Comments on: The iPad will not save publishing http://www.alexblom.com/blog/2010/05/the-ipad-will-not-save-publishing/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:19:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nael El Shawwa http://www.alexblom.com/blog/2010/05/the-ipad-will-not-save-publishing/#comment-303 Nael El Shawwa Wed, 26 May 2010 03:59:07 +0000 http://alexblom.com/blog/?p=198#comment-303 agreed :p better fires came along too, lol.<br><br>Its definitely the best publishing medium out there today, it won't be the last of course.<br><br>iPad will not save publishing, but portable information consuming tablets just could. agreed :p better fires came along too, lol.

Its definitely the best publishing medium out there today, it won't be the last of course.

iPad will not save publishing, but portable information consuming tablets just could.

]]> By: AlexBlom http://www.alexblom.com/blog/2010/05/the-ipad-will-not-save-publishing/#comment-302 AlexBlom Wed, 26 May 2010 00:51:29 +0000 http://alexblom.com/blog/?p=198#comment-302 Ha ha that is a little bit of a stretch but yes. All the ipad will do is get us to start thinking about these things. Better products will come along. Ha ha that is a little bit of a stretch but yes. All the ipad will do is get us to start thinking about these things. Better products will come along.

]]> By: Nael El Shawwa http://www.alexblom.com/blog/2010/05/the-ipad-will-not-save-publishing/#comment-311 Nael El Shawwa Tue, 25 May 2010 22:59:00 +0000 http://alexblom.com/blog/?p=198#comment-311 agreed :p better fires came along too, lol. Its definitely the best publishing medium out there today, it won't be the last of course. iPad will not save publishing, but portable information consuming tablets just could. agreed :p better fires came along too, lol.

Its definitely the best publishing medium out there today, it won’t be the last of course.

iPad will not save publishing, but portable information consuming tablets just could.

]]> By: AlexBlom http://www.alexblom.com/blog/2010/05/the-ipad-will-not-save-publishing/#comment-310 AlexBlom Tue, 25 May 2010 19:51:00 +0000 http://alexblom.com/blog/?p=198#comment-310 Ha ha that is a little bit of a stretch but yes. All the ipad will do is get us to start thinking about these things. Better products will come along. Ha ha that is a little bit of a stretch but yes. All the ipad will do is get us to start thinking about these things. Better products will come along.

]]> By: Nael El Shawwa http://www.alexblom.com/blog/2010/05/the-ipad-will-not-save-publishing/#comment-301 Nael El Shawwa Tue, 25 May 2010 08:41:40 +0000 http://alexblom.com/blog/?p=198#comment-301 I see your point. Just like "fire" got the ball rolling for all sorts of other things: warmth, cooking, metallurgy, etc. :p I see your point. Just like “fire” got the ball rolling for all sorts of other things: warmth, cooking, metallurgy, etc. :p

]]> By: AlexBlom http://www.alexblom.com/blog/2010/05/the-ipad-will-not-save-publishing/#comment-300 AlexBlom Tue, 25 May 2010 05:36:07 +0000 http://alexblom.com/blog/?p=198#comment-300 Hi. Great to connect with you here (not just Twitter!)<br><br>I think that we like to own and hold things. An iPad does this but kind of. I'm not denying that we will eventually change, my point was that the iPad will not be why. At best it will start a ball rolling and get us to start thinking about the possibilities, which seems to be where your head is at anyway :) Hi. Great to connect with you here (not just Twitter!)

I think that we like to own and hold things. An iPad does this but kind of. I'm not denying that we will eventually change, my point was that the iPad will not be why. At best it will start a ball rolling and get us to start thinking about the possibilities, which seems to be where your head is at anyway :)

]]> By: Nael El Shawwa http://www.alexblom.com/blog/2010/05/the-ipad-will-not-save-publishing/#comment-309 Nael El Shawwa Tue, 25 May 2010 03:41:00 +0000 http://alexblom.com/blog/?p=198#comment-309 I see your point. Just like "fire" got the ball rolling for all sorts of other things: warmth, cooking, metallurgy, etc. :p I see your point. Just like “fire” got the ball rolling for all sorts of other things: warmth, cooking, metallurgy, etc. :p

]]> By: Nael El Shawwa http://www.alexblom.com/blog/2010/05/the-ipad-will-not-save-publishing/#comment-1014 Nael El Shawwa Tue, 25 May 2010 03:41:00 +0000 http://alexblom.com/blog/?p=198#comment-1014 I see your point. Just like "fire" got the ball rolling for all sorts of other things: warmth, cooking, metallurgy, etc. :p I see your point. Just like “fire” got the ball rolling for all sorts of other things: warmth, cooking, metallurgy, etc. :p

]]> By: AlexBlom http://www.alexblom.com/blog/2010/05/the-ipad-will-not-save-publishing/#comment-308 AlexBlom Tue, 25 May 2010 00:36:00 +0000 http://alexblom.com/blog/?p=198#comment-308 Hi. Great to connect with you here (not just Twitter!) I think that we like to own and hold things. An iPad does this but kind of. I'm not denying that we will eventually change, my point was that the iPad will not be why. At best it will start a ball rolling and get us to start thinking about the possibilities, which seems to be where your head is at anyway :) Hi. Great to connect with you here (not just Twitter!)

I think that we like to own and hold things. An iPad does this but kind of. I’m not denying that we will eventually change, my point was that the iPad will not be why. At best it will start a ball rolling and get us to start thinking about the possibilities, which seems to be where your head is at anyway :)

]]> By: Nael El Shawwa http://www.alexblom.com/blog/2010/05/the-ipad-will-not-save-publishing/#comment-299 Nael El Shawwa Tue, 25 May 2010 00:11:02 +0000 http://alexblom.com/blog/?p=198#comment-299 Re #2) I think you are saying the iPad isn't tangible, but why? The reason why web magazines mostly failed isn't because of the medium, it failed because of how we were accessing that medium. That is what the iPad is changing. Think of when do you usually read a magazine? train, plane, beach, doctor's office, etc. (you aren't at a computer) that is why I think web magazines didn't succeed. The iPad will not save publishing as it exists today, these portable, touch based devices will create a new era of publishing and bury the existing model. The new era will be more portable, indexable, social, interactive, knows who you are, and where you are. <br><br><a href="http://elshawwa.blogspot.com/2010/03/print-is-so-dead.html" rel="nofollow">http://elshawwa.blogspot.com/2010/03/print-is-s...</a><br><br>I think the only exception will be neighbourhood publications; small and local. Re #2) I think you are saying the iPad isn't tangible, but why? The reason why web magazines mostly failed isn't because of the medium, it failed because of how we were accessing that medium. That is what the iPad is changing. Think of when do you usually read a magazine? train, plane, beach, doctor's office, etc. (you aren't at a computer) that is why I think web magazines didn't succeed. The iPad will not save publishing as it exists today, these portable, touch based devices will create a new era of publishing and bury the existing model. The new era will be more portable, indexable, social, interactive, knows who you are, and where you are.

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I think the only exception will be neighbourhood publications; small and local.

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