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Apple doesn’t belong in a Corporate environment, right? Well someone forgot to tell Wells Fargo, SAP, and Mercedes-Benz:
“[They] are using the tablet-style computer for tasks as varied as accessing work e-mail, approving shipping orders, and calling up on-the-spot auto-finance options.”
It takes time to change things, but now that Apple is bigger than Microsoft, one has to wonder how long corporate will continue to cling to the underdog.
Matt Legend Gemmell on how the iPad helps him get his work done:
“Focus and perspective are our bread and butter. We have to think carefully about problems in multiple fields in the course of a standard workday, and poor quality of thought invariably leads to disproportionately significant repercussions later. There’s almost no limit to what I’ll pay to increase my focus and productivity without a corresponding increase in pain; iPad would be cheap at three times the price.”
Why the iPad Is a Blank Slate, and Why That’s Important:
“So what’s the difference between a Mac and an iPad? It’s that blank slate thing. No matter what you do on a Mac, the keyboard and mouse and window-based operating system make it impossible to ignore the fact that you’re using a Mac, and it’s often equally impossible to ignore the fact that you’re using a particular program.
In contrast, the iPad becomes the app you’re using. That’s part of the magic. The hardware is so understated – it’s just a screen, really – and because you manipulate objects and interface elements so smoothly and directly on the screen, the fact that you’re using an iPad falls away. You’re using the app, whatever it may be, and while you’re doing so, the iPad is that app. Switch to another app and the iPad becomes that app. If that’s not magic, I don’t know what is.”
Intriguing idea. I’ve never really noticed that the computer didn’t fade away, but now that I think about it, I think he’s right.
Think of it from your spouse’s perspective: they probably lump it all together and says you are “always on the computer”, but in reality, you’re doing a variety of things (tagging photos, researching on wikipedia, reading the news, and writing to your Aunt in Darkest Peru). To anyone but you, it looks like computer time. The iPad may yet be different.
Favorite bit about how saying the iPad is just a big iPod Touch misses the point: “Ken Case of The Omni Group has said, size matters, which is why a swimming pool is not just a big bathtub.”
“if you work in tech, you should spend some time with an iPad. If it doesn’t change the way you think about what you do, you’re either a genius or an idiot.”
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