thomas fitzgerald.net

Ok, I thought the wired one was cool, but this looks bloody amazing. If they can do this kind of thing in reality it will completely change the publishing industry.

(via Gizmodo)

From the SXSW Conference, a demo of Wired’s reader App. This would make me want to get an iPad for this alone (yes, I know the demo is not done on an iPad).

Via 9-5 Mac

Since the iPad was announced pundits have been jumping at the chance to declare the Kindle dead or dying. Amazon themselves have reacted, perhaps preemptively by announcing an SDK for the kindle. Analysts have declared that the Kindle’s market share will dramatically drop and so on. The thing is though, I don’t quite understand why Amazon has to fear for its life because of the iPad. If anything, the iPad is a great opportunity for Amazon.

Charlie Rose discusses the iPad with Walt Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal, David Carr from the New York Times, and Michael Arrington from Tech Crunch. It’s an interesting discussion and devoid of any outlandish expectations or bashing you usually get from a post apple launch discussion. Worth a watch. (Via TechCrunch)

I had wanted to wait a little while since the iPad was launched to let the implications sink in a bit before trying to write about it. I have had so many thoughts flying around my head about Apple’s new device over the last week that I haven’t really known where to start. The more I read about it the more enthusiastic I get about the iPad. I also get equally annoyed about some of the stupid things that are being written. One thought keeps resonating with me though: the iPad isn’t really a computer. At least not in the traditional sense. (I know that technically it is a computer) Instead you should think of it more as a device that happens to do computing tasks. Let me explain.

And the winner for best product placement goes to…

(Via C-Net)

The New York Times has a good piece on why the iPad doesn’t have flash

Numerous developers and executives that I interviewed for my story said there was a trend toward offering users an alternative to Flash video, the predominant video standard online, in the form of HTML5, an open standard.

Senior-level managers from many of the top video sites online, including YouTube, Vimeo, Blip.tv and Flickr, all agreed that video online is starting to splinter, and as some test out HTML5 for video distribution, many will begin offering both formats as the iPad makes its way onto the market.

There’s so much I want to say about the iPad but I just haven’t been able to get my thoughts together yet. Mainly because I’ve been battling a nasty virus which has left me drained, but that’s a whole other story. I think a lot of the complaints from people are eerily reminiscent of when the iPhone launched and a lot of people were to preoccupied with moaning about what it doesn’t do that they forgot to take a good look at what it does do.