The iPad: Where Creativity Goes to Die
There’s much ado about what the iPad won’t do. Frustrating to see with just three days on the market. For wild hand-wringing and sky-is-falling paranoia, check out Jarvis’s post.

Is iPad a game-changer? (Scripting News)
Dave Winer isn’t keen on the iPad, and points out a number of short-comings in the platform that I agree with, though his overall bent is negative compared to mine. This last point, however, pretty much nails the upside: the importance of the iPad, and the iPad platform, comes as a function of how savvy developers will implement their game-changing ideas on iPad and the iPhone.

It’s fun to play with new toys, I do lots of that and it’s important to me. No sarcasm. But reading a book that changes my perspective, or meeting someone who opens a door for me, that really does change the game — much more than using a new device. If you’re looking for game-changers look into yourself, that’s where change comes from.

YouTube – Keith Olbermann Reads James Thurber’s “A Box to Hide In”
Keith Olberman begins his so-called “grand experiment reading James Thurber short stories to close out the week on Countdown. He kicks it off with perhaps Thurber’s best. It’s a tribute to the author, and to real class, that Olberman would tell stories — real stories — on the show. It’s different, and remarkably calming, absolutely worth seven minutes.