A political trip for Apple and the I-PAD

many of the journalists at the event became in their affect and enthusiasm indistinguishable from Apple employees and business partners

Michael Woolf has been in the news quite a lot this week and continues to today after reflecting on the launch of the I-pad

Yesterday’s announcement of the infelicitously named iPad,he writes

had the feeling less of product announcement than of political rally. Apple has always identified itself with a certain quasi-political and religious fervor and linked itself to a dedicated base of supporters. It has also always commanded—and demanded—a level of loyalty well beyond that associated with most consumer products. But even for Apple, yesterday seemed extreme.

How old is he? He looks like a kid.”

The start of a Murdoch,Guardian spat? Maybe

Michael Woolf has posted a response to Guardian editor Alan Rushbridger's Cudlipp address at Newser

Up until yesterday, no reputable newspaper has truly articulated the reasons for staying free, nor dedicated itself to this model. Vowing to stay free, the Guardian becomes something of a spoiler. It is not outlandish to assume that the New York Times will lose as much as 90% of its traffic, with the Guardian scooping up a tidy piece of that. The Times no longer sees itself in a position to proselytize for its brand and its left-liberal authority; the Guardian, an inveterate proselytizer, may suddenly have the field to itself.

And according to Woolf in his many conversations with Rupert

He did not insult Rusbridger, as he does most of his competitors, but he didn’t quite regard him as someone he might ever want to be alone with either: “Kooky,” was his description. “And what’s with the way his hair falls in his face?” Murdoch asked once, scowling in his dark way, about Rusbridger’s bangs and mop-top. “How old is he? He looks like a kid.”