With books, magazines, and newspapers flocking to iPad with hopes of a new working model, and the calls for the death of print that feel like echoes of the 90s, I present a quick, non-exhaustive, biased, romanticized list…
iPad newspapers, magazines, and books can’t
swat flies
be stored for 20 years for the next generation to uncover in the attic
be stored for 100 years for the next 5 generations to uncover in the attic
be left at the cottage to separate ‘real books’ from ‘vacation books’
be left on an airplane to dispose evidence of having ever read ‘US Weekly’
Again late to post, but we found our friend and sometime collaborator Christian in the pages of Wallpaper. A handsome portrait taken inside his gallery in Berlin, Exile, is accompanied by a bit about his venture.
A video showing a two and a half years old girl’s first encounter with the iPad. Although we can’t prove it was really her first encounter, it is indeed shocking to see the ease with which she figures out some of the interface elements on her own, notably the swipe across the home screen, and the maximizing.
Much has been said about the iPad’s potential as an educational tool, and clearly this is something Apple is banking on in promoting heavily academically-minded apps such as Elements. It will also be interesting to see what effects a more elemental, basic interface (touch VS keyboard and mouse) has on other aspects of computing and learning.
If computers keep increasing in simplicity, will we still need ‘Computer Classes’? What other apps will be able to bridge the gap and between complex notions (science, maths, spelling) and kids with increasingly short attention-span.
