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Re: One year old thinks magazine is a broken iPad

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Post by nooneelse » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 2:01 PM UTC

chopsueyar wrote: post #36

grannyg00se wrote: post #14

To say she thinks the magazine is a broken iPad is quite a leap. There is nothing to indicate that she thinks it is an iPad. And there is nothing to indicate that she thinks it is "broken". She is simply trying familiar gestures on a similar looking media. Give her magazines for the next couple of days and you may find she tries to turn the iPad over looking for other pages. It's not because she thinks the iPad is a…

When I was her age, I knew that grilled cheese sandwiches worked in VHS players.

Thus proving toaster ovens are the future of video media... or something like that.

Re: One year old thinks magazine is a broken iPad

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Post by paperwork » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 2:02 PM UTC

my nephew, before he could speak full sentences would point to things and say "click." "Click" was his all-encompassing verb. When he wanted cereal, he stood next to the fridge, pointed up to the cereal box and screamed "cliiiiiiiik."

Re: One year old thinks magazine is a broken iPad

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Post by pietro » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 3:11 PM UTC

dbbo wrote: post #54

adriand wrote: post #28

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He also referred to her "OS", which as a human, she does not have: so he was speaking metaphorically.

I wasn't being 100% direct either. The author still credited, or better yet, blamed Jobs for something he didn't actually do-- design the iPad. It seems pretty common, at least with non-techheads, that "Steve Jobs" is used interchangeably with "Apple".

On the other hand, it seems pretty common for techheads to misunderstand what "design" is. I'd say Steve Jobs designed the iPad the same way Frank Gehry designs his buildings: by conceptualizing it and sketching the overall design, leaving the details to his aides.

Re: One year old thinks magazine is a broken iPad

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Post by ethank » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 3:36 PM UTC

hopeless wrote: post #76

ethank wrote: post #21

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What amazes me is how GOOD my son is on the iPad and iPhone. He turned 2 in June. He can unlock the phone, knows the passcode, can get into any app and knows the "flick" gesture. On his iPad, he can navigate to his Sesame Street episodes or random Pixar movies. I learned computers on an Apple IIe and a Mac, and this is basically that for him. To think that by next year we'll have retina iPads, by the time he's "using…

"his iPad" My kids will often unlock my phone to get at the Peppa Pig game but something inside me still thinks it's not right that a 2yo has his own iPad. I don't know what. It's probably irrational but I can't help feeling that books and posters are more appropriate. Of course, time will tell. I wonder if the games and interactive media on an iPad might shorten the already minuscule attention span of children :-\ E…

He has his own iPad (a first generation WiFi only) because we wanted to lock it down so he couldn't delete apps, etc.

He uses it for reading practice, coloring, watching movies, playing music. It's been great for cognitive development, letter identification, and especially music, which is his favorite thing.

I've learned to not discuss parenting on Hacker News however. Yikes.

Re: One year old thinks magazine is a broken iPad

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Post by dbbo » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 5:13 PM UTC

pietro wrote: post #83

dbbo wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wasn't being 100% direct either. The author still credited, or better yet, blamed Jobs for something he didn't actually do-- design the iPad. It seems pretty common, at least with non-techheads, that "Steve Jobs" is used interchangeably with "Apple".

On the other hand, it seems pretty common for techheads to misunderstand what "design" is. I'd say Steve Jobs designed the iPad the same way Frank Gehry designs his buildings: by conceptualizing it and sketching the overall design, leaving the details to his aides.

What was the "design" then? A sketch of a really thin tablet PC? That doesn't seem so creative or innovative to me. I think more credit is due to the engineers who brought it to life. Moreover, I haven't actually seen any sketches done by Jobs. I'm not saying they don't exist; I just haven't seen any.

Re: One year old thinks magazine is a broken iPad

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Post by wnight » Fri, Oct 14, 2011, 5:46 PM UTC

icebraining wrote: post #77

wnight wrote: post #55

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We're all born scientists. Then religion and TV happen.

http://i.imgur.com/vexgz.gif

I must have seen that before because I've tried to read everything C&H, but I don't remember it. Thanks.

Re: One year old thinks magazine is a broken iPad

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Post by jaylevitt » Sun, Oct 16, 2011, 6:19 PM UTC

phzbOx wrote: post #34

ethank wrote: post #4

My kid tries to pinch zoom everything. Laptops, books, television remotes.

Hey, my gf (25yo, ph.d in medecine), sometime try to zoom by pinching my macbook screen.. it takes 1-2 secs for her to realize "oh right, this is not the ipad". We always laugh of these moments :D To be honest, I'm surprised there's not more touchscreen a little bit everywhere. I.e. On the coffeemachine, microwave, etc. It makes it so damn easier as you're not forced to use 1 interface to cover all use cases.. you ca…

I print everything on a color printer, and more than once I've tried to click on a blue link. And that was BEFORE touch screens.

Re: One year old thinks magazine is a broken iPad

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Post by spenrose » Thu, Oct 20, 2011, 3:46 PM UTC

c1sc0 wrote: post #65

spenrose wrote: post #41

As a parent, I would be very wary of exposing a child that small to any screen for extended periods of time.

As a soon-to-be-parent: why?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/health/19babies.html

And yes, it's not clear that iPads are a problem. But it's not clear that they aren't, and you are messing around with their brain wiring.