An IPad Convert?
I hate learning to use new devices. And that explains my multi-year resistance to buying an iPad. (That, plus my carpal tunnel-wrists, which make any small keyboard an extra challenge.)
Anyway, Mark’s been an iPad devotee for many years. And a few weeks ago, I finally allowed him to talk me into buying one. (A great Amazon sale price, combined with the daunting prospect of countless hours away from my laptop during a then upcoming Dallas trip to see Mark’s ailing mother, was enough to convince me.)
It arrived, and I was an almost immediate convert.
But the one thing that did drive me crazy (besides learning to copy/paste on an iPad) was the different layouts you have to deal with when switching to the iPad app version of a given site.
The Twitter app, in particular, drove me nuts. How I cursed it out throughout our 12 days in Dallas.
Why did it have to be so damn different and confusing?
And how would I ever manage to alternate between tweeting on an iPad and doing it on my trusty laptop?
I’m feeling a bit guilty now. Why? Because when I finally got back to my laptop, I made a surprising discovery:
It turns out that Twitter’s done a major site overhaul across all devices, which just happened to coincide with our trip. And the new laptop version is virtually the same as the iPad app version.
So learning to use the spanking new Twitter on my laptop?
No problemo!
Tags: Computer Humor, Electronic Devices, IPads, Technology Humor
