As I mentioned in an earlier post, iPad removes the barrier between the user and the computer. There’s no need to learn about saving documents, file structure, or folders (yet). Need more proof? From TUAW, a story about a 99 year old women who buys her first computer, iPad, and is able to read and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Apple’
April 18, 2010
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Pages for iPad, Simple for Kids
By Michael Doan in Design, TechnologyA couple years ago I bought a OLPC for my daughter who was four years old at the time. Recently she has shown interest in learning to type. I pulled out the OLPC and started up the word processor. She would practice typing but never saved any of her work. One day she asked how [...]
Tags: Apple, Design, iPad, Simplicity
January 28, 2010
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iPad is Bigger Than iPad
By Michael Doan in TechnologyA pretty darn good theory about where Apple is headed from Gruber: Apple now owns and controls their own mobile CPUs. There aren’t many companies in the world that can say that. And from what I saw today, Apple doesn’t just own and control a mobile CPU, they own and control the hands-down best mobile CPU [...]
January 26, 2010
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Tablet
By Michael Doan in TechnologyTomorrow is a big day for all the Apple fanboys (me included) as we await for Apple’s newest creation. There are many rumors and predictions on what it could be, what it’ll look like, and its capabilities. Steve Jobs never fails to surprise, so tomorrow I expect to be surprised. At this point, I don’t [...]
January 18, 2010
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Newton “Batmobile” Prototype
By Michael Doan in Technologyvia flickr.com In 2001, my wife and I were in the process of buying the house we currently live in now and we had a house inspector inspecting the house in order to complete the purchase. There’s not much that I remember from our house buying experience, but the thing I do remember is this: [...]