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Photos Everywhere & A Tad Expensive
photos-app-imac-press_1024-imore When Apple recently released the new Photo.app on OS X, as a long time believer in iPhoto, I was hopeful that they’d addressed shortcomings I’d wrestled with. I think they’ve mostly hit the mark with a small number of concerns. Thus, I begin this discussion by recognizing that the biggest problem related to modern […]
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Tweaking Tech & The How Much Is Your Time Worth
I have a co-worker whom I tease endlessly because when he switched from iPhone to a Samsung phone, he always seemed to be spending his time tweaking the device to do the things his iPhone used to do. He is happier having a much larger screen for less money. And I’m all about having choices […]
MoreKnow Your Tech History – Steve Jobs Biography
Been working my way through the Steve Jobs biography the past week and I’ve been a bit surprised at what some have found to be “new” revelations from the book. Chief TWiT, Leo Laporte, was surprised at how much crying seems to have taken place around and including Steve Jobs. And while crying hasn’t […]
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iPhone… finally fully functional!
I played with my new iPhone all weekend, but was a bit confused because I could make calls (Calling my two sisters first to wish them a happy birthday, i was two days late with one of them… ack) but I couldn’t take any calls. Monday morning Verizon finally let go of my phone number […]
MoreMacWorld 2007 Debrief
I’m back. Connectivity in my San Francisco hotel sucked so I didn’t even bother to try to blog. Then when I got back to So Cal I was immediately buried by the shit that had piled up in my absence. Happy 2007. I am so glad I did MacWorld. I shot a ton of video […]
MoreMacWorld Bound – Hurry Up and Wait
4:37 am Hurry up and wait. No real sleep last night (actually this morning, I’m notorious for cramming as much as possible into the eve before travel), up at three, out the door at four and now waiting for the shuttle driver to get me to the madness that is LAX. I think my carry-on […]
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