The story with your father underlines what's really amazing about the iPad: It's visceral computing. It brings the data "in there" to a place where we can han

The story with your father underlines what's really amazing about the iPad: It's visceral computing. It brings the data "in there" to a place where we can handle it "out here." It really is the web, in your hands, where you can pass it around, and that's a very different experience than on a laptop screen. Being able to reach out and touch data and objects on the screen -- like we can do with EVERY real life object we interact with in the world, that we evolved with -- is totally transformative. Laptops are like feedbags -- they're glued to your face, meant for an audience of one. The iPad is like a plate of hors d'ouevres, finger food for everyone.