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Shall We Call It "Curated Computing?"

Posted by kdawson on from the art-it's-not dept.

medcalf writes "Ars Technica has an opinion piece by Sarah Rotman Epps on the iPad and other potential tablets as a new paradigm that they are calling 'curated computing,' where third parties make a lot of choices to simplify things for the end user, reducing user choice but improving reliability and efficiency for a defined set of tasks. The idea is that this does not replace, but supplements, general-purpose computers. It's possible — if the common denominator between iPads, Android and/or Chrome tablets, WebOS tablets, and the like is a more server-centric web experience — that they could be right, and that a more competitive computing market could be the result. But I wonder, too: would that then provide an incentive for manufacturers to try to lock down the personal computing desktop experience as well?" And even if not, an emphasis on "curated computing" could rob resources from old-skool computer development, as is already evident at Apple.

8 of 331 comments (clear)

  1. Just bite the bullet by iamapizza · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please just bite the bullet and call yourself an Applogist. (Geddit, Apple Apologist?)

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    Always proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
    1. Re:Just bite the bullet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Now there's an obvious malamanteau.

    2. Re:Just bite the bullet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      What the heck is a malamanteau? Wikipedia doesn't have much to say about this......

  2. It's not a prison... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a "managed freedom institution".

  3. Oh good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    As a 30 year old man I love having big brother make all the decisions for me as I never grew out of a child like mental state and can not possibly make a choice by my self

  4. Re:Like a museum by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just like my ex-wife!

  5. Re:And today's offering ... by Culture20 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can't Slashdot editors find ANYTHING newsworthy that isn't about Apple ?

    Well, I heard that BP's next move with the oil spill in the gulf of mexico is to shove a bunch of Apple iPads into the pipe.

  6. Dear Ms. Epps: Take Your Curated Computing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    and iPad and BLEND them !

    Thanks in advance.

    Yours In Smolensk,
    Kilgore Trout