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    Newsletter #487 Preview: Does the Ultimate Mac Keyboard Come From IBM?

    March 29th, 2009

    I was 11 when I originally learned how to type. No, I didn’t take a course at school. In fact, my mom had rented a typewriter — an electric model — and gave me a few pointers on where to put my fingers. The rest I had to more or less figure out by myself. […]


    Can We Just Stop Talking About Steve Jobs?

    February 23rd, 2009

    Accompanying reports of the upcoming Apple shareholders meeting is the fact that Steve Jobs won’t attend. This is supposedly a big deal, considering all the concerns about his health and all. However, the tech pundits who have turned this development into a major story seem to be ignoring the critical fact of Jobs’ decision to […]