[nabs-l] Brief Plug for iPad

[Joe Orozco]

>From CNET:

Apple's iPad has been enjoying some free advertising as of late. Reports
broke last week that the prime minister of Norway was using the tablet to
govern from an airport. And now, a story has surfaced claiming a 99-year-old
Portland, Ore., area woman is using the iPad to overcome medical woes.

According to a report in The Oregonian, Virginia Campbell, of Lake Oswego,
Ore., suffers from glaucoma, making it extremely difficult to engage in her
favorite pastimes: reading and writing. After hearing about the iPad,
Campbell, an alumnus of Portland's Reed College, decided that the tablet
could be the tool she needed to get back to enjoying reading and writing.
And she was right.

The iPad has "changed her life," Campbell's daughter Ginny Adelsheim told
The Oregonian in an interview.

According to Adelsheim, her mother is now reading books on the iPad, thanks
to its ability to increase the size of text to a readable level. Campbell
has also increased the brightness on the display to further enhance her
reading experience. And although she has never owned a computer, she is now
writing poetry on the tablet.

Perhaps fittingly, Campbell decided write the following limerick tribute to
Apple's iPad:

"To this technology-ninny it's clear

In my compromised 100th year,

That to read and to write

Are again within sight

Of this Apple iPad pioneer."

A YouTube video of Campbell using her iPad, above, has been viewed 46,816
times so far.

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
 

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