April 2010
9 posts
iPad: Our Next Personal Computer
What do you think of the soon-to-be released iPad? Is it just some other tablet that will eventually be phased out, or is it the way of the future?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/technology/personaltech/01pogue.html?hp
David Pogue of The New York Times has mixed feelings about the iPad. Regardless, his ultimatum does not address the main purpose of the iPad, which is to supersede...
March 2010
2 posts
Why the iPad Will Change Everything
Jobs is a relentless perfectionist whose company creates such beautifully designed products that they have changed our expectations about how everything around us should work. He has an uncanny ability to cook up gadgets that we didn’t know we needed, but then suddenly can’t live without. The iPad is his personal pet project. It’s something...
On Engineering and Paintbrushes
Engineering, in its purest form, is art.
People like Michelangelo and Steve Wozniak are probably not that much different from each other. Sure, one was a Renaissance painter and sculptor while the other was a member of the Homebrew Computer Club, but both aspired to design and create awe-inspiring works.
This immanent quality is not only the lowest common denominator found in both artists and...
