Angry birds stole my iPad
I love my iPad. It's a great e-reader and it's an awful one. One of the reasons it's great is that if you run into a word you don't know, you can just tap it and you'll get a little popup box at the bottom containing the definition as well as a link to wiki and an online dictionary in case you want more info.
I'm at work, reading a book for work, and came across an unfamiliar word. Stochastic ("stochastic design"). I actually moved my hand, nearly tapped the word, before I caught myself. So inefficient to have to come back to my computer to look it up!
On the other hand, there are darned fewer distractions while reading from a real book. I'm currently reading a really enjoyable book at home (The Curse of Chalion), but I never get more than a couple pages read before something distracts me -- at the moment it's Angry Birds. I liked that game enough that it became only the second app I've ever paid money for. It's fun, it's entertaining, it's so distracting! If it's not Angry Birds it's another game. Or the pad's net connection. Or the graphic TV guide. Or just puttering around looking for new entertaining apps.
Oh, and stochastic means random, if you're like me and hadn't run into the word before.
I'm at work, reading a book for work, and came across an unfamiliar word. Stochastic ("stochastic design"). I actually moved my hand, nearly tapped the word, before I caught myself. So inefficient to have to come back to my computer to look it up!
On the other hand, there are darned fewer distractions while reading from a real book. I'm currently reading a really enjoyable book at home (The Curse of Chalion), but I never get more than a couple pages read before something distracts me -- at the moment it's Angry Birds. I liked that game enough that it became only the second app I've ever paid money for. It's fun, it's entertaining, it's so distracting! If it's not Angry Birds it's another game. Or the pad's net connection. Or the graphic TV guide. Or just puttering around looking for new entertaining apps.
Oh, and stochastic means random, if you're like me and hadn't run into the word before.