February 26, 2015The Most Expensive Apple Product
A while back, I priced out the most expensive Apple product. It was the high-end Mac Pro, equipped with maximum storage and all the bells and whistles. The price tag was around $12,000. The current high-end Apple Product will probably be much, much smaller and more wearable than a Mac Pro.
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February 25, 2015Computer Book Publishing, Part II never knew my job existed before I took it. In fact, I’m sure a lot of people who purchased, read, and even enjoyed computer books didn’t consider that an entire computer book publishing industry existed.
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February 23, 2015A Geezer in the Industry of Babies
You know how it works: The tech industry is for the young. Imagine a Google employee and you picture someone well under 40-years-old, probably in their mid-20s. It’s not a myth, but the dark secret of the tech industry is that your services are no longer welcome — regardless of how well you code — after you reach a certain age. CookiesWhen used with regards to the web, the term cookie is widely accepted but narrowly understood. What exactly is a cookie?
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February 21, 2015Where Google Went Wrong
Google’s motto was once “Don’t be evil.” Or something like that. Back when Google wanted to be the fastest, briefest search engine. Remember when the Google search page was just a text box? Remember when Chrome was a super fast browser? Remember when Google’s philosophy wouldn’t require that you sign up for Google+ if you didn’t want to?
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February 20, 2015Barcode Scanning
What is that thing, that weird design? You see them all over, but in fact the marketing drones are using them less and less. They’ve become passé in some circles, like the Comic Sans font (which is another story).
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February 18, 2015A Fouled Up FontBefore the GUI, no one cared about fonts. Then along came the Mac and Windows and suddenly the word font was more than just a snooty way to refer to a fountain.
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February 16, 2015New Thoughts on the Robot Uprising
Upon rumination, I’ve decided to no longer call it the Robot Revolution. No, I’m now referring to the looming peril for humanity, when our silicon children turn on us, as the Robot Uprising. It shall be a Titanic-Olympic type of rebellion.
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February 15, 2015More Digital Desert
Think about it: You go to work for an online “newspaper,” which is really a blog. And then they pull the plug. What happens to the millions of words written, the documentation, the history, the feeling that the publication brought? It’s all flat-out gone forever.
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February 13, 2015Microsoft XenixThe other day I imagined myself working at Microsoft. No, it wasn’t a nightmare. My job was to produce an operating system for professional PC users and hobbyists. I was head of the revived Xenix division.
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