The introduction of the iPad has taken the world by storm, judging by the clamour of fan boi proportions to own, touch or even glimpse a stranger using one. With that much interest, it would not take a prophet to say that the iPad would soon be the device du jour of the trendy set and wannabe geeks. And it did become the device to be seen with, or the device to own. Even if the tech savvy crowd, the real geeks, panned it to high heaven....

I was with a couple of friends, both longtime journalists, and we were discussing the impact of the internet on political awareness and activism last Friday. In the end, we agreed that the internet is a tool, which enhances any inbuilt predilections of political awareness or activism. However, the speed in which the internet does this is much faster than any legacy medium, barring voice communications or SMS/MMS. Even so, both SMS and MMS...