with which rich HTML5 content is created. Let’s see if they figure that out.
Jeffrey Zeldman on Flash, iPad and Standards.
On iPads, Grandmas and Game-changing →
Rob Foster on casual conversations he’s had with non-tech people about iPad.
I had a similar experience where I casually brought up to my mom that Apple had announced a new device. She and my dad are apparently very excited by this little wonder device. Computing for everybody is finally here and it’s only going to get better.
What is news is that the Rubicon has been reached and the die, as it were, has been cast by Apple. The sum of these technologies and their future promise is enough to provide a real alternative to Flash for the first time ever.
Nathan Peretic on The Withering Away of Flash.
Mike Monteiro explains why the iPad is important in The Failure of Empathy. There have been a lot of articles like this, but it’s an important thing to understand that the iPad is the beginning of something big.
Peter Kalfka: Subscription Model Likely for Apple iPad Access to Hulu →
I don’t see myself paying for Hulu in its current form just for the pleasure of having it on my iPad.
New Flash content designed just for touchscreens can be done, but people want existing Flash sites to work. All of them—not just some here and there—and in a usable manner. That’s impossible no matter what.
Daniel Eran Dilger on why the iPad can’t use Flash.
The first Apple iPad TV Commercial →
Follows in the footsteps of iPhone commercials.
Apple Developer Connection: Preparing Your Web Content for iPad →
Get your webby stuff ready for iPad mania.
The iPad screen is not your desktop screen →
That the iPhone/iPad OS gets out of the way, let’s us focus on one thing at a time and doesn’t insinuate a constant need to switch contexts is just icing on an already delicious reading cake.
Simplenote for iPad →
Just hearing there will be a version for the iPad puts a big ol’ smile on my face. It won’t be available at launch:
Simplenote for iPad won’t be available immediately. We’re going to spend some time working with the hardware first to make sure everything flows as expected.
I think that’s the right thing to do.
Boing Boing: Why I won't buy an iPad (and think you shouldn't, either) →
What really upsets me about Doctorow is his complete lack of compassion for the user experience. No, Cory, I don’t really care about taking apart my iPad and fine-tuning it. And most people don’t, either. Enjoy your shit sandwich with screws. I’ll go over here and get relevant shit done. Thanks.
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