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BigV · 10-18-2011, 10:43 AM

The little girl in the video is cute. I understand the observation and thoughts about the origin of the title. I don't agree with it though, and I sincerely doubt the little girl thinks that way either. "Works"? What does she know about "working"? Can't the same be said for the pages that never turn on the iPad?

Steve Jobs (PBUH) definitely led the development of an awesome device and more dramatically an interface that is beautifully intuitive. But it's not as elegant and easy as the book, or the magazine. What the clever parent hasn't figured out or has just edited out is that the forefinger (along with the mouth) is a primary sensing and exploration interface. They're evidence gatherers to get that evidence that can be seen, closer, preferably in the mouth. I expect the cutting room floor is littered with numerous segments of such investigations, "failures" of the dog, her own leg, Mommy and Daddy's faces, her Cheerios, etc, to behave like working iPads.

The part I find stunning and disturbing and amazing is that there's a dog out there smart enough to record and upload this video, but hasn't figured out that he needs to twist his head 90 degrees as he holds the camera in his jaws. Cause the parent who has mad iPad skills would never make a silly and disturbing error like this, over and over and over, right?

10-18-2011, 10:43 AM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	The little girl in the video is cute. I understand the observation and thoughts about the origin of the title. I don't agree with it though, and I sincerely doubt the little girl thinks that way either. "Works"? What does she know about "working"? Can't the same be said for the pages that never turn on the iPad? Steve Jobs (PBUH) definitely led the development of an awesome device and more dramatically an interface that is beautifully intuitive. But it's not as elegant and easy as the book, or the magazine. What the clever parent hasn't figured out or has just edited out is that the forefinger (along with the mouth) is a primary sensing and exploration interface. They're evidence gatherers to get that evidence that can be seen, closer, preferably in the mouth. I expect the cutting room floor is littered with numerous segments of such investigations, "failures" of the dog, her own leg, Mommy and Daddy's faces, her Cheerios, etc, to behave like working iPads. The part I find stunning and disturbing and amazing is that there's a dog out there smart enough to record and upload this video, but hasn't figured out that he needs to twist his head 90 degrees as he holds the camera in his jaws. Cause the parent who has mad iPad skills would never make a silly and disturbing error like this, over and over and over, right? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.