In case you haven't noticed, the iPad does not support the Adobe Flash plugin and instead went with HTML 5. At the time when the iPad first came out, many were dismayed by this omission. In fact, it was even a selling point in a competitor's commercial for their tablet that had support for Flash. Some saw this as a serious flaw. "Are you kidding? How could they?" Amazingly some even suggested it would hurt them with the gaming market. That is laughable in hindsight, as the iPad is all about gaming.

This is really exciting news for Drupal webmasters. We have installed it on a sandbox site and within 5 minutes we were drooling. The admin interface is great! We are looking forward to really diving in. So stay tuned in and we will keep updating this blog with new thoughts.

I arrived home Friday night from my camping trip. Too late to go get the new Apple iPhone 4. Though it did cross my mind but the thought of my wife's response as I headed out the door and she was left with unpacking and putting the kids to bed, was enough to kill that idea.

This is an email I sent to a friend in response to an article by CNET titled Free apps install spyware on Macs.

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It is Friday May 28th, 2010. My iPad is supposed to be delivered today by 12pm.

Here is a chat I was just having with my buddy:


Me:
May 28, 2010 7:58 AM — At local FedEx facility — ST LAURENT, PQ

that was at 7:58am. It has to be out for delivery then right?

Come on say I am right?

Should I call?

I hope the doorbell is working

Do you think he will knock?

What time is it?

They said by 12pm

10:45 Should I eat now because I know I won't once it arrives?

I think I hear a truck

No, it drove by

Friend: LOLOL

I know it is what people say they want, video chat. Some people seem to love it. But in my experience, most people I come across are not comfortable with it. The technology has been around for a long time, yet it has never really caught on. Is that because the devices have not been good enough or because people are too vain and don't want to look bad on screen with the other party? Or both?

What is the future of American education and how will technology affect it? You may have read about recent events in Austin, Texas regarding the School board's curriculum decisions. Based on their conservative views, the board made some rather controversial decisions concerning what should or should not be included in their textbooks.

By Carmi Levy, independent technology analyst and journalist. Posted on itbusiness.ca

The clock is now ticking. Apple’s iPad hits U.S. retailers April 3rd and migrates north of the border sometime before the end of the month. The gamechanger in all of this isn’t the device, however. It’s the pricing model for 3G service that AT&T will follow – and how it could potentially push Canadian carriers to follow suit.

There is an internal struggle at the New York Times about the pricing for the their subscription on the iPad. The print division wants to charge somewhere around $20 - $30 a month. The digital division thinks this is crazy and is arguing for a much lower price of about $10.

Well, Apple announced it's iPad yesterday. In the last 19 hours I have been reading and listening to many different people giving their opinions about the device. Here is my take.