Typical of any publicly-traded corporation, Apple’s stock price has had its ups and downs. This reminds me of the time I met a friend, his name is Mark, at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. He accompanied me and my son, Grayson, to the Steve Jobs keynote. My press pass accommodated extra “helpers.” After experiencing the […]

As I look over the history of this blog, dating back to 1999, I find that I’ve covered some subjects over and over. No, not because my memory isn’t quite as sharp as it used to be. My feeling, instead, is that a lot of tech commentators choose to forget or are so busy regurgitating silly […]

When I began to give this column a title, I was really tempted to duplicate that of the “Dumb and Dumber” movie sequel, but I couldn’t bring myself to repeat the silly misspelling in the title. But when it comes to Apple’s critics, the ones who demand that Apple do this, that, or the other thing, […]

I remember it well. Apple released a spanking new OS. As soon as people started to install it, the complaints come in, lots of them. It’s unstable, this, that or the other thing doesn’t work. Why can’t I just go back to the previous OS? What’s wrong with Apple anyway? Why is the quality going […]