Once I had the M2 iPad Pro in my hands and started working with it as I planned to from then on, I found that there wasn’t any advantage it had over my M1 iPad Pro 12.9”. Even the size, 11” vs. 12.9”, wasn’t much of a benefit. So I decided as I was falling asleep last night to return it, which I’ll do Monday.
At one point I was considering adding a Pixel tablet to my workflow, but had to admit it wouldn’t get used much in my Apple environment.
This was a routine day. Get the dogs in their kennels and spend 4 hours helping my housemate at his law office with filing, shredding, data entry, basic tasks that thankfully don't require a law degree.
But tomorrow should be fun. I ordered an M2 iPad Pro 2022 11".
You wouldn't think I'd be excited as I already have a 12.9" M1 iPad Pro and a 6th gen iPad mini.
But I'm a tablet fanatic. I still remember when Steve Jobs stated that tablets would never be popular, just because the Newton was too far ahead of its time and there was no use case for it yet. Hell, even laptops were new to our workflows then. I disagreed with him, because I could see hundreds of future applications. But even I didn't dream of how capable iPads would become.
I'm also someone who likes to have just the right tool for a job. I probably got that from my grandpa who was a carpenter. I want the 11" as my every day mobile computer. Along with my iPhone and Apple Watch I think that tree of devices should meet any need that comes up when I'm away from home.
My Mini is used more by my housemate's son than me. It's what he watches when I transport him around to and from school and activities. That's not an every day occurrence so it's the least used of the three.
The 12" is my writing and drawing tablet. It's also my video consuming device after lights out. I like writing on it as much as I do my MacBook, but again, each of those has a specific writing role.
So now to bed, perchance to dream...about updates, app downloads, signing in...
One thing all my years on this planet have taught me is that very few things are all good or all bad. Almost everything falls in between, the gray area where aspects of both reside. Context and nuance are important, as is the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Whether you’re an optimist or pessimist, it’s a choice you can make. Events and conditions can only present you with the opportunity to see either the cloud or the silver lining. Too often people say, “it made me so mad” or “I had no choice”. You chose to be mad. You almost always have a choice in your emotional responses. These days folks are taking offense at nearly everything. Being offended is a choice you make. Nothing can offend you without your acquiescence.
Today was an unexpected day off from watching my housemates son while he’s on Summer break. Instead, his grandma came to collect him for a couple of days.
As usual, I didn’t learn about this until 2 hours before she showed up.
That left me with no plans for the day beyond comforting my dog while thunder sounded for about 30 minutes. She’s jumpy anyway, but thunder can give her seizures.
So we laid around, watched TV, read a bit, and basically just crossed one more day off my lifetime.
There are three facts that I will never be able to fully appreciate or comprehend.
1. Everything we experience is slightly delayed. Our senses need time to interpret signals traveling at fixed speeds. Everything we sense is in the past.
2. In universal terms we are insignificant. Most of our thoughts and actions will be forgotten within a few centuries at most.
3. At the atomic level everything is mostly empty space, as is the universe. Reality exists primarily of emptiness, not matter.
4. Because of the limitations of our senses there are many aspects of reality we can never directly experience. We had to wait until the tools were invented to allow us to discover the universe outside our solar system, the frequencies of light and sound beyond what our eyes and ears can detect, the composition of matter.
