I spent the last couple days at the
Power of the Tablet seminar at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida. A lot of smart people were gathered together by newspaper redesign guru Mario Garcia to talk about the potential of the
iPad and other tablets to transform magazines and newspapers. You can see a full report on the seminar
here, including transcripts of all the sessions and interviews with some of the key presenters. Among the speakers were: D.W. Pine, art director of
Time magazine, Jennifer Brook, interaction designer at
The New York Times, Andrew DeVigal, multimedia editor of
The New York Times, and Gary Cosmini of Adobe. One of the strongest presentations was by art director/illustrator/smart guy
Joe Zeff of Joe Zeff Design. His talk,
The Economics of the iPad, is available at his blog. It's a quick read/view and well-worth the time to get a smart, comprehensive rundown on the financial potential of publication apps.