I would list Content creation as number one due to the fact that now ” that tablets are getting cameras, microphones and more powerful processing, we’ll start creating things on the device, too.”
I can’t wait for the new painting app Psykopaint to be made available on my ipad!
While attending art school at SAIT in Calgary, years ago, I read the The Labyrinth of Solitude by Mexican author Octavio Paz….in it he writes:
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only one who seeks out another. His nature -if that word can be used in reference to man, who has ‘invented’ himself by saying ‘no’ to nature consists in his longing to realize himself in another. Man is nostalgia and a search for communion. Therefore, when he is aware of himself he is aware of his lack of another, that is, of his solitude.’
This week I am across a post from the artist’s network Behance which poses the question “What is one of the most crucial commodities for creative people that’s also becoming increasingly difficult to obtain in the 21st century? The answer: Solitude”
Great article with quotes from the poet Rilke who says to follow what is difficult. While I recognize the importance of solitude for soul-searching and creativity – I feel that right now on this planet – it is a time for connecting, especially online. The big question is how to connect to like-minded creative individuals and work together to solve some of the pressing issues that face us globally -that is DIFFICULT.
Increasingly as we will work more and more in solitude, from a home office, winding down on the “great white commute” and integrating our work into our lifestyle we take control of our time and manage it accordingly. As long as technology remains up and running we can stay connected to our networks and the ideas, news and information flowing through them…
This past week, a dear friend in Australia, who works in technology and just set up his own server, posted on Facebook that the floods of Queensland were encroaching on the home he and his wife share. Since he was iPad enabled he remained connected on Facebook while friends commented on his posts with prayers and well wishes. Thoughts are things. The floods stopped literally outside the driveway of his home and his next post was of preparing a camp style meal for his wife….
With the internet keeping us in touch – should we wish to be so – it is the best of both worlds…alone and yet connected. Alone and yet, not lonely.
Today it is heavy snow in Toronto. In the last hour I connected online already with lots of folks…as the snow continues to fall. Now it is time to get out and shovel and in the solitude of that activity I will contemplate my reason for being and the wonder of it all….
For months now I have been thinking about buying a netbook for sales and marketing purposes….You see – I develop sales tools and do marketing creative and while me big old 17″ HP laptop is great for in -home use… I hate having to pack it up and cart it around….just too big and heavy…I have hesitated on getting a notebook cause I went down the road of getting a cheaper laptop on my first try – but of course my work is graphic heavy and audio dependent and the old text based world view laptops simply do not hold up….so I moved up to the HP…not being able to afford an apple air book…
Now I can thank Steve, again, for a creative solution for peps like me….in fact I cannot wait to get my hands on one of these babies…it is ideal for a new sales presentation that I am developing…
What does it do?
1. browse
2. email
3. Video
4. Games
5. ebooks
This is what Steve calls a ” Third category device”, a must have for all creative types..check this out you can turn it anyway you want! look at whole webpages…turn it right round baby right round…and it has the almost life size key board!
for the must have TEXT….
the Wall Street Journal said…
“The last time time we say this much excitement about a tablet it had some commandments written on it” .
For more on this device from the boss of creative…check this link…http://bit.ly/a7CA4Y
