Comments on: Dear Everyone: Please Lighten Up on the iPad http://www.intersectionofonlineandoffline.com/dear-everyone-please-lighten-up-on-the-ipad/ thoughts on communications and social media Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:25:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mark Story http://www.intersectionofonlineandoffline.com/dear-everyone-please-lighten-up-on-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-4508 Mark Story Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:10:02 +0000 http://www.intersectionofonlineandoffline.com/?p=962#comment-4508 Hi Bill, it's do nice of you to visit my little cublicle in cyberspace as well as to comment. Todd's stuff is dry and hilarious. I lovecreading his stuff and yours as well. And who knows? Maybe the iPad was a "new Coke" moment. All the best, Mark Hi Bill,

it’s do nice of you to visit my little cublicle in cyberspace as well as to comment.

Todd’s stuff is dry and hilarious. I lovecreading his stuff and yours as well. And who knows? Maybe the iPad was a “new Coke” moment.

All the best,

Mark

]]> By: Mark Story http://www.intersectionofonlineandoffline.com/dear-everyone-please-lighten-up-on-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-4507 Mark Story Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:41:29 +0000 http://www.intersectionofonlineandoffline.com/?p=962#comment-4507 Shannon, As usual, with simplicity and written elegance, you have summed up the whole stupid debate. We all do think like 12 year old boys. Thanks for commenting. Mark Shannon,

As usual, with simplicity and written elegance, you have summed up the whole stupid debate. We all do think like 12 year old boys.

Thanks for commenting.

Mark

]]> By: Shannon Paul http://www.intersectionofonlineandoffline.com/dear-everyone-please-lighten-up-on-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-4506 Shannon Paul Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:54:00 +0000 http://www.intersectionofonlineandoffline.com/?p=962#comment-4506 When I first read the name of the product, I couldn't help thinking that the name was, well, unfortunate. I think the hullabaloo was fairly gender neutral, but the bottom line takeaway for me is if you're taking a product to a mass consumer market, it helps to think in terms of how a 12-year-old boy might react, because at the end of the day, we all think like 12-year-old boys. :) When I first read the name of the product, I couldn’t help thinking that the name was, well, unfortunate.

I think the hullabaloo was fairly gender neutral, but the bottom line takeaway for me is if you’re taking a product to a mass consumer market, it helps to think in terms of how a 12-year-old boy might react, because at the end of the day, we all think like 12-year-old boys. :)

]]> By: Mark Story http://www.intersectionofonlineandoffline.com/dear-everyone-please-lighten-up-on-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-4505 Mark Story Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:16:25 +0000 http://www.intersectionofonlineandoffline.com/?p=962#comment-4505 Jen, You always offer a fresh and interesting perspective. I did not think of the "I" in front of it. Did you see Jason Falls' take on it? It's on fallsoftherocker.com. And you rock! Thanks for commenting. Mark Jen,

You always offer a fresh and interesting perspective. I did not think of the “I” in front of it.

Did you see Jason Falls’ take on it? It’s on fallsoftherocker.com.

And you rock! Thanks for commenting.

Mark

]]> By: Johnna Story http://www.intersectionofonlineandoffline.com/dear-everyone-please-lighten-up-on-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-4504 Johnna Story Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:40:59 +0000 http://www.intersectionofonlineandoffline.com/?p=962#comment-4504 I cannot believe this. The women criticising the name of the new iPad give other women - and themselves - a bad name. When women use their collective voice on things that are really wrong in our society - equal pay, right to choose, etc. - good for us. When women use their collective voice on trivial crap over what a new product is named, shame on them. This is no more offensive to women than the iPod, iPhone, or iTouch. Women should stop minimising the power of their voice on this kind of issue, because it makes their voice less powerful on issues that really do matter. I cannot believe this. The women criticising the name of the new iPad give other women – and themselves – a bad name. When women use their collective voice on things that are really wrong in our society – equal pay, right to choose, etc. – good for us. When women use their collective voice on trivial crap over what a new product is named, shame on them. This is no more offensive to women than the iPod, iPhone, or iTouch. Women should stop minimising the power of their voice on this kind of issue, because it makes their voice less powerful on issues that really do matter.

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