Linked List: June 12, 2011

Sunday, 12 June 2011

Lessien’s Thoughts on Last Week’s Keynote 

Lessien:

Apple’s vision of the cloud makes native apps better. Others see the cloud as a substitute for native apps.

Bingo.

I Like My Odds in This Argument 

Yours truly, two weeks ago, arguing that Windows 8 is fundamentally flawed as a competitor to the iPad:

The iPad succeeds because it has eliminated complexity, not because it has covered up the complexity of the Mac with a touch-based “shell.”

Aaron Holesgrove, arguing that I’m wrong:

Actually, the iPad succeeds because it enables you to read websites whilst sitting on the toilet and play casual games in bed. It’s a toy. You can’t eliminate complexity when there was never any complexity in the first place – Apple went and threw a 10″ screen on the iPod Touch and iPhone and called them the iPad and iPad 3G, respectively.