Feb 4, 2010 0
This guy gets it about the iPad
This guy gets it.
“…I was surprised by the reaction the iPad got the day it launched. Following along on Twitter I was seeing things like ‘underwhelming’, ‘meh’ , ’it’s not open’, ‘it’s just a big iPhone’, etc. And most of this stuff was coming from people who design and build interactive experiences. As designers, and technologists we’re very much aware that the interfaces we build are for people who are “not us,’ but we still haven’t made that leap about the concept of “computing.”
The people don’t want “tablet computers” with Ubuntu and OpenID (worst name ever for a product attempting broad acceptance). They could honestly give a shit whether it’s a closed or open system. And, let’s be really honest, they probably care as much about DRM as they do about baseball players juicing; by which I mean not very much at all. They want things to work most of the time, and be easy to fix when they don’t. And if the process by which it happens is “magic” they are totally cool with that.”
It’s not built for the people who are complaining about it (the techies). It’s built for my stepdad, who hates dealing with computers and just wants to look up something on the internet occasionaly and watch youtube without having to deal with the intricacies that come with a computer, or my stepmom who just wants to store and view photos, email, and read the occasional article about parenting.
