Macworld Expo follow-up

You can’t very well expect IDG, the hosts of the Macworld Expo, to come out and admit that Macworld 2011 was an embarrassing bomb, but you can’t just plug your ears and shout “la-la-la I can’t HEAR you!” to the reality of the world...

Macworld Expo 2011

Last year I wrote: Having just concluded three days of Macworld SF 2010 after taking part in various user conferences and walking the show floor, I remain somewhat skeptical of Macworld SF 2011. The joy of being right is rather muted by the embarrassment of actually...
iPhone Life and Death

iPhone Life and Death

Pretty layouts, glossy paper, and alluring subject matter will get you in the door, but if the content’s not there (and boy is it not), you’re going to have a rough go of it. I’m looking at the March-April 2011 edition of iPhone Life that I picked up...

Myers-Briggs 20 years later

I took the Myers-Briggs personality test back in college some 20 years ago. In case you’re not familiar, it’s a questionnaire that measures how you see the world and how you make choices. Briefly stated, there are 16 different types based around four...

Information anywhere

It is abundantly clear that huge advantages accrue to having personal information—email, contacts, calendar, etc.—available anywhere. Apple’s MobileMe (buy the old version and save) syncing service handles most of this wirelessly. If I update a contact on my...