Apples Post-PC Philosophy

A couple of days ago, I wrote an article where I was attempting to explain my belief that Apple has, at it's WWDC Keynote Address, delivered a broadside to computing in general, not only in terms of how we use computers and mobile devices but also how we think about and interact with those devices. I honestly believe that this will be a paradigm change that we may not understand all of the implications of, until a few months down the line.

The Keynote for me also conveyed a sense that Jobs was seeing the culmination (perhaps?) of his vision or dream as to where technology is going and its place in our lives. It could also be though, that it is simply a vision that he has tried to deliver in different iterations in the past but only now have all of the pieces been able to come into play at the right time, meaning that the technology is capable of meeting the requirements and that we as people are capable of understanding and taking advantage of such technology or that we are simply ready to receive it. In any case, I had that sense, this idea that something of import, was taking place.

Upon reading about the Keynote and the advances made with Lion and iOS, I have came across numerous articles and opinions whose authors seemed to have had the same impression as I did. One of them also wrote a nice article that sums some of these points up nicely.

Apple's Magnum Opus - The Brooks Review

Well worth a read, so definitely check it out.

WWDC Keynote

The keynote starts in a few hours, for me it will be at 7pm, so hopefully I will get to watch it once the kids have had their bath and bedtime story in relative peace :)

I can't explain why but for some reason I have a greater sense of anticipation about this particular keynote than others. Just to add to my earlier post about the iCloud, the addition of the iWork apps to the iPhone a couple of days ago, really is suggesting that the iCloud may indeed be some kind of Dropbox type service.

Deep down though, I have to admit to a certain reluctance with Cloud services of any type, even Dropbox, after all, any cloud service is only as good as your Internet connection and without that it may as well not exist. This may not be a problem in countries with a widespread and mature Internet infrastructure but I unfortunately only have decent Internet access at work and ok access from home, so cloud solutions make me a little nervous. Even Dropbox which I have a paid account for, though I mostly use it as an offsite backup location.

Still, it won't stop me looking for a stream or perusing the blogs come showtime :)