I agree. If I can get all RSS, twitter, video, etc. on the iPad and off the computer it will start to feel more like a TV or entertainment device. This way I will feel like I'm wasting time vs. working.
I came across it via a podcast from Stanford on entrepreneurial thought leaders. I guess it hit home because I've thought a lot lately about the entropy the big corporations are doomed to when their primary goal becomes share holder value. I think that this is a great idea and hope that it give an alternative to standard corporate values. Would google have been a B-Corp if it existed?
Can someone qualify the "It is better than Gmail" statement? I'm not opposed to the possibility that it is, but I would like to see what you think is better. Thanks.
It seems a little faster, but it's got image ads all over the place.
(Disclaimer: I work for Google, but not on Gmail.)
Edit: No, after rechecking Gmail's web interface (I use IMAP from home), it seems about the same speed. I'm not sure why someone would think it's better.
It's quicker and snappier. It has tasking, a better contact manager, and a full scheduler. It feels like a desktop application, and doesn't have any of the odd performance delays and quirks that you see with Java apps.
And I'll guarantee AOL/MSFT wrote it in a fraction of the time it took Google.
I think even this stat is misleading as many of the readers probably still work for an organization that determines their workstation environment. I think what David is talking about is what do you use your hard earned money to buy and work on when it's completely your choice.
I believe that this is relevant as well: http://www.paulgraham.com/goodart.html. Even though we are talking about tools and not art there is clearly a better one. If you think it's just a matter of opinion, spend several months developing on Windows then Linux then OS X and get back to me.
When I worked as a sysadmin in a company using Windows NT 4 then Windows 2000 I must admit that I didn't understand why people used mac's either. I thought is was just style or monopolizing education and the creative market. It wasn't the intel processors that changed my mind. It was --
"The reason, of course, is OS X. Powerbooks are beautifully designed and run FreeBSD. What more do you need to know?" -- Paul Graham
I was already using FreeBSD on all my servers and it dawned on me that a great UI on top of BSD was the way for me to stop messing with linux and focus on writing code.
After reading what I've just written it dawns on me that I really don't care what others use. I guess I just don't like reading what I feel are incorrect statements by people that have obviously not worked extensively on all 3 environments.
