Being A Consumer

yummisoda made using ArtRage app (Our home school is discerning. Hansen's is one of the healthiest carbonated drinks offered if one indulges sometimes). Yummiberries is a real fruit, also known as, Myrica rubra, yangmei-Chinese and yamamomo-Japanese. What requires a discerning eye is that yummiberries have been renamed because they are foreign or "Asian" named. This critique is not concerning Hansen's product. The critique is examining Global Agriculture and branding.


This morning, we had to take our iPad to the Genius Bar. Yesterday, I conducted a normal sync. I made some quick Art (yummisoda image). After I had transferred the image to my laptop, I went to sync some update and the whole normal process went hay wire. Basically, the haywire was an error message saying that it wouldn't back up. I attempted to restore the settings. However, an error message came up again. This time it went into some eternal spin mode that wouldn't end until the battery died.

When we got our new third iPad I upgrade some previous apps and added some new ones. I spent about $30.00 upgrading apps. As an artist, there were some art apps that we were using that were free. However, the new upgrades are AWESOME! I haven't even begun to look at it really because it took forever to get the new iPad reloaded. My student has been playing, exploring and completely engaged this is my biggest joy owning the iPad. In the near future, I will be making posts explaining the additional apps.

The last post I was talking about the camera iPad. It is actually quite funny because the media was talking about the new iPad. It was not in the store my last post. I discuss the dreaminess of getting a new iPad with a camera. Well today in the store, it was there. We didn't get it or warrant it. But, as I held it in my hands at 8:30 am while folks were in the rain outside waiting and wanting to get in to see the new iPad (they had none in stock), I decided that I do want it. And I would let my son use it. Do I regret not waiting three months? No, my sanity home schooling wouldn't have been intact that long without an iPad. I knew the camera was coming. I needed it. Now it is simple, we need a second iPad. So, we will do some fund raising to obtain the newest one.

Any intelligent person would ask if I feel any less about Apple because this our third iPad? I seriously raise some questioning about the first model. But, as builders of things the strategy is to constantly improve and market innovation. We don't ever make the most sublime product first. Business models are profits. They are not about integrity. Apple is giving us new models because they can resale the busted models and still make their profit. It is cheaper to hand us a new one then, it is to run repairs.