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    The Media Designs Apple’s Netbook

    April 29th, 2009

    All right, here’s what we know: Apple has loads of gear undergoing testing at their corporate campus. We don’t know what they’re working on, but we can make educated guesses and if a product passes muster, we might even see it in production eventually. That surely includes the rumored netbook. Apple says nay, but it’s […]


    Memo to Apple: Ignore the Analysts

    April 16th, 2009

    Now this may be the sort of column that works against my interests, since I’ve long been a member of the crowd that keeps making suggestions about improving Apple’s marketing and product plans. Like others in the tech media, though, I can tell you that I have no experience whatever running a multinational corporation. So […]


    The Products Apple Shouldn’t Make!

    February 5th, 2009

    You know a lot of the media and financial analysts out there write a troubling amount of copy suggesting that Apple is truly missing the boat if they don’t try a particular marketing strategy, or produce a certain product. While I am not above making a few suggestions myself from time to time, I don’t […]


    When Does Simple Become Complicated?

    December 9th, 2008

    This question may seem self-contradictory, but I have a point to make. Back in the mid-1990s, there were so many models of Macs to choose from, it was usually near impossible to pick one from the next. Even Apple’s own executives would fail this test. This was particularly true with the low-end Performa series, the […]