{"id":2115,"date":"2011-03-29T12:41:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T16:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2115"},"modified":"2011-03-29T12:41:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T16:41:09","slug":"a-tech-journalists-mom-reviews-the-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/03\/29\/a-tech-journalists-mom-reviews-the-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 A Tech Journalist&#8217;s Mom Reviews the iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2011\/03\/28\/ipad-worthington\">Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If you don\u2019t think this sort of perspective matters, you\u2019re nuts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Actually I do and said that 4 days ago in this post titled, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/03\/25\/journalism-for-the-rest-of-us\/\">Journalism for the rest of us<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I can\u2019t help but feel like what we write in the blogosphere really only caters to us and not them. How are my thoughts on a specific camera readable by anyone that\u2019s not a photographer? I write at the level that is my understanding of photography and having owned multiple devices and used cameras for a few years now. Someone in Best Buy that googles the review of a camera they want to buy will read my piece and turn their head sideways only buying what the guy in a blue shirt recommends.<\/p>\n<p>Who out there is writing for the rest of us, the us that don\u2019t get technology and have no clue that the iPad toggle switch was for orientation lock and then turned into a mute lock in OS 4.1 and then was reverted in 4.3 with an option? Multiple posts were written about that but who outside of our bubble really cares?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We need more reviews from non-technical people.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, a brilliant piece like the one on <a href=\"http:\/\/technologizer.com\/2011\/03\/28\/my-mom-reviews-the-ipad-her-first-computer\/\">Technologizer <\/a>is met by comments like <a href=\"http:\/\/technologizer.com\/2011\/03\/28\/my-mom-reviews-the-ipad-her-first-computer\/#IDComment138151586\">this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I got my mother a good laptop (that cost a lot less than an iPad) and quickly showed her how to use it. Good thing too as she ended up using it for stuff that the iPad can&#8217;t really accomplish. But, I can see that for a small minority of people, spending more to get something a bit easier to use can be a good thing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The problem is, he was far on one side of the argument (Pro-PC \/ Anti-Apple) and people replying to him were on the other side. It&#8217;s why I like to remain balanced. I actually agree with him for a lot of things and his comment didn&#8217;t need to be downvoted 200 times. I think the iPad is special in its own way but PCs have a place too, a great place that we&#8217;re all overlooking. I wish more people were in the middle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Gruber: If you don\u2019t think this sort of perspective matters, you\u2019re nuts. 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