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Possibilities for the new Apple Tablet – iSlate

January 6, 2010 in Social Media, Social networking, TV, Technology, communications, trends by vivianatmerdock | No comments

As I await the new Apple Tablet announcement and the shininess of it all, I am anticipating the potential new uses for this device. My clues came from Steve Jobs’ apparent comment of wanting it to be more than something you read in the bathroom. This is what I have come up with so far, but you likely have more imaginative ideas.

  1. Digital photo frame
  2. Puzzle games e.g. crosswords, crypto quotes
  3. E-book reader – connected to iTunes
  4. Presentation screen – for keynote presentations
  5. Music videos to accompany music – attached to iTunes

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Marshall McLuhan – What are we doin'?

April 7, 2008 in Ideas, Technology, trends by vivianatmerdock | No comments

As I research the digital world more, the more I realize that Marshall McLuhan predicted it over 40 years ago.

The actual McLuhan quote: “The next medium, whatever it is – it may be the extension of consciousness – will include television as its content, not as its environment, and will transform television into an art form. A computer as a research and communication instrument could enhance retrieval, obsolesce mass library organization, retrieve the individual’s encyclopedic function and flip into a private line to speedily tailored data of a saleable kind (Marshall McLuhan 1962).” – emphasis ours]

http://www.utoronto.ca/mcluhan/marshal.htm

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