Love this from jairoo: “iPad + Skype + retro handset = ridiculously fun mobile phone”

‘Natural’ gestures, ThinkPads, and (perhaps) bodily fluids

One of my big concerns around all of this ‘natural interface’ crap is that there’s a huge fragmentation going on in gesture recognition. Just among the Apple fold, there’s a set for the iPhone, a superset of that for the iPad, some slightly different ones for the MacBooks, and yet another group for the Magic Mouse or whatever the hell it’s called.

But I digress.  The real point is that this gesture just scares the crap out of me. I’m getting carpal tunnel just looking at it. The only ‘natural’ analog to this one is choking the living daylights out of a small rodent that has run across your keyboard, is currently standing on the space bar, and is in the process of doing it’s own ‘natural’ gestures on your touchpad - quite possibly one that involves bodily fluids.

Amazon Reveals Kindle iPad App, Dooms Its Own E-Reader? | Technomix | Fast Company

Now that is impressive - Amazon puts out a Kindle app for the iPad.

Books in the Age of the iPad — Craig Mod

Yes, yes, yes!  Someone has finally crafted the words for what I’ve been thinking all along - towards the middle of the document - that the structure of the content can be yet another tool for the writer.  This is why I can’t stand to read things via RSS.

Absolutely love this photo (from After the iPad, what unicorns are there for Apple to unleash? | Technology | guardian.co.uk)

The perfect juxtaposition of two sentences

In just two sentences - “Why the iPad will fail and help Windows 7 to succeed” and “Tip: Click here to run a free scan for common PC errors” - Windows7News.com has summed up the entire reason why the iPad will succeed.  Perfect.