I will be traveling again in a few weeks and will be away for quite some time. While traveling it is hard to maintain the blog. But I do the best I can. Bear with me.
However, I have found a tool that will make it easier: cloud computing.
Yes, cloud computing has been around for quite awhile but I am only starting to use it. By strict definition, this probably isn't even true cloud computing. But I was introduced to "Dropbox.com" and it is awesome. "Dropbox.com" allows me to store data files somewhere out there on "the internets," as one of our former presidents so famously said, and then can access those files wherever I have an internet connection. In addition, it automatically syncs all changes I make.
I have "Dropbox.com" on my Apple desktop computer, and then was reminded that "Dropbox.com" also has an iPad application, for free downloading. It is spectacular. I cannot overstate how crystal clear, how aesthetic, the products are on the iPad. It truly is magical.
The iPad is not good for productivity, but it is awesome for the tools for which it was designed. Anyway, a little plug for which I will receive no compensation. Smile.
[September 24, 2010: I received the following comment regarding this post, but it failed to post, so I will post the comment here, since it is pithy and important: "Ah yes, the Kool Aid. Spectacular. Crystal Clear. Truly Magical. Not good for productivity. A near total failure on the trip to North Dakota. Awesome. Glad to see the moments of lucidity." -- sent in by "anonymous." My reply is in the comments.]
Thank you for stopping by. I am really, really impressed with the iPad. I carry it with me all day; when I can't get wi-fi, I have 3G. Across the northern tier, I was always able to connect, but usually through roaming in the remote areas, and there was no extra charge. I could find wi-fi everywhere. But iPad not useful for me for productivity -- not yet -- not for blogging. But I understand that 80 to 100 of the Fortune 500 companies are putting their apps on the iPad ... and then it will be very, very productive for those employees. Yes, I am truly impressed.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I think we are on the flat part of the "S" curve with the iPad, where the early adopters are. Over the holidays, we will enter the exponential (or ballistic) phase which could last several months, probably a year. I doubt two years. And then we will see the start of a mature iPad market.
I am convinced that Steve Jobs understands the phenomenon of the "S" curve and will introduce new products in accordance with that.
Glad you enjoy the blog. I try to stay on topic (the Bakken) but occasionally there are issues more interesting or more important. On one of my other blogs, I talk about Apple a whole lot more. Apple is now the second largest company on the New York Stock Exchange based on market capitalization, and Steve Jobs is still far down on the list of wealthiest Americans, taking only $1 (one dollar) in salary as Apple CEO.