Just “watched” Apple’s latest from their Worldwide Developers Conference, and they announced a lot of cool things, but they have left me, in the end, worried. In a nutshell, Apple hates me (us). Right now, we have one Mac, two iPhones and an iPad in the family (with another iPad on the way, we expect). We […]
Last week brought rumors that Apple’s next iOS will be deeply voice-controlled/controllable. I am in favor. Imagine this: You get up from your work desk to go home. You double tap your earpiece, and ask (sotto voce?) “Is it raining out?” A few seconds later (after conferring with your iPhone in your pocket), a voice in […]
Mark just sent me to an article about how investors at Apple’s latest quarterly earnings report were nervous about Steve Jobs’ health. They reportedly asked him to name a successor. Which is just silly. I went back and looked at the list of likely successors. I noted that my favorite (and Job’s favorite, if the […]
Got a new job, got an old iMac (800 MHz G4!), gonna get a new computer! Right? After spending two solid days re-mastering the Home Computing Master Plan, I think I can safely say, maybe. The first thing that has to happen is item number one in the Master Plan. We need a new disk for […]
Absolutely in love with Michael Rose’s characterization of Walt Mossberg as the geekosphere’s Fed Chairman. Spot on.
This patent application by Apple regarding their research into digital video recorder (DVR) technologies has me salivating. If you know me at all, you know how much I love my TiVo. And yet, were Apple to build a DVR, I would happily back over my TiVo on the way to the nearest Apple Store. I’m […]
