You're thinking of 'making things' in strictly computing terms, Choire.
I can easily imagine technophobe parents and grandparents using iPads and being inspired to make real world, real life things, *because* it takes away so much of the whole 'computer' element of the interaction. Recipes, knitting patterns, plans for carpentry, schematics on that broken old truck.
On Internet Now Mostly Composed of Fanboy Frothing for the Post-Literate iPad
You're thinking of 'making things' in strictly computing terms, Choire.
I can easily imagine technophobe parents and grandparents using iPads and being inspired to make real world, real life things, *because* it takes away so much of the whole 'computer' element of the interaction. Recipes, knitting patterns, plans for carpentry, schematics on that broken old truck.