This post is in regard to a post I wrote on “Why I Was Wrong About The iPad“.

For those of you not familiar with Ken Segall (probably because of most Apple’s staff choose to stay out of the limelight with the exception of Mr. Jobs), he’s the guy who created the name “iMac” and came up with the Think Different campaign that helped turn Apple around and make it the innovative company we’ve grown to love.

I’m a big fan of Ken Segall‘s and I’m always reading his blog (mainly because it’s in my RSS reader), I commented on an iPad post of his linking to mine so he could read it, not that I expected him too. Usually when you comment on big bloggers blogs, you grow to not expect much, however Ken was kind of enough to shoot me an email with his thoughts on my post and the iPad in general which I thought was awesome. I thought I’d share the email with you, I’ve sent Ken an email asking if he minds me sharing this.

Good article. Your transformation from doubter to believer (so quickly!) is interesting. I’ve had a similar journey, though I didn’t start from too negative a place. I was simply expecting the big publishing revolution that didn’t arrive.

But in the last couple of days, I’ve come to see it very much as you do. It’s a very different device, and one that some people just can’t relate to. Yet.

The idea of being able to create documents, but not have a visible file system is outrageous to some — but if you think about it, why we do really need to bother with all that? iPad puts the experience up front and shields you from the distraction.

The apps are going to be incredible, once the developers get going. An awful lot of people will likely have to eat their words. (Thankfully, not you.)

Good luck!

Ken

I think it’s great when people you look up to read the little guys blogs and even take the time out to reply, so if you’re reading this post, thanks a bunch Ken. It’s great motivation, this last week I’ve not been enjoying blogging as much but today’s been a fantastic day and I’m back for good.