The Orange Chair

What struck me when I came across this list at ReadWriteWeb.com, iPad Arrives April 3rd: 8 Apps We Can’t Wait to Try, is that many of the apps that they are talking about are media related (the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and others). There are some games there, but the expectation and anticipation expressed in this post on RWW centers on media. I expect these apps will be exciting, but I wonder if this will lead to a wave of more media companies shifting to the iPad. I think to a large degree it will depend on a) how successful people like the WSJ are and b) what other plans media companies have.

Regardless, I think it will be exciting and I expect to see developers for the iPad provide capabilities not even designed yet.

I think this explains itself: Israeli Raid Canceled After Facebook Leak from The Lede Blog on NYTimes.com. What is encouraging is that the military in countries like the U.S. see the value in social media and don’t ban it outright.