randomly waiting for spring
A couple of random thoughts for the fonkosphere..... sorry did I say that? I might have meant the blogosphere....
#1 -- I feel like I know all of the beard hairs on my face. Not in a friendly way. In fact, I am their overlord, waiting and reviewing constantly for a whisker to go in-grown. Being a scruffy guy, in-grown hair is the enemy of my beauty, which in some way is tied to my happiness. Ingrown hair gives me teenager zits which makes me want to stay inside and/or be short with people. Who needs to stare at that, and who needs another rude person in the world? So with a simple swipe of my hand across my face, I can check on existing issues or detect new candidates. Sometimes, using only my hands and my sense of touch I can detect, remove, and smooth over one of those little bastards. If it can escape my blind picking then me and the tweezers will get it next time I'm in front of the mirror. I touch my face alot, some say way too much, I say mind your own business while leaning on my left palm and biting my right pinky nail. Your stupid hand germs don't scare me! I grew up eating Lake Erie fish, eating food off the floor against my mother's warnings, and have almost never used that hand sanitizer crap. My white blood cells will kick your white blood cell's asses, bring it on. I also look in the mirror alot lately, primarily to hunt and peck whiskers. Maybe it's the winter cabin fever, maybe it's to get a daily update on my battle scars, maybe it's pure narcissism. This is being blogged after all, so yeah I know. F you too. #2 -- The ipad is gonna be everywhere in 1-2 years. All those people saying "how could I replace my laptop with that" are lying about how much work they do. Most people I know spend at least 75% of their time in front of a computer doing exactly what the ipad is made for - consuming/sorting their media, browsing the web, and reading or composing short text blurbs like IM, email, and internet posting. I personally produce music and develop software - 2 things iPad v1 can't do. But that doesn't mean everything else I do with my mac can't be more conveniently done wherever I want with on the pad. And look at iPod/iPhone as a model -- you know iPad v3 will add the missing features of earlier models. Think work. Think any job that doesn't keep you in a cubicle all day. Think about a private app store for an enterprise, stocking only their approved apps. Think about your work database, your POS system, your customer list, etc. being on a pad being carried around the office. Ever walk with a laptop or a netbook? Pass it around a large room or conference table so everyone can see up close? Yeah right. The pad will be there making laptops look like corded phones. Oh phones... yeah, think of all those people grabbing their iphone to do everything. Can't get that damn thing out of their hands! The iPhone goes back to pocket-mobile only, and the iPad becomes local-mobile. I think security and deployment software will be needed on the iPad, and I'd consider investing in carrying cases, handles, sterile stylus' and cleaning products. But it will be everywhere, and like the iPhone it will take other companies 2 years to even come close to it. I predict it being a complete lifestyle changer, like the web itself. Remember when people would try to live using the internet only? Same thing for the iPad -- it will do so much so easily we won't ever go back to before it.
