-jason

I’ve been dealing with short-sighted comments on the iPad since the day it was rumored to be introduced.

I’m not a Mac household. I own an ancient BronzeKey Macbook, but work mainly from PCs (like the netbook I’m on at the moment).

I work in the blood-pool of technological innovation. And, as you may know, this ‘backwater’ is a long way from the production stage.

To stay alive in this arena you need to have a long-view. So much of what is ‘cooked up’ never makes it. Along the way a new, better or strong ‘idea’ shoots most predecessors down. Because of this - maybe despite it? - one needs to look at the visionary goal all efforts are working toward.

I’ve said for a long time that in the arena of ‘creative design’, abortion is not only good, but is the only way to keep ones sanity. Ideas that become ‘children’ are the surest way to loose it, burn out and go down like the Hindenburg.

I, therefore, completely and whole heartedly agree with your assessment of the iPad as the 3rd Device. Or, as I’ve referred to it, the iDevice. “. )

I’m writing 3 pieces on the various elements of the ‘field of consciousness’ that surrounds the release of a ‘new technology’.

As a 25+ year student of the Temperaments, I have taken the liberty of labeling these ‘fields of consciousness’ with the same names as the divisions of Temperament. To me it makes sense, since all four have differing views that either clarify or cloud conversation on any topic.

Thanks again for being a ‘clarifier within your field of consciousness’.

Kudos. You’re in a rarefied grouping: You Get It.

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