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Re: Wooden iPad 2 cover outsmarts Apple's Smart Cover

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Post by Groxx »

cletus wrote: post #37

Really? A wooden cover for the iPad 2... with magnets. That's what makes the top of HN? I can see this belonging on Engadget but what's the value here? Don't get me wrong: I have an iPad 2. I love my iPad (1 & 2). I just don't see how a wooden cover for it is HN-worthy.

I think people are still recoiling from the shock of the brilliance that out-shines the sun that is the Smart Cover™ (© Apple) and what super-awesome things it means for future generations (better than flying cars, clearly, now that we have Smart Covers™. Maybe bread that toasts itself! Smart Bread™!). The world is forever changed; I see the light; All bow before Steve Jobs!

Partial, because I do think it's likely people are still recovering from "why didn't I think of that"-itis (or maybe "why didn't someone make this sooner"-itis). Apple just one-upped the entire world of things-that-cover-things, possibly by a greater degree than Tupperware that burps so you know it's keeping things fresh. It takes a while to re-define your place in the world when something like this first comes into existence - until then, everything is awesome: flowers smell more flowery, covers cover more completely, and computers compute like never before.

Re: Wooden iPad 2 cover outsmarts Apple's Smart Cover

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Post by mixmax »

viraptor wrote: post #52
TomOfTTB wrote: post #48

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A few reasons (as far as I'm concerned) 1. Startups could learn a lot about presentation from this guy. I don't know about anyone else but I was struck by the video's simple, matter of fact style. No flash or funny animations. Just a smart guy showing what his company had done (and then thanking me for my time) 2. People deify Apple too much. Apple's great but you can compete with them if you put some effort into it.…

> No flash or funny animations. Just a smart guy showing what his company had done Well... the product does come from Holland. Try watching some Finish videos if you want more of that. People in both of those countries are pretty straightforward in life (based both on personal experience and anecdotes, YMMV).

Actually, being from Denmark, this is one thing that annoys me about a lot of Americen advertising. It's awfully obnoxious and in-your-face.

Re: Wooden iPad 2 cover outsmarts Apple's Smart Cover

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Post by panacea »

dave1619 wrote: post #53
cletus wrote: post #37

Really? A wooden cover for the iPad 2... with magnets. That's what makes the top of HN? I can see this belonging on Engadget but what's the value here? Don't get me wrong: I have an iPad 2. I love my iPad (1 & 2). I just don't see how a wooden cover for it is HN-worthy.

It's just awesome. That's why.

I should put this moment in a diary or something. The moment my 'cool. awesome!' response was entirely dampened by my 'wow. fetishization much?' response.

I don't even own a lawn yet :[

Re: Wooden iPad 2 cover outsmarts Apple's Smart Cover

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Post by jarek »

mcav wrote: post #39
mbreese wrote: post #26

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An upvote doesn't necessarily mean that you agree with the comment. They are supposed to mean that the comment is worthwhile or adds something to the discussion. IMO, the ggp comment doesn't.

They mean whatever the upvoter wants them to mean: agreement, approval, or a meant-to-click-downvote instead. In practical use, people often do upvote because they agree.

So I'm a newbie here, my account is less than a year old, god knows I've trolled and flamed my share, etc. But when I first joined, I saw the guideline/notion that upvotes should indicate contribution to discussion rather than agreement and was impressed. I'd be sad if this position was abandoned. Upvoting for contribution to discussion promotes good discussion. Upvoting for agreement promotes hivemind, of whichever variety.

Re: Wooden iPad 2 cover outsmarts Apple's Smart Cover

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Post by mcav »

jarek wrote: post #66
mcav wrote: post #39

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They mean whatever the upvoter wants them to mean: agreement, approval, or a meant-to-click-downvote instead. In practical use, people often do upvote because they agree.

So I'm a newbie here, my account is less than a year old, god knows I've trolled and flamed my share, etc. But when I first joined, I saw the guideline/notion that upvotes should indicate contribution to discussion rather than agreement and was impressed. I'd be sad if this position was abandoned. Upvoting for contribution to discussion promotes good discussion. Upvoting for agreement promotes hivemind, of whichever…

In 2009, I wrote a little parody of the Zen of Python that includes a bit about what I felt upvotes were/should be used for: http://marcuscavanaugh.com/zen-of-hn/ -- I think that regardless of what guidelines were created initially, people do upvote as agreement, whether we like it or not.

I like upvotes as an expression of agreement because it gives an indication of the truthiness of the comment (wisdom of the crowd). If someone says something in a field I'm not familiar with, and I don't know if they're right or not, I know that the following will occur:

- If they're right, people will upvote.

- If they're wrong, people will either downvote or reply stating why they're wrong.

And since I don't think any of us want comments like "I Agree", upvotes are our only option for providing a vote of confidence in a comment.

Re: Wooden iPad 2 cover outsmarts Apple's Smart Cover

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Post by isleyaardvark »

beaumartinez wrote: post #20
samirg wrote: post #12

Only thing they didn't show was whether the hinge snaps on/off as easily as the Smart Cover.

From the looks of things it didn't use one? (Or at least I managed to completely miss it.)

There's no hinge. He turns the iPad completely around at about the 0:25 mark. That's a pretty big aesthetic difference.

Re: Wooden iPad 2 cover outsmarts Apple's Smart Cover

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Post by kirubakaran »

mixmax wrote: post #62
viraptor wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> No flash or funny animations. Just a smart guy showing what his company had done Well... the product does come from Holland. Try watching some Finish videos if you want more of that. People in both of those countries are pretty straightforward in life (based both on personal experience and anecdotes, YMMV).

Actually, being from Denmark, this is one thing that annoys me about a lot of Americen advertising. It's awfully obnoxious and in-your-face.

Not a fan of Billy Mays, I take it.
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