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OK, so why the zen bones thing?

About 20 years ago I stumbled upon a book called "Zen Flesh, Zen Bones". Being vegetarian - the "flesh" bit didn't grab me, but the short pithy Zen stories inside it, did.

Ever since then my web nick has been zenbones, my Hotmail, my Gmail address, you name it. It's kinda stuck.

Is the blog about Zen? Nope.


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“Consumers didn’t ask for tablets” - Forrester Research

When I read a piece of “research” like this from the so-called experts (eg Gartner, Forrester, and the like) I am just reminded how disconnected these research houses are from reality.

They remind me of academics telling business people just “how things are in business”…

So back to this article. They’re saying it’s impossible for Apple to sell any more than a total of 3.5 million iPads because, “consumers didn’t ask for tablets”. Seriously. Did we ask for iPhones? Or iPods? Or iAnything? Anyway because we didn’t ask for such new tech innovations, somehow magically we just won’t buy them. Hello?! What planet are you “researchers” on?

Luckily Apple or Google or even Microsoft for that matter are probably not listening too carefully to your predictions. Especially Apple, since they have already sold 3 million iPads in the last 80 days. Yep Forrester, only 500,000 more will be sold for the rest of the year. Oh wait, you probably didn’t tell us consumers not to buy them.

Article here: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/18/forrester-ipad-sales-will-plummet/

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iReading in the bath is now possible
I knew sooner or later someone would design this. Reading in the bath is one of life’s sacred pleasures. But the prospect of dosing off and letting your $500 iPad slip out of your fingers while you’re reading eTolstoy isn’t something most people would risk. TuneWear to the rescue!
via TuneWear Lets You Use Your iPad In The Bath

iReading in the bath is now possible

I knew sooner or later someone would design this. Reading in the bath is one of life’s sacred pleasures. But the prospect of dosing off and letting your $500 iPad slip out of your fingers while you’re reading eTolstoy isn’t something most people would risk. TuneWear to the rescue!

via TuneWear Lets You Use Your iPad In The Bath

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The Alice in Wonderland iPad “Book”

Subtitle: Why the future of books is digital.

I wonder if kids are going to say, “I just read Alice in Wonderland” or ”I just played Alice in Wonderland” when they “read” this ebook?

via Alice for the iPad 

Tags: iPad Apple ebooks tech
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The iPad is big iPod Touch in the same way that a swimming pool is a big bath! Unknown commenter on a blog.
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Estimated number of iPads sold
view stats in “realtime” » iPad Stats - Chitika Labs

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Estimated number of iPads sold

view stats in “realtime” » iPad Stats - Chitika Labs

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An interesting perspective on the iPad

Goodbye Point & Shoots, goodbye Laptops

An interesting perspective on the iPad

Goodbye Point & Shoots, goodbye Laptops

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This is why I think the iPad is a game-changer…

Sure beats flipping though dead trees covered in ink!

Sports Illustrated - Tablet Demo 1.5

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iPad’s new advert

Desire:1  Me:0

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Some Apple iPad Features
Screenshots of File Sharing, Character Recognition, HTML5 YouTube And More
A Closer Look At iPad Features - File Sharing, Character Recognition, HTML5 YouTube And More - iPhone Hacks

Some Apple iPad Features

Screenshots of File Sharing, Character Recognition, HTML5 YouTube And More

A Closer Look At iPad Features - File Sharing, Character Recognition, HTML5 YouTube And More - iPhone Hacks

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Stephen Colbert shows off his iPad at the Grammys

Product placement scores bigtime!

via icraftwebsites:

Stephen Colbert has an iPad!

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Some say the Apple iPad is super-sized iPhone
What’s next? An oversized iMac the size of a surfboard?
via thedailywhat:

Some say the Apple iPad is super-sized iPhone

What’s next? An oversized iMac the size of a surfboard?

via thedailywhat:

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Obama’s State of the Apple iPad Address

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