I think part of the obsession we have for our little green friends has to do
with our desire to bring to fruition the potential the newt has. We just
can't believe it was left uncompleted and abandoned.
It has it's shortcomings, but the idealism of it's creators shine through
and we can't resist taking up the cause.
The Newt is what a PDA is supposed to be , without compromise.
Being out here in the PDA wilderness may be a little frustrating sometimes,
but there is a kind of thrill in discovering some long lost package that
does just the right thing or digging around archives resurrecting long lost
ideas.
I am proud to use a tool that was crafted with forethought and pride. I
refuse to let the great ideas that brought it to life, go to waste.
besides, it's kind of like cheering for the underdog.
There is nothing cooler than surfing to a Newton acting as a web server. The
day after I saw that I was on E-bay tracking down a 2100.
Newton's are just plain cool!
> From: THX 1138 <onefishtwofish_at_mac.com>
> Reply-To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 23:19:56 -0400
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] To think what could have been....
>
>
> On 10/10/01, Christopher Dean quoth:
>> Whenever someone passes comment I sit back and wonder about what may have
>> been.....
>>
>> just wondering how many other ppl get similar comments.
>
> I whipped mine out (the newton, be nice...) at a job interview, and
> passed around my NewtonBook portfolio. I got the job. They liked
> tapping on things to see larger images, and wanted to play with it
> more.
>
> Of course the job sucked, and now three years later here I am, back
> where I started, unemployed.
>
> Still it was a good story, they remembered the guy who brought in his
> computer...
>
> When I'm doing research with my emate I get lots of comments, not so
> many with my 2000U (guess which one I take when I have real work to
> do...)
>
> later,
> --
> ben.
> onefishtwofish_at_mac.com
>
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> In less than optimum circumstances, creativity becomes all the more important.
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