[NTLK] Love Notes to Newton

[Dan]

I just finished watching the film and wanted to say what a wonderful job Noah and all concerned did.

Noah, I also wanted to say THANK YOU for not only the wonderful film but also the coupon code. :)  The little touches such as the heart around the parapherials made with the connection cable, the credits that looked like it came from the notes app, and the title cards that looked like newton boxes gave it a special feel.  Very well done, all the way around.

It was great to see the faces behind the names of people I have known for so long.  It also brought up a aspect I never thought of why there hasn't been any further devices of "newton-like" design: security.  Never dawned on me the "share everything" architecture would pose a security nightmare.  Although you can encrypt soups if needed, you wouldn't want that for say your names or dates.  And these days if you have a platform that is of a decent size (or even sometimes if it isn't) there will be malware to take advantage.  :/

Still I have hope for Einstein to be developed more to allow import/exporting of data. :)  At least I don't think that is yet possible for the windows or android versions?

-Dan

On 7/24/2018 2:44 PM, Eckhart Köppen wrote:
> Couldn't agree more. A wonderful movie, well done Noah!
> 
> Eckhart 
> 
>> On 24 Jul 2018, at 20.48, Florian Voigt <florian.voigt at me.com> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> I just finished the film and I must say it really was worth the wait. Everyone involved did a really great job. It was a fun tour through the life and afterlife of my little green friend. Also, it was great to finally put some faces to some of the names I’ve seen on this list. Interestingly, most of you looked different than I pictured you in my mind. Except for Steve Weyer and Sylvain Pilet. Those two were pretty much how I pictured them - that‘s strange because, I‘m sure I‘ve never seen a picture of them both.
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>> The movie gave me a great „outside perspective“ to the Newton world back then. I was sixteen, living in Germany when all this happened so I didn‘t really got to know that much about it. Of course, the „Mac Magazin“ wrote about Newton stuff too, occasionally. But still, it’s different probably than being older and living in the us back then. Still, I loved (and still love) my Newton. I got a used Message Pad 120 back then. I instantly used it to replace all my school folders and took all my notes with it. I held presentations using it. And played Newthack while doing so because my teacher would ramble on endlessly about some historic detail. It really was living the future. I totally agree that there hasn‘t been a device like the Newton until today. Even more so with the 2100 (wich I only ever used way later like 2013 or so).
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>> I‘m gonna watch it again right now.
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>> Great job, Noah!
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>> All the best,