Archive for the ‘Featured Commentary’ Category
That’s Why I Use a Mac
“PC load letter? What the f*** is that?”
Ever since my wife had our child back in February, she’s been staying at home taking care of the little guy. OK, technically, she’s been staying at home since she was laid off in October, but that’s neither here nor there. Last week she got a call from [...]
$40 Billion Liquid – Additional Thoughts
A few days ago, I wrote a post about Apple’s quarterly earnings call. I’ve been thinking a lot about that big number – $40 billion – and what it really means for Apple. I think the truly telling part about it though I already put in that first post.
Jobs said that the money provides enables [...]
Sex and the App Store
All this talk recently about the lack of nudity/skin in the App store got me thinking. After all the dust has settled, what apps are left in the App store that are racy? Is there anything that would disturb me as a parent? I decided to do some research and look around to see what [...]
The Physical Book Problem
Image from Candida Höfer’s book, “Libraries”
Last week I was a little bit stressed out. The baby was crying non-stop, deadlines were on my mind and a big hiccup came down the pike with one of my major clients. I decided to go to the local library to spend some time by myself in a quiet [...]
A Call for Help: Productivity Apps
Back in October, I wrote a post about justifying the high cost of software, particularly when it came to Mac programs. It was all related to Daylite, a popular business management program by Marketcircle, and a program I was considering using for my own business. I eventually bought it, and Daylite Touch, and it worked [...]
iPad and Magazines – Make it Happen
One of the big disappointments for me in during the iPad announcement was iBooks. I love reading, so having an online bookstore that was more accessible than the Kindle made sense to me, plus it’s an Apple product, so I knew it would work. But I kept waiting for the magazine section to show up, [...]
Gotcha – Calacanis Hoaxes Twitter Followers
The person above is Jason Calacanis, and he’s pretty famous in the blogging world as being the creator of Weblogs Inc, a mammoth blogging company that pretty much everyone has come across in their travels across the intertubes. He also, apparently, is kind of a dick.
Last week, as everyone was getting hyped up about the [...]
The Secret Big Bang With the iPad Announcement
So yesterday I was sitting at my computer, doing my daily research, when I came across this article over at Daring Fireball. I mulled it over for a bit, then wandered into the baby room where my wife was doing some painting. I started spewing out my thoughts about the iPad and the hardware that [...]
The Unicorn Tablet: My Take
Tomorrow is the big day for Apple, and even though there’s a lot of argument about what’s going to be announced, everyone out there seems to think that it’s the fabled Unicorn Tablet that’s been talked about for months now. Whatever happens on the 27th, it seems that an Apple Tablet may be in the [...]
Wall Street Journal: Stating the Obvious again
You know, I don’t have a subscription to the Wall Street Journal. That’s because I’m poor, and I don’t need to pay for their content when someone else will just reprint it for me on their site, crediting them immensely. Case in point: WSJ’s article, Apple Sees New Money in Old Media piece, repopped by [...]
