I actually - would have to agree with pretty much the entire article.
And the comparison of ipad mags with the cd roms of yesteryear is super apt.
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I've realized recently that I'm just not very excited about tablets—anybody's tablets, no matter the OS or maker. I first realized I felt this way when I was only mildly disappointed (as opposed to heartbroken) to find myself too sick to attend the long-awaited (by me, anyway) webOS tablet unveiling. Since then, I've thought a lot about the roots of my tablet ennui, and I've narrowed it down to a few reasons.
A Google Image search turns up the above, quite typical picture of a scribe practicing his art. You'll notice that the scribe's desk contains two levels, where the topmost level holds an exemplar document and the bottom holds the document that he's actually working on. The scribe in the picture could be a copyist who's making a copy of the exemplar, or he could be a writer who's using the top copy as a source or reference.…
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"I Hate my iPad," is the title of the article. "Can my tablet-loving colleagues convince me I didn't just waste $600?"
"Some of the really savvy new media efforts like Flipboard are exciting, but after the initial "wow" factor wears off, these apps mainly serve to remind me that there's already too much good stuff to read out there, and that my life is slipping away from me in an infinite stream of interesting bits about smart animals, dumb criminals, outrageous celebs, shiny objects, funny memes, scientific discoveries, economic developments, etc.. I invariably end up closing the app in a fit of guilt, and picking up one of the truly fantastic dead tree or Kindle books that I'm working my way through at the moment, so that I can actually exercise my brain (as opposed to simply wearing it out)."