Complete with its own blend of pomodoro technic.
As every old-school blogger Steemian probably knows: tabs are made to be opened as if your computer had no limitation in amount of RAM and as if Chrome weren’t a memory hog at all. Having less than 35 open at any given time is supposed to make you feel bad, feel like a failure because you are a multi-tasking monster and will absolutely read all those tabs as soon as you can.
Or something like that.
On my lap, and sometimes also on a desk, a very powerful 15” MacBook Pro used to fry my eggs keep my legs nicely warm, spinning the fans’ blades under load most often caused by both iTunes and Google Chrome. Because Safari has no favicon.
And because I’m a serial recidivist multitasker. I have NADD.
I’ve been here before. This isn’t the first attempt.
I’ve had iPads ever since the original model. When the original iPad was announced I was immediately sold. It was obvious to me that it would be the next computer I would give my grandparents. For Internet professionals, content creators like me, I called it the [perfect focus device]:
The main advantage of using an iPad as a second screen instead of a monitor is that the iPad brings simplicity. We all know that as soon as you plug in a second monitor this one will be clouded with multiple windows: chat, email, media player. Move it all to the second screen but let’s keep the noise and distractions coming!
With no multi-tasking available (other than Push notifications) the iPad will help you focus on doing just your research, reading and even writing. Less is more. KISS
I had one of those first generation iPads.Without multitasking. With the round back, the back and thus inability for the device to stay flat led to my iPads’ device names ever since: theCoaster.
The only iPad I didn’t see the use for, because I’m not an artist or medic, was the iPad Pro. The first model, the iPad Pro. The iPad Pro with the big 13” screen, AKA as the iPad Pro.
But last year I got myself the iPad Pro. The smaller one. Complete with Apple Pencil even. I’m not sure why exactly. Maybe I just wanted to treat myself on something. Maybe I couldn’t stomach the thought of that metrosexual ultra light small screen iPad Mini anymore.
I don’t know. I don’t really care either. But I got myself a 4G 128GB memory iPad Pro. With True Tone screen and 10-bit color.
It rocks.
For some days now I’ve managed to use the iPAd Pro as my main device. I was wiser this time and started the new attempt on a Friday afternoon. With the weekend ahead when usually I am less connected, or at least don’t really open the laptop.
Yet, it’s been a struggle. Even though from previous attempts I knew it would be.
While I remain convinced that it is the perfect device for most users, especially in this era of Millennials, I’m not convinced it will become my main device. Not yet.
While trying my hand at food photography at a local eatery
So far I have not had any desire to end the experiment, or maybe it truly is an attempt this time. Maybe that’s because I did finally get a keyboard for it. Which has made a big a difference but more about that and the whole experience in some days.
It’s going to continue to be a struggle, that’s sure, but there is hope that with quite a decent amount of investment, both in time to change workflow and set up new forms of automation as well as financially in apps, the iPad Pro may become my 95% main device.
But it feels the road until that point will be one with many bumps on.