I carrying all my reference books, component data sheets and circuit schematics on the iPad. I carry pictures, presentations, citation lists, bibliographies, research notes, and even program a little Perl or Python on the side.
Am I a consumer? Is the iPad bad for me because it only allows me to "consume" my data sheets? Have you thought about replacing "consume" with other verbs such as "read," "listen," or "watch"? Books are not consumed. They are read. When you have read a book, it is still there, waiting to be read again. People who talk about "consuming" books are idiots: people who are wilfully ignorant despite the wealth of information available to counter their opinion. Your friend is an idiot.
Note the date on that blog post: this argument has been done already, and is at least two years old.
Is it wrong to buy books because books are "read only" devices? Is the iPad bad for me because it allows me to carry all my reference manuals (in dead tree form, about 50-100kg of paper) and data sheets in my backpack? I have annotations in my books which reference various Internet resources, or include comments about trouble I've had getting some circuits to work. How would I annotate a book if the iPad was a "consumption only device"?
Learn to think for yourself and be a real entrepreneur, rather than pretending to be an entrepreneur and letting other people tell you what to think. Your faith in yourself must come from inside, not outside.
Am I a consumer? Is the iPad bad for me because it only allows me to "consume" my data sheets? Have you thought about replacing "consume" with other verbs such as "read," "listen," or "watch"? Books are not consumed. They are read. When you have read a book, it is still there, waiting to be read again. People who talk about "consuming" books are idiots: people who are wilfully ignorant despite the wealth of information available to counter their opinion. Your friend is an idiot.
The idea that the iPad is a consumption only device is nonsense: http://marklindner.info/blog/2010/03/28/is-the-ipad-a-consum...
Note the date on that blog post: this argument has been done already, and is at least two years old.
Is it wrong to buy books because books are "read only" devices? Is the iPad bad for me because it allows me to carry all my reference manuals (in dead tree form, about 50-100kg of paper) and data sheets in my backpack? I have annotations in my books which reference various Internet resources, or include comments about trouble I've had getting some circuits to work. How would I annotate a book if the iPad was a "consumption only device"?
Learn to think for yourself and be a real entrepreneur, rather than pretending to be an entrepreneur and letting other people tell you what to think. Your faith in yourself must come from inside, not outside.