April 2010

iPad Haters Love an Oscar Madison-style Mess

by Mike Levin on April 6, 2010

Here’s the reason haters hate the iPad: technology people like complexity. Complexity perpetuates a technocracy that puts them at the top, with everyone else reliant on them portioning out support and advice. Brittle systems like Windows play perfectly well into this psychology, breeding powerful IT-departments and consulting services, perpetuating the status quo. The idea of [...]

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The iPad is Magical, and I Think Lessons Learned from Commodore are Why

by Mike Levin on April 5, 2010

NOTE: Welcome, AROS fans. I’m an ex-Commodore employee and once-hardcore Amiga fan–the one who went to the shareholder meetings in 90 and 92 to try to talk some sense into Gould and Ali. This Monday morning, I’m sitting on the subway, typing one-handed, large Dunkin Donuts coffee in the other, and iPad in my laptop [...]

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