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> but it is not beautiful, nor do I enjoy using it - or being seen using it. The author needs to get over his gadget insecurities. I was actually on a plane la

> but it is not beautiful, nor do I enjoy using it - or being seen using it. The author needs to get over his gadget insecurities. I was actually on a plane last night coming back from vacation. On my left was a couple, she had an iPad and he had a MacBook, on the other side of the isle, two iPad users. Then I pulled out my Surface... none of the Apple users recoiled in horror or offered to let me use their iPad so I could see what I was missing. In fact none of them took notice, it was almost like they didn't even give a shit.

goostavos 13y ago
I mean, seriously, we're adults here, people. Our identities need not be tied to the "street cred" of our electronics devices. Don't want to be seen using a Surface? Good lord. If you gave this guy a non-iPod mp3 player he's likely crap his pants with shame.
- 300bps 13y ago
  What a colossal turn around from Apple's "Think Different" marketing slogan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_different http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_different To quote Steve Jobs: When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save a little money. That’s a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact, and that is - everything around you that you call life, was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. The minute that you understand that you can poke life and actually something will, you know if you push in, something will pop out the other side, that you can change it, you can mold it. That’s maybe the most important thing. It’s to shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you’re just gonna live in it, versus embrace it, change it, improve it, make your mark upon it. I think that’s very important and however you learn that, once you learn it, you’ll want to change life and make it better, cause it’s kind of messed up, in a lot of ways. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again. Would Jobs roll over in his grave knowing that Hipsters were embarrassed to pull out a device in a cafe because it's not the Hippest device?
moconnor 13y ago
It's socially expected to use business devices and do work on a plane. Same in Starbucks. In a nice quiet cafe by the sea that sort of thing is simply out of place.
- jbigelow76 13y ago
  I'm dubious that anybody that _truly_ values the tranquility of a nice quiet cafe by the sea makes much of a distinction when it comes to encroachment of superfluous technology (I lump both the iPad and Surface in that group) based solely on brand. You have to admit how silly the following exchange between you and a nearby cafe patron would be if your scenario were actually articulated: You: "Pardon me, would it bother you if I check my email and casually browse the web with my tablet?" Cafe Patron: "Sure, go right ahea... oh, my mistake, I assumed that was an iPad, I'm sorry but that sort of device simply has no place here."

goostavos 13y ago

I mean, seriously, we're adults here, people. Our identities need not be tied to the "street cred" of our electronics devices. Don't want to be seen using a Surface? Good lord. If you gave this guy a non-iPod mp3 player he's likely crap his pants with shame.

300bps 13y ago
What a colossal turn around from Apple's "Think Different" marketing slogan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_different http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_different To quote Steve Jobs: When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save a little money. That’s a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact, and that is - everything around you that you call life, was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. The minute that you understand that you can poke life and actually something will, you know if you push in, something will pop out the other side, that you can change it, you can mold it. That’s maybe the most important thing. It’s to shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you’re just gonna live in it, versus embrace it, change it, improve it, make your mark upon it. I think that’s very important and however you learn that, once you learn it, you’ll want to change life and make it better, cause it’s kind of messed up, in a lot of ways. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again. Would Jobs roll over in his grave knowing that Hipsters were embarrassed to pull out a device in a cafe because it's not the Hippest device?

moconnor 13y ago

It's socially expected to use business devices and do work on a plane. Same in Starbucks. In a nice quiet cafe by the sea that sort of thing is simply out of place.

jbigelow76 13y ago
I'm dubious that anybody that _truly_ values the tranquility of a nice quiet cafe by the sea makes much of a distinction when it comes to encroachment of superfluous technology (I lump both the iPad and Surface in that group) based solely on brand. You have to admit how silly the following exchange between you and a nearby cafe patron would be if your scenario were actually articulated: You: "Pardon me, would it bother you if I check my email and casually browse the web with my tablet?" Cafe Patron: "Sure, go right ahea... oh, my mistake, I assumed that was an iPad, I'm sorry but that sort of device simply has no place here."