A few thoughts on the iPad
17th October 2010
Russ Roberts of Cafe Hayek is another datapoint on Steve’s mystical journey.
I wasn’t going to get one–I have a Kindle for reading which I like a lot and my laptop goes everywhere with me–so I have all my photos (about 3000) and all my music (about 3000 songs). What use would I have for a device that weighed more than the Kindle, promised to distract me from reading with browsing and email, and added little functionality beyond my laptop?
Then I met someone who treated it like a serious business tool.
Then I had an idea for a serious economics education app for the device.
Then someone gave me one.
Hey, if ‘somebody gave me one’, I’d use it too.
It’s gloriously beautiful. I’ve added apps and bought some I don’t expect to use much just because I want to admire they way they look on the screen. Examples are Star Walk, Solar Walk and the Louvre app.
So it’s a toy. My. How nice.