{"id":2340,"date":"2008-12-14T19:40:59","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T02:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2008-12-14T19:44:38","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T02:44:38","slug":"newsletter-472-preview-the-things-that-continue-to-go-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2008\/12\/newsletter-472-preview-the-things-that-continue-to-go-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #472 Preview: The Things That Continue to Go Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s fair to say that even the most successful companies on the planet make things that don&#8217;t quite behave as well as they should. Their management also makes their share of bad decisions, sometimes in subtle ways that aren&#8217;t so obvious.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly, few dedicated Mac users will lack large lists of features that they don&#8217;t like, or features they&#8217;d like to see added as soon as possible. Wherever you go, whatever product you pick, you&#8217;ll find a rich selection of decisions you just know weren&#8217;t thought out quite right.<\/p>\n<p>You have to wonder that, with all those brilliant designers and engineers, why can&#8217;t Apple figure out a way to avoid these mistakes? All right, I understand, it&#8217;s just a bunch of human beings, and we all make our share of screw-ups.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, that won&#8217;t stop us from complaining and complaining yet again, with the hope that the right people at Apple are going to listen and eventually make the proper changes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2008\/12\/newsletter-issue-472\/#changes\">Story continued in this week&#8217;s Tech Night Owl Newsletter.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s fair to say that even the most successful companies on the planet make things that don&#8217;t quite behave as well as they should. Their management also makes their share of bad decisions, sometimes in subtle ways that aren&#8217;t so obvious. 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