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    More Nonsense About OS X From the Pundits

    June 21st, 2013

    I could probably devote every one of my columns to the silly comments tech and financial pundits make not just about Apple, but other companies and products. Every time I think a sense of sanity is returned, there’s not another example of someone who has gone off the deep end. Take a commentator who works […]


    Living with Leopard: Book X — But Can You Get Your Work Done Faster?

    November 12th, 2007

    Let’s set aside the pretty desktops, the transparent menu bar and menus, and even the controversial 3D Dock. That’s all window dressing and doesn’t do a thing to make your workday go faster, although I suppose a pleasant desktop view does convey an appropriate level of comfort. I’ll leave it to the psychologists, however, to […]


    Apple: Please Stop the Silent Notifications!

    July 7th, 2006

    Some months back, a new iTunes feature caused havoc. When you clicked on the name of a track on your playlist, tunes of a similar genre appeared at the bottom of the iTunes window in a so-called “mini store.” Talk about havoc, because, in order to accomplish this magic, information about that selected song had […]