I have never been an Apple fan since my dreadful experience with the iMac back in the late 90s. Times have changed, and no one can deny that Apple leads with new, ground-breaking products. That became all too clear when I started project managing (and doing some mark-up and CSS) a new website for an educational app called HMH Fuse, a souped up version of a textbook with some interactive bells and whistles.
There was one problem. I was overseeing a website for an iPad app, but I didn’t actually have an iPad. When we launched, I couldn’t check how the mobile CSS was working for the site. I got tired of borrowing other people’s iPads or calling up a programmer in Texas to find out how it looked.
Like any good American, the materialistic desire planted in my head long ago — as well as the very real business need — prompted me to run out to a Best Buy and get an iPad2. Finding one in Chicago proved impossible. Gone. Everywhere.
Undeterred, I crossed state lines and found a 64GB wi-fi iPad2 at 0% for 18 months in Southern Wisconsin.
Bam! I was back in the world of Apple, and as Kramer once told Jerry when he went commando, “I’m loving it, Jerry! I’m loving every minute of it!”
