January 2010
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The new iPad: Just another battle in the holy war
Looking at the coverage from traditional tech journalists/pundits, I couldn’t help but be reminded of a piece from Umberto Eco:
Umberto Eco - “Holy War: Mac v.s Dos”
The fact is that the world is divided between users of the Macintosh computer and users of MS-DOS compatible computers. I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant. Indeed,...
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fuckyeahrocknroll:
musicradar:
rebjukebox:
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“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure...”
– Albert Einstein (1879-1955) (via tapwaterjackson)
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My Saturday night has devolved into tea at home...
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“I’m often saddened by the infantilising effect of high technology on...”
– Fraser Speirs - Blog - Future Shock
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fuckyeahrocknroll:
The Cure - Love Will Tear Us...
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The techies need to get out from behind their...
quoting Alex Payne on the iPad via Stowe Boyd
“it’s a device that does little to enable creativity”
…excuse me, are they serious. Actually I’m not sure if anything actually enables creativity - things may enhance it, may make it easier to be creative, but if you’re not creative, nothing is going to enable it for you. The problem I’m now seeing having with...
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About the best thinking related to the iPad I've...
stevenf (edit to highlight the key points I found, well key - but go to the source to read it all for full effect):
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The Old World
In the Old World, computers are general purpose, do-it-all machines. They can do hundreds of thousands of different things, sometimes all at the same time. We buy them for pennies, load them up to the gills with whatever we feel like, and then we pay for...
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