On: The home computer as a cultural object is physically vanishing (2007)

[marcellus23]

Have you ever used an iPad? I get the feeling you don't really know how it actually works.

[bluescrn → marcellus23]

Haven't used one since the iOS/iPadOS split, so honestly don't know how much more flexible they've become.

More familiar with iOS on iPhones though, but can't see how I'd do 'serious creative work' - which usually ends up involving large numbers of files that need keeping organised - on an OS that's traditionally tried so hard to hide the underlying file system from the end user.

And I've never tried connecting a camera or video capture device directly to an iOS device, so not sure what is or isn't possible in that area.

[ipaddr → marcellus23]

Unless you were part of the team designing and building them I'm not sure you know how an ipad works. Pop Quiz: How does an ipad work?

[astrange → ipaddr]

Not sure any single person who worked on it knows how it works either.

[ipaddr → astrange]

Not a single person understands all of unix either but many can tell you how it works.

[digitalsushi → ipaddr]

It's unfair to change the verb from use to build.

[ipaddr → digitalsushi]

I didn't say how to build I asked how does it work. If someone knows how to use something they can explain how it works at least in their mind.

[marcellus23 → ipaddr]

> If someone knows how to use something they can explain how it works at least in their mind

Can you explain how this squares with your other comment about how I couldn't possibly know how it works if I wasn't on the team who built it?