Shades of Neal Stephenson's A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer.
But also, from a friend who's had problems reclaiming his iPad from his 3-year-old son: shades of Ray Bradbury's The Veldt.
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#12Here's the link to the father's blog post with some brief commentary: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1245661
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#13Comments on video by its author:
http://laughingsquid.com/a-2-5-year-old-uses-an-ipad-for-the...
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#14The physical home button for bailing out when problems or boredom strike certainly works well for her.
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#15Now try giving that 2.5 year old a Netbook with Windows on it and see how well that works.
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#16I'm getting one for my 3 year old daughter. She's never used a touch UI. She has played some with my old laptop. I'll record the first interactions.
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#17Clearly her previous iPhone experience was paramount.
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#18Shades of Neal Stephenson's A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer . But also, from a friend who's had problems reclaiming his iPad from his 3-year-old son: shades of Ray Bradbury's The Veldt .
Both good works. Upvoted for taste. :)
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#19Shades of Neal Stephenson's A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer . But also, from a friend who's had problems reclaiming his iPad from his 3-year-old son: shades of Ray Bradbury's The Veldt .
This is precisely why I was waiting for this device, or one like it, and why my daughter is getting her own ;)
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#20It's amazing how fast she grasps the concept of the UI. Either she has some experience with an iPhone, or we have gotten to a point where interface design has become so intuitive that 3-year olds grasp software immediately. I think the first is the case, but impressive nonetheless ;-)
I'm sure she's had a little experience, but the touch interface is really intuitive.
My daughter was less than a year old when we watched her unlock my wife's iPhone and start playing with it. It wasn't taught to her, it was just natural "mommy did this, then this, so I will too and it works".