{"id":126,"date":"2010-03-30T15:58:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T22:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formidableengineeringconsultants.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2016-01-17T17:45:24","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T01:45:24","slug":"i-admit-it-i-am-clueless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formidableengineeringconsultants.com\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"I admit it&#8230;I am clueless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My world is about to change but I fully admit that I don&#8217;t get how. That&#8217;s right&#8230;everything changes this <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/businesscenter\/article\/192737\/apple_confirms_ipad_at_best_buy_elsewhere_on_april_3.html\">Saturday, April 3rd<\/a> when the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipad\/\">Apple iPad<\/a> is released. Am I the only one who looks at it and thinks of those <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.target.com\/gp\/detail.html\/185-0432788-9796805?asin=B000QY0SI4&amp;AFID=Froogle_df&amp;LNM=|B000QY0SI4&amp;CPNG=&amp;ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001\">big button phones<\/a> that one purchases for their aging parent? Yes, I know <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Jobs\">Steve Jobs<\/a> found the English language lacking sufficiently meaningful superlatives to describe it. And, yes, I know there will be hundreds of pre-programmed Apple zombies lining the streets to collect their own personal iPad probably starting Friday evening. But, I don&#8217;t understand why I would want an oversized iPhone without the phone or the camera or application software or a keyboard and why and how this gadget will change civilization. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I know it will. But I don&#8217;t see how the iPad will revolutionize, say, magazine sales. Why would I buy <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/the-side\/esquire-iphone-app\">Esquire for $2.99<\/a> when I get the print version for less than $1 and throw it out after reading it for 30 minutes (full disclosure: I am a subscriber &#8211; I admit that freely)? I also know I can&#8217;t take the iPad to the beach to read a book because it will get wet, clotted with sand and the screen will be <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/everquest.allakhazam.com\/forum.html?forum=4&amp;mid=1264624966221344449&amp;num=53&amp;page=2\">unreadable in sunlight<\/a>. But, I&#8217;m sure the iPad will be a huge hit. And I&#8217;m sure my life will change. Just tell me how. Someone&#8230;..please&#8230;.?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My world is about to change but I fully admit that I don&#8217;t get how. That&#8217;s right&#8230;everything changes this Saturday, April 3rd when the Apple iPad is released. Am I the only one who looks at it and thinks of those big button phones that one purchases for their aging parent? Yes, I know Steve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[27,40,6,38,23],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-hardware","tag-ipad","tag-new","tag-revolutionary","tag-wheel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/formidableengineeringconsultants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/formidableengineeringconsultants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/formidableengineeringconsultants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/formidableengineeringconsultants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/formidableengineeringconsultants.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/formidableengineeringconsultants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":818,"href":"https:\/\/formidableengineeringconsultants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/formidableengineeringconsultants.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/formidableengineeringconsultants.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/formidableengineeringconsultants.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}