After playing with Safari for a couple of weeks, I've recently started flexing the iPad Photos and Music software and it has been a revelation. My post-80s his

After playing with Safari for a couple of weeks, I've recently started flexing the iPad Photos and Music software and it has been a revelation. My post-80s history with Apple starts with the iPod in 2004, and the iPad Music app is really fucking good. I want to mount this thing in my car, in my kitchen, in my living room. The music software puts the iPhone/iPod touch to shame. Too bad it doesn't fit in my pocket. And Photos, it's so much fun to play with the "Places" map, I immediately went in to iPhoto and started tagging the rest of my photos. I don't think I will ever use my laptop to browse or show off my photo library again. I can pull up the Places map, hand it off to whoever what to see my photos, and let them go nuts. It's a supremely compelling experience. I bought an iPad because I wanted to see how a pure touch interface could change traditional human-computer interaction; I haven't been disappointed. And the iPad App Store isn't even available in my country yet. The iPhone/iPad-only WWDC sold out in 8 days, and I can't wait to see what developers come up with over the next year. It should be a hell of a toboggan ride.