for the life between buildings

City of Sound's Dan Hill has a long, thoughtful piece on the iPad. There's much worth quoting; I'll just snip this little bit:

As software becomes a service, data resides in the cloud, various forms of wireless connectivity coalesce over the city, and yet face-to-face physical connection becomes more important than ever, a device like the iPad becomes obvious. The cloud is the connective tissue between these spaces, the software provides the platform for interaction with information, the tablet is the tool, and the forum is the city.

Go read (or Instapaper if you must) the whole thing. (And art geeks will appreciate the "Apologies to Bill Viola" bit.)

Comments

[Mark Simmons]

RE: there is much worth quoting...How could you resist:

"I don’t actually think that the interface should literally ape the 606, by the way - just that it might be better moving in that direction rather than some thrift store, sub-Leksvik, chunky wood monstrosity made by outsider artists."

:)

[Dan Hill]

Ta. Though it's Dan Hill not Brown :)

[Michael Sippey]

Gah. I'm a lousy blogger lately. Must be all the drugs. Fixed.

[Mark Simmons]

What are the new drugs that fixed the problem? Can I try them?