Now you too can be a grafitti artist without the hassle of getting arrested or breathing in those toxic fumes.

 http://bit.ly/bG06hG

This really is a parent's and teacher's dream come true. 
http://bit.ly/aVXPKp

With all the buzz surrounding the iPad’s release yesterday, it’s hard to know whether it’s the next big thing or just the “second coming of the CD ROM revolution, as Cory Doctorow states on BoingBoing article from April 2, 2010. (http://bit.ly/cEQJUH),

Do we follow the highly respected words of Walter Mossberg, tech columnist for the Wall Street Journal, for whom the iPad  “has the potential to change portable computing profoundly, and to challenge the primacy of the laptop” (http://bit.ly/bGVOrP) or multiple tech bloggers who have rushed to point out its inadequacies, such as David Pogue, respected tech columnist for the N.Y.Times, who states “it’s basically a gigantic iPod touch.” (Full disclosure, I ordered the 64gig  3G model so I won’t actually have one in hands for another three weeks.)

For marketers, and especially those in the creative field, it’s very clear. We see this new device as unequivocally a win/win.  I, for one, hope that the early passion shown yesterday as enthusiasts got their first real exposure to the iPad, helps drive widespread adoption.

Here’s why.

For one, the larger screen size is a gift.  As this chart demonstrates, the iPad will be a beautiful platform for creative imaginations to go wild again.

iPhone’s small screen (3.5 in) was large by comparison to other mobile phones, but still tiny. The iPad’s screen (9.7 in) brings back a size that we can have some fun with, as is evidenced by some of the early magazine explorations I’ve seen. My favorite is from Bonnier R&D . With the option to go horizontal too, I can see all kinds of photospreads of gorgeous landscapes and wide screen videos …who knows even 3D eventually. Vertically, it will showcase portraits that can be almost lifesize.  The versatility of these options will bring new energy into the digital visual realm and we will be the ones to push it to its limits, for that’s one thing all Apple products inspire us to do.

The other aspect that opens up numerous possibilities is the touch screen. It is undoubtedly a more intimate way to find and access content.  I believe we’ll be devising an entirely new user experience, exploring navigation outside of the orderly linear fashion, as nodes will move and float about in a spacious landscape, rather than just a two dimensional plane.  The simplistic static demands of the old mobile experience are gone; and the language once used primarily for websites is no longer necessary. 

With these two outstanding improvements, there’s no doubt we’ll see a vastly enhanced visual and visceral experience and I for one am very excited to be  involved in making this new world. Thanks Apple.

As most of you know, I love Twitter.

And one of the reasons I do is that it's a virtual New York CIty. I am
in touch with amazing people from all over the world, and I don't even
know them. It's like a subway ride we're all taking together.

Anyway, one of my recent tweets took a lovely journey half way round
the world and I thought I'd share it with you.

It starts off in London. I follow the editor in chief of The Next Web
called Zee M. Kane, with the lovely twitter name of @zee.

He shared a video that was posted on March 26, 2007 by a retired
school teacher with the YouTube channel name of burstingsquidoo. The
video was an interview of Steve Jobs where he quotes Picasso as
saying "good artists copy, great artists steal".

That reminded me of @faris' blog called TIGS--which stands for Talent
Imitates, Genius Steals.

So from my office in LA, I retweeeted Zee's tweet from London to Faris in NYC.

He picked it up and put it on his blog http://bit.ly/bFMokD (Subscribe
to it...you'll be a lot smarter if you do!)

From NYC, it was picked up by numerous international blogs in Germany
and England.

But funnily enough, it was retweeted by @timsgreenhalgh in Brighton, UK.

Now it just so happens that iCrossing has an office in the UK,in
Brighton as a matter of fact. So i reached out to Tim and asked him if
he knew @amayfield the VP of Social Media from our office there. And
of course, yes, he knew him well.

And now we're all friends on Twitter and I feel like we just had a
wonderful subway ride together.

cheers.

The iphone app revolution just continues to blow the world away. But Droid is biting at iphone's heels. It's going to be an interesting year for mobile. http://bit.ly/6lXHQW