Great article at Gigaom entitled Are Apps Like Flipboard the Future of Media? which looks at how we access media on various devices. Maybe one day the internet will be merely a background tool that we rarely see in the flesh. Thanks to Trevor.
“If you spend any time at all with an iPad, it soon becomes second nature to swipe through webpages, books and magazines with just a finger stroke, to the point where this has become the preferred way of consuming content for many digital natives — whether it’s a book, a newspaper or a Twitter or Facebook feed. Flipboard was one of the first to take advantage of this with a magazine-style, swipe-powered interface. Others have come along as well, including Zite and Pulse, as well as video-based apps like ShowYou. If nothing else, such apps are showing traditional media entities what readers really want when it comes to digital content: smart aggregation, customization and personalization, and a better interface.”
