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Enachronisms:

Since Apple released a new iPad commercial, there’s been new attention to an old Newton ad from the 90s. It’s a heck of an homage, actually.

But the funniest thing about the Old School ad? Multiple Enachronisms. A few highlights:

“Newton sends faxes.”
“And soon, electronic mail.”
“if there’s anything this world needs more of, it’s MORE communication…”

Faxes… whewww… [...]

Communal Computing & Organic Learning

For the last few weeks, I’ve been handing my iPad to random people to gauge their reaction to the device and their reflexes once they actually HOLD one. Seems that iconfactory’s Craig Hockenberry has been doing the same. He did a great post on his site furbo.org recently about the communal/campfire nature of his family’s [...]

What is it, exactly? (An iPad Hardware Primer)

What better place to begin than with a very basic basic question:

What the hell is an iPad?

The answer, it turns out, depends entirely on who you ask.

Most folks take a look at it and say “it’s a big phone,” while others see a robust gaming platform, a shiny futuristic gadget, the transformational piece of [...]