Aim of this blog : Hello Apple

Hi guys, this is a blog that will chart the design excercise I've set out for myself for the remainder of the summer:
to imagine the usability and interaction/product design of a netbook-come-touchscreen designed by Apple. This is purely a hypothetical piece but I think (hope!) it will make an interesting read for anyone who wants an insight into the design process and will go someway to explain why apple won't be using a giant touchscreen ipod wheel for their next laptop:
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary

A little bit about me, and why I'm interested in doing this project:
I was born and raised in the countryside of Ireland, and studied industrial design at the national college of art and design, before moving to Milan to work as a product/furniture designer. However i always remember using Autocad and 3d studio and wondering: why the hell cant you apply good product design practices to software? And thats how i ended up working in user experience and interactive design for the past x amount of years. I currently specialise in large scale application design, and touchscreen application design and development.

I've been very fortunate to have worked and studied in Milan, London, NY and I currently live in Toronto, Canada, which is the weirdest city I've ever lived in. Kind of like NY if everyone who lived there came from Twin Peaks.

On a side note, I love movies, and just finished a course in screenwriting at UCLA. Why do I mention this? I think the combination of a passion for both drawing and writing will help inform me better in designing an intutive touchscreen interface that could faciliate both types of creativity.

I also admit to a certain talent for improvised comedy. I have no idea why i'm good at it, but i think it's because i can deliver any line in a funny sounding Irish accent. ;)

I hope this blog will focus my design skills for an apple product, give me some press (good press!) and who knows where it might lead? But mainly I think it will be a fun summer project for me to hone my passion.

So! here we go! please feel free to add as much feedback and design suggestions as you like.