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    The App Store Rejection Column

    September 24th, 2008

    All right, does the world need another application to handle Podcasts on their iPhones? Well, Apple says they don’t, because such an application would duplicate the functions of iTunes, apparently, and thus an attempt to post such a product on the App Store was rejected. Now as an early adopter of the Podcast concept, in […]


    Newsletter #458 Preview: Twenty-Four Years Using Macs

    September 7th, 2008

    In 1984, I was working in a prepress plant, laboring over traditional cold (or photo-based) typesetting equipment. Instead of looking at a true representation of the printed page, the video display presented text and formatting commands. Yes, with a little practice, you could visualize the end result, more or less. However, these particular devices simply […]


    Newsletter #457 Preview: No, Apple Isn’t Going Downhill

    August 31st, 2008

    I still remember, nearly 20 years ago, setting up a brand new Macintosh system in my home. Up till then, I did most of my work at the office, but I had seen the future, more or less, and telecommuting was going to be a large part of it, so I had to be prepared. […]


    Another iPhone Rant: Did Apple Forget Call Quality?

    July 18th, 2007

    Sure, the company formerly known as Cingular Wireless widely advertises itself as having fewer dropped calls. Maybe they’re telling the truth, although they’ve had their share of quality and customer service problems in the past. For the sake of argument, I’ll assume they are right, or at least that the incidence of dropped calls on […]