iPad: The Hot Pocket of Computers

Now that I own and have lived with my iPad for a few days, one thing is perfectly clear. The iPad is unlike anything else in the computer world. It is not a testosterone fueled rampage of facemelting, bleeding-edge technology. It is simply the easiest way yet to get online, email, and entertain.

Anyone technical, much like a chef, will turn up their nose. My hotPocket is made of poor ingredients, doesn't taste as good, and all around isn't as good as a home-made meal. But it goes from freezer to gullet in 3 minutes flat. It isn't sexy alone, it simply gets out of the way of the rest of my life.

The iPad is the same. It doesn't bother the user to learn a recipe, or knife skills, or how to pan-sear. You just take it out, nuke it, and consume that movie on netflix.

The iPad lets average people do so much more than they otherwise could.

So, as I write this post on my iPad, I feel joy. Because all I did was load the squarespace app and type it out, then press save. My hotPocket tastes just right.