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...something of a skeptic about the iPad myself until I held one in my hands when Jobs came here to do a presentation at Time Inc. We've chosen to put Jobs on the cover - with a powerful new photograph of him by Marco Grob - and tell the story of the making of the iPad in part because we believe that the device and others like it, from companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Sony, will change people's lives by ushering in a new era of portable computing...
...make TIME available on the iPad. In the media these days, we have to participate in things that we also cover. I am not one of those who see the tablet as the solution for all the media's problems, but I do see it as a dynamic new way that we can present great reporting and writing to our readers. For the first time since the magazine's birth in 1923, we will soon be delivering the entire contents of TIME to paying customers in a radically different way: as a self-contained application that you can download...
This journey started with TIME editor-at-large Josh Quittner's piece in February 2009, which argued that the magazine industry ought to start thinking about how "to provide a new reading experience once the iPod of [e-readers] finally arrives." But that was notional. Once we found out about the launch of the iPad, it became a dash to get ready. We did not get the tech specs from Apple until a little over a month ago, and then scores of people started working together inside the magazine, TIME.com Time Inc. and beyond. (See the top 10 Apple moments...
...group that oversaw the tech development at Time Inc., while at the magazine, the team was led by Quittner, our indefatigable design director D.W. Pine and our photo director Kira Pollack. Executive producer Cathy Sharick mobilized the staff at TIME.com We also worked closely with the Wonderfactory, a New York City digital-design shop, and learned much from the terrific work SPORTS ILLUSTRATED head Terry McDonnell did with the company on the SI tablet prototype. Finally, WoodWing, the Dutch company that makes our publishing software, created a system that allows our designers to easily embed photo galleries and video...
When I heard that he had passed in his sleep on the eve of the celebration of his new book, Match Prints, it might sound odd, but I was happy for him. What a blessing that he could leave this world so peacefully, in peak form, with New York City about to toast him. I'm sure when Jimmy got to those pearly gates, he insisted on all access with no restrictions...