Comments on: The meaning of writing according to the iPad http://andrewdubber.com/2010/09/the-meaning-of-writing-according-to-the-ipad/ Music. Innovation. People. Places. Other stuff. Mon, 20 May 2013 16:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Riker http://andrewdubber.com/2010/09/the-meaning-of-writing-according-to-the-ipad/#comment-973 Riker Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:06:20 +0000 http://www.andrewdubber.com/?p=4863#comment-973 ‘Brushes’ is a fantastic drawing app. It takes the concept of fingerpainting and gives you a toolset that can produce some absolutely stunning artwork. It’s a great example of the (quite literally) blank-slate interface that’s perfectly tailored to the task you’re engaging in.

]]> By: Dubber http://andrewdubber.com/2010/09/the-meaning-of-writing-according-to-the-ipad/#comment-972 Dubber Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:08:04 +0000 http://www.andrewdubber.com/?p=4863#comment-972 Totally get your point from an iPad marketing perspective (and from a Makers’ Manifesto perspective) – but what Apple did with it is make a platform for development.

It’s not the basis on which they’re selling it to the masses, but that doesn’t change the fact that most of the things you’ll ever use on an iPad were developed out in the wild by third party developers. They get to be creative first, then everyone else can be.

]]> By: KCanard http://andrewdubber.com/2010/09/the-meaning-of-writing-according-to-the-ipad/#comment-971 KCanard Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:38:07 +0000 http://www.andrewdubber.com/?p=4863#comment-971 “One of the criticisms of the iPad as a device is that it assumes the user is a passive consumer.”
I think this is more a criticism of Apple’s current implementation of the iPad along with their dissatisfaction over Apple’s perceived drift towards control and closed/proprietary, rather than people dismissing the tablet form as necessarily passive.
I think people feel intuitively that a touch interface could transform the way we understand what a computer is and are disappointed with what they see right now which to them seems like a giant iPhone.
That huge screen extends the sense of touch to allow us to manipulate a device that previously we understood as an entity that was separate from us. A thing of primarily visually experience.
A tablet could be the opposite of a passive consumption/TV style device. You watch the TV broadcast at you, but with this you manipulate it by touch/feeling.
So people are like — “this thing could be SO much… and you did THIS with it?”

]]> By: Anthony Herron http://andrewdubber.com/2010/09/the-meaning-of-writing-according-to-the-ipad/#comment-970 Anthony Herron Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:38:01 +0000 http://www.andrewdubber.com/?p=4863#comment-970 Here are a few of what I would call essential iPad apps

Guardian Eyewitness: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-guardian-eyewitness/id363993651?mt=8
Flipboard: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/flipboard/id358801284?mt=8
Reeder: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/reeder-for-ipad/id375661689?mt=8
Wired Magazine: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/wired-magazine/id373903654?mt=8
Things: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/things-for-ipad/id364365411?mt=8
Soundy Thingie (thanks to you): http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/soundythingie/id382900826?mt=8
Angry Birds HD: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/angry-birds-hd/id364234221?mt=8
NPR: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/npr-for-ipad/id364183644?mt=8

]]> By: Dubber http://andrewdubber.com/2010/09/the-meaning-of-writing-according-to-the-ipad/#comment-969 Dubber Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:24:46 +0000 http://www.andrewdubber.com/?p=4863#comment-969 Of course, having said all this, now I want one of these to go with it: http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC533B/A

]]> By: Anya http://andrewdubber.com/2010/09/the-meaning-of-writing-according-to-the-ipad/#comment-968 Anya Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:14:11 +0000 http://www.andrewdubber.com/?p=4863#comment-968 Robert Scoble had an article a while back about how the iPad is changing art and music. http://scobleizer.com/2010/05/22/how-the-ipad-is-changing-art-and-music/
There’s also an iPad app that emulates instruments in an orchestra.
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/08/31/found-footage-the-ipad-orchestra/

]]> By: felix http://andrewdubber.com/2010/09/the-meaning-of-writing-according-to-the-ipad/#comment-967 felix Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:03:23 +0000 http://www.andrewdubber.com/?p=4863#comment-967 Pretty sure you can do pottery on your stereo. Don’t recommend it though.

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