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It’s all about the interface

I’ve already explained why I personally think the iPad is a solid/useful gadget for my tastes. But of course there will always be people in the “other camp” that disagree; people who think that the tablet is utterly useless because of how “limited” it is compared to a laptop, or comparing it to the competition which “does more.”

To all those who think that way, and are trying to understand why people like me think otherwise, I present to you three articles below. I believe that all the points/concepts in these articles give a good overall picture of what people from “our side of the fence” are seeing.

Bottomline is, that you can have all the bells and whistles in hardware, but your device will always be as weak as its interface. And historically speaking, choosing the best “interface metaphor” to use for different devices has always been Apple’s forte.

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Lemme at that overgrown iPhone!

Is anyone surprised that I 1 Or anyone else for that matter have a post on the iPad? Thought so.

A good articulation of the concern I’ve always had since rumors of the tablet started, would be from an article at GDGT:

Will people buy it in droves? Is there actually room for a device between smartphones and laptops? That I don’t know — I’ve always been skeptical there’s room for a third category in there. But if there is a contender for this space, the iPad is it.

My knee-jerk answer would be “no” as far as how much people would actually prefer using this over laptops and phones. But then again, Apple has been known to be such a great “game changer” in any industry that they might just successfully create a new “perceived need” in the minds of the people.

However, having said all that, I still am getting one 😉 Not only because of the hype; but I really feel this is exactly the type of “large factor” mobile device I would like to be lugging around instead of a laptop. Read More

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⇡1 Or anyone else for that matter
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On self-awareness

So I took this “personality test” and got an “ideal” result (else, why would I be posting it right? hahahaha). Here’s what the test claims to do:

Self-awareness is vital for creating a successful life and business. Our easy Tick Test will help you discover what makes you tick.

How?

A picture of “the real you” will emerge, as your intro-extroversion results are divided into three parts — thinking, social, and emotional. These are linked to your IQ factor. In no time at all you’ll get a concise and helpful portrait of yourself.

And since I’m bored and have got nothing better to do at the moment, I thought I’d just do a commentary on the whole thing hahahaha. A self-reflecting commentary if you will. Could even be one of those “manual to my life” type of posts. Read More

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Getting caught

I posted this status message yesterday:

Just came from Maarat; love the part when I endo’ed and Paul caught my bike instead of me; priorities nga naman kse di ba? 😉

I hadn’t realized that amusing as it was, some of the more scrutinizing readers/bikers might wonder “how the hell does one even get into a situation where one is able to be ‘caught’ after flying off his bike in the first place?” Good point, so here’s the lowdown of what happened… Read More

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Comic Reader Mobi

Since I finished Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle a few weeks ago, I decided to move on to one other “series” I’ve been hearing people talk about. It’s an ongoing [comic book] series called Fables and I was able to get a bunch of CBR files of 80+ issues.

Anyways, that’s not the point of this post. The point is that I bought this app 1 To be able to read said CBR files from the iTunes store which I was really skeptical about, but apparently it works flawlessly that I cannot help but blog about it. Read More

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⇡1 To be able to read said CBR files