Me? I am quite optimistic about the iPad as a creation device (I’m a writer – yay Pages – photographer and occasional sketching person), can’t wait to try Brushes on it already.

I hope I didn’t come across as too hard on this.

Thanks for keeping challenging others to stay on task and focus on the right tools for the job rather than the fanciest, most-recent tool.

Always appreciate your voice to a conversation.

Ten inches of screen real estate [and] no physical keyboard aren’t right for their type of creation. But for other creators, I think this device can really hit the sweet spot…
—Joshua Cody

I think you articulated this perfectly; the iPad isn’t right for my type of creation.

But don’t forget my rather open-ended caveats of “currently presented iteration” and “anytime soon.” I fully expect for this platform to change drastically over time, and with those changes it may become valuable to me and others like me. However, it will still have to be mainly a device for creation.

Which brings us to the point of “primary machine” being an assumption. Obviously it wouldn’t be for me, or for most folks. So $629–829 (I can’t imagine buying it sans 3G) seems like insanity to me to pay for a secondary device, but again, I’m not the market and I’m content where I am right now.

Rebounded: http://jpcody.in/21

That being said, I don’t like what that means for positive experiences when consuming. I’m excited that I will have a job for a very long time if companies keep creating more and more ways for people to consume but it’s already difficult enough to find an experience where you know that a master craftsmen was responsible for it (something Dan Cederholm is often talking about).

I don’t know that pushing too hard either way is a great idea. More content pushers means more amounts of dead, floating content out there that isn’t really worth anything. More content consumers does create a demand for more content pushers also which in turn creates what you’re talking about. A lack of creativity and a surge in fast, poorly crafted “products” or apps in this case.

The thing I’m most excited about is purchasing books on something like this. I love quality paper goods but I don’t want to fill any space in my house with countless books or for that matter CDs, DVDs, Cassette Tapes, etc. One thing iTunes and services like Netflix have made me think about is if I’m going to buy a DVD I’m going to buy it because the contents are an experience in themselves. Box sets with nerdy maps or the case that Reservoir Dogs comes in that’s made out of tin and resembles a gas can with the DVD being held within a match book (pretty messed up metaphor but really creative). I bought Up from the iTunes store to see what the extra features section would be like and for the convenience but I would definitely consider purchasing a box pretty much as a collector’s item.

Anyways, I’ve probably rambled too much. I greatly respect your work and thoughts on this and these are just my thoughts. Take ‘em or leave ‘em