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This is the most bizarre article I've read in a long time as it does not reflect anything close the reality I currently live in. I am currently seeking a job,

This is the most bizarre article I've read in a long time as it does not reflect anything close the reality I currently live in. I am currently seeking a job, and just about every place I went to interview has asked me to bring a dead-tree copy of my resume. If I didn't have a copy with me, the interviewer always had a printed copy so he or she could take notes on it. Every place that I have applied has asked for either a .docx or .pdf. At my last job, I was responsible for sifting resumes. Just about everyone sent me a .docx and very very few sent me a .pdf. I would posit that very few people actually know how to create a PDF. I can't confirm this, but I am suspicious of anything that says markdown is commonly used and serves as a replacement for most people. I am comfortable enough in this suspicion that I will counter, without data, that the vast majority of people don't know what markdown is, much less how to use it. The MS Suite is well superior to anything else out there that I have used. If you need a full document product that can do advanced layouts, there is nothing else that can replace it. People don't use Power Point? Really? People don't use Outlook? Is this all a joke? Just about everyone that I have dealt with use these items, and no, I never worked at a Fortune 500 company. So, why isn't there an Office or any other Suite on your iPad? Think about it: I can type between 70 and 80 wpm on my computer. I can't thumb-type in a partial keyboard very fast at all. Could you imagine trying to read a spreadsheet on a tablet? I know you can, but I'd prefer to not bother discovering how much of a nightmare this would become. This last point contradicts the above, but saying that X product doesn't exist on a device doesn't mean that X product is worthless or dead. I don't have Illustrator on my tablet, but I don't assume that there is no one using it at all.

theorique 14y ago
The sense I get is that it might be a nice feature to make quick edits on a document on a tablet, but not to create an elaborate document from scratch. To write large amounts of text, a separate keyboard would be almost essential.
iuguy 14y ago
We ditched Office back in 2007 and haven't looked back. We use a mix of OpenOffice and Google Docs for business and the only time we ever have any trouble is when someone sends a document that's really badly formatted. I use Markdown myself but I don't know how many people at work do. I suspect some people are using it without being aware that it's markdown as my style is copied by other people looking for a clean way to present structure in text. I'm not saying you're wrong, but there are different realities that people live in, and for the author his points (however strangely put) may be valid.
- dizzystar 14y ago
  His points are fine for what they reflect, which is his own reality, but I don't think his points are a correct reflection of reality for many people, and the authoritative air rubs me the wrong way. We straddle a large spectrum of worlds here in America, which covers people who don't even have a computer at all (and yes they work in offices as well) to people who are early-adopters and techno-gurus. The latter people tend to bloviate about their bleeding-edge products and working tools as if the entire world does exactly what they do, and this seldom reflects reality. This self-centered view of the world seems to be the trend in tech writing these days. I just wonder if tech writers ever have to pick up the phone and talk to anyone outside of their narrow circles. While I understand he is writing about his own reality, his extrapolation to the rest of the world is [x].
Terretta 14y ago
> So, why isn't there an Office or any other Suite on your iPad? Think about it: I can type between 70 and 80 wpm on my computer. I can't thumb-type in a partial keyboard very fast at all. Could you imagine trying to read a spreadsheet on a tablet? I know you can, but I'd prefer to not bother discovering how much of a nightmare this would become. Not a nightmare at all, with the Logitech Ultrathin keyboard cover for iPad 2, 3, 4. http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Ultrathin-Keyboard-generation-920-004013/dp/B007PRHNHO http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Ultrathin-Keyboard-generation... The single best accessory for a working person's iPad.

theorique 14y ago

The sense I get is that it might be a nice feature to make quick edits on a document on a tablet, but not to create an elaborate document from scratch. To write large amounts of text, a separate keyboard would be almost essential.

iuguy 14y ago

We ditched Office back in 2007 and haven't looked back. We use a mix of OpenOffice and Google Docs for business and the only time we ever have any trouble is when someone sends a document that's really badly formatted. I use Markdown myself but I don't know how many people at work do. I suspect some people are using it without being aware that it's markdown as my style is copied by other people looking for a clean way to present structure in text. I'm not saying you're wrong, but there are different realities that people live in, and for the author his points (however strangely put) may be valid.

dizzystar 14y ago
His points are fine for what they reflect, which is his own reality, but I don't think his points are a correct reflection of reality for many people, and the authoritative air rubs me the wrong way. We straddle a large spectrum of worlds here in America, which covers people who don't even have a computer at all (and yes they work in offices as well) to people who are early-adopters and techno-gurus. The latter people tend to bloviate about their bleeding-edge products and working tools as if the entire world does exactly what they do, and this seldom reflects reality. This self-centered view of the world seems to be the trend in tech writing these days. I just wonder if tech writers ever have to pick up the phone and talk to anyone outside of their narrow circles. While I understand he is writing about his own reality, his extrapolation to the rest of the world is [x].

Terretta 14y ago

> So, why isn't there an Office or any other Suite on your iPad? Think about it: I can type between 70 and 80 wpm on my computer. I can't thumb-type in a partial keyboard very fast at all. Could you imagine trying to read a spreadsheet on a tablet? I know you can, but I'd prefer to not bother discovering how much of a nightmare this would become. Not a nightmare at all, with the Logitech Ultrathin keyboard cover for iPad 2, 3, 4. http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Ultrathin-Keyboard-generation-920-004013/dp/B007PRHNHO http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Ultrathin-Keyboard-generation... The single best accessory for a working person's iPad.