Eric Mack publishes a very stimulating blog, particularly around his growing attachment to his Tablet PC.
The phrase in circulation about people like me is YABHTU (Yet Another Blissfully Happy Tablet User) and Eric’s odyssey reminds me of a phrase used by CS Lewis when he described his conversion from atheism as ‘That night I was the most reluctant convert in all England.’ Eric quotes me in his post ‘A Step Away from being YABHTU’. Check it out and you’ll see what I mean.
Well, I don’t want to spiritualise the Tablet experience, but Eric demonstrates an admirably critical approach to this different way of working. Too many of us emotionally by-pass our critical faculties. Hence the birth of fads. Eric’s cautious adoption of his Tablet convinces me that the Tablet is not a fad, and sales are beginning to reflect this. Robert Scoble reports that they are up 37% per annum.
My chiropracter complained to me (!) the other day that I was spending so much time hunched up over my Toshiba M200; it’s not doing my neck much good at all. So I am about to take Matt Buchanan’s advice and purchase a multi-dock. I’ll let you know how I get on.
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