Comments on: Apple’s new iPad–is it magical? http://www.webteacher.ws/2010/01/28/apples-new-ipad%e2%80%93is-it-magical/ Tips, web design book reviews, resources and observations for teaching and learning web development. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:58:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: vdebolt http://www.webteacher.ws/2010/01/28/apples-new-ipad%e2%80%93is-it-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-7355 vdebolt Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:46:14 +0000 http://www.webteacher.ws/?p=3875#comment-7355 Lars, I'm sure you've seen Zeldman's take on this, but maybe others have not. http://www.zeldman.com/2010/02/01/flash-ipad-standards/ Lars, I’m sure you’ve seen Zeldman’s take on this, but maybe others have not.
http://www.zeldman.com/2010/02/01/flash-ipad-standards/

]]> By: Lars Gunther http://www.webteacher.ws/2010/01/28/apples-new-ipad%e2%80%93is-it-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-7197 Lars Gunther Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:11:09 +0000 http://www.webteacher.ws/?p=3875#comment-7197 I am constantly amazed that people who are adamant that we should use open standards on the web will gladly enter the cage of proprietary and closed data formats as long as they are inside of a shiny gadget from Apple. The iPad is bad news for data freedom, and that's a fact a shiny interface should not be allowed to cover. http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ipad I am constantly amazed that people who are adamant that we should use open standards on the web will gladly enter the cage of proprietary and closed data formats as long as they are inside of a shiny gadget from Apple.

The iPad is bad news for data freedom, and that’s a fact a shiny interface should not be allowed to cover.

http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ipad

]]> By: vdebolt http://www.webteacher.ws/2010/01/28/apples-new-ipad%e2%80%93is-it-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-7196 vdebolt Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:42:10 +0000 http://www.webteacher.ws/?p=3875#comment-7196 Skud, I didn't mean to misrepresent you with my bit of link love. By quoting from just your title, "You know what’s hilarious AND disgusting?" I did give the impression that your opinion of the name was that it was hilarious and disgusting. What you were actually talking about was the hilarious and disgusting reactions of people to the name. I made some changes in my article that I hope more correctly convey what you were trying to say. Skud, I didn’t mean to misrepresent you with my bit of link love. By quoting from just your title, “You know what’s hilarious AND disgusting?” I did give the impression that your opinion of the name was that it was hilarious and disgusting. What you were actually talking about was the hilarious and disgusting reactions of people to the name. I made some changes in my article that I hope more correctly convey what you were trying to say.

]]> By: Melanie Nelson http://www.webteacher.ws/2010/01/28/apples-new-ipad%e2%80%93is-it-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-7192 Melanie Nelson Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:59:32 +0000 http://www.webteacher.ws/?p=3875#comment-7192 Great run-down, Virginia! I'm hoping I can see one of these in person soon so I can check out functionality for myself. Thank you for including me in your post. Great run-down, Virginia! I’m hoping I can see one of these in person soon so I can check out functionality for myself.

Thank you for including me in your post.

]]> By: M http://www.webteacher.ws/2010/01/28/apples-new-ipad%e2%80%93is-it-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-7185 M Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:28:29 +0000 http://www.webteacher.ws/?p=3875#comment-7185 Did you even read what Skud said? No, didn't think so. Try again. Did you even read what Skud said? No, didn’t think so. Try again.

]]> By: Skud http://www.webteacher.ws/2010/01/28/apples-new-ipad%e2%80%93is-it-magical/comment-page-1/#comment-7184 Skud Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:28:01 +0000 http://www.webteacher.ws/?p=3875#comment-7184 I am the person you quote as "Skud found the name both hilarious and disgusting." This is a misrepresentation of my post, which was a humorous over-statement of the messages I saw frequently on Twitter and elsewhere yesterday, intended to point out the problematic (or, if you prefer) misogynistic tenor of many of the comments people were making. I had thought that posting it on the "Geek Feminism" blog might have been a hint that I don't actually think things connected to vaginas are disgusting, but perhaps this needs to be pointed out more explicitly for some readers. .-= Skud´s last blog ..<a href="http://geekfeminism.org/2010/01/28/picspam-from-linux-conf-au/" rel="nofollow">Picspam from linux.conf.au</a> =-. I am the person you quote as “Skud found the name both hilarious and disgusting.” This is a misrepresentation of my post, which was a humorous over-statement of the messages I saw frequently on Twitter and elsewhere yesterday, intended to point out the problematic (or, if you prefer) misogynistic tenor of many of the comments people were making.

I had thought that posting it on the “Geek Feminism” blog might have been a hint that I don’t actually think things connected to vaginas are disgusting, but perhaps this needs to be pointed out more explicitly for some readers.
.-= Skud´s last blog ..Picspam from linux.conf.au =-.

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