Apple Launches iPad, Tampon Jokes Ensue, I Disconnect
The iPad. No, it’s not an absorbent digital tampon that whisks away menstrual cycles via Wi-Fi. Rather it’s another page in the exorbitant chapter of an era that heralds electronic gadgets over basic humanity.
Ripe for the “tiny hands” campaign from Burger King, the iPad looks like an iPhone on HGH. Starting at $499, I’m constantly amazed that people have the money for secondary and tertiary electronics. We all have computers. We all have cell phones. And many of us have laptops. We’re spoiled to begin with! Do we really need to introduce more clutter into our lives?
Ironic given the fact that Steve Jobs years ago talked about the ‘noisy world’ we live in. Well, buddy, you just cranked the volume up even more.
I’m not against the device; it could be the greatest technological advancement of our time. But today I’m not in the mood. It could be that images of an earthquake-ravaged Haiti are rattling in my brain. Or the fact that last night I looked up at the moon and marveled at the simplicity of its amazing luminosity. Maybe I’m just tired.
As much as I love the digital revolution – spending an absurd amount of time starting at electronic screens – I’m starting to find it dizzying. Overwhelming.
All this talk of being connected…yet we’re more isolated than ever before.
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Why the iPad idea, not the product, is important | tdhurst said this on January 28, 2010 6:25 am
its a target for muggers
boo said this on January 28, 2010 11:16 am
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The iPad, Obama and the Pope | The Blog Herald said this on January 29, 2010 10:15 pm
I did not think I was the only one
“the name iPad sounds like something that belongs in the feminine hygiene product isle at the supermarket … not sold at the Apple Store.”
CE's GeekBook said this on February 13, 2010 8:11 am