Ya right, but it is one of my first published. Just off the top of my head, I’ll post my announcement prediction before they get to announcin’:
- iOS 6 will ship this summer. New features include Apple-built mapping with some
Ya right, but it is one of my first published. Just off the top of my head, I’ll post my announcement prediction before they get to announcin’:
It was called a Newton, it had a kindle-like screen, handwriting recognition, great software, and was still smaller than a modern netbook. Check out this in-depth look at using the final model of the Apple Newton, circa 1997.
The guy … Read the rest
Market speak for computer companies during my geek-life:
My first glance:
IBM = titans, Microsoft = nerds, Apple = hippies, Atari = artists
My High school years:
IBM = clumsy old titans, Microsoft = business nerds, Apple = misguided hippies … Read the rest
Here’s Steve Jobs demoing his NeXT Computer running the OS NextStep from the early 90’s. He calls it “Interpersonal Computing”.

What’s amazing to me is how 20 years on most of this demo holds up. There are things the NextStep … Read the rest

Internet old timers know the story, but with Steve Jobs’ passing I thought it important to bring it up again.
The guy who developed/invented the world wide web, HTML, and the http protocol back in 1990 claims he couldn’t have … Read the rest

Steve Jobs: 1955-2011.
Where would the tech world, perhaps the world as a whole, be without Steven P. Jobs? The concepts he developed in his teens and twenties regarding if/how/when/why we interact with computers built entire industries. Appleholics like myself … Read the rest
I’ve been more or less living on a laptop since about 2002. I had a desktop machine as my only rig from ’87-’96 (Atari, Apple, Tandy, Gateway, Dell, IBM, white boxes, you name it…) and around 1996 I was finally … Read the rest
If you got the idea of empowering people through a friendly, logical computer interface, you’ve liked this guy for a long time.
If you got the idea that UNIX power should have a mainstream use, you’ve liked this guy for … Read the rest

Say you need to purchase a big ticket item, and this item is the primary tool you use to make a living. Which one do you select?
Video from Apple lovers in Hong Kong:
A celebration of tech success or a warning for the future? Can salvation be achieved with a touch interface? Does my life insurance protect me in case I’m killed by robots?