I'm back in the chair. Thanks for waiting.
As this is written, we await the release of the iPad on April 3, 2010. While waiting for that Saturday to arrive, I thought it might be useful to convey my justification for pre-ordering and first day pick-up of the 1st generation iPad. After I got past part 3, I realized that this was something more. For me, the iPad represents a sea change in a journey through computing from the heavy iron of my youth in University to my first interaction with microcomputers. Yes, I think the iPad will be "magical" and "revolutionary" but in a way that is informed by years of dreaming about what I thought computers should be. I have been waiting for something great to write about for over 2 years now and I'm back. Back to the blog, back to writing and back to thinking about the professions, knowledge work and craft we weave to make our knowledge tangible. The iPad serves as a catalyst for this return.
I will circle back to these posts to test some of my early suppositions about the iPad, the experience and the functionality of the device, so expect updates and reports from the field as the experience continues. Magical? Yes. Revolutionary. Really.
Stay tuned for part 1...
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