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Confessions of a Mac Genius

Thu, 03 May 2007 12:53:14 -0400

Busted machines, broken iPods, and crabby customers are just part of the job. Making it look easy is the other part.

In Our Post-PC Era, Apple's Device Model Beats the PC Way

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:28:06 -0500

Comparing two different technology business models.

Mighty Mouse

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:54:15 -0400

In 1980, Apple Computer asked a group of guys fresh from Stanford's product design program to take a $400 device and make it mass-producible, reliable and cheap.

How Big Can Apple Get?

Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:48:09 -0400

Back from near oblivion, Apple is setting the pace in a new digital universe where computing and entertainment merge. We asked Steve Jobs how he did it (hint: It's the software, stupid) and what's next.

Why Does Windows Still Suck?

Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:39:46 -0400

Are you using a PC? You probably have spyware. The McAfee site claims a whopping 91 percent of PCs are infected. As every Windows user knows, PCs are ever waging a losing battle with a stunningly vicious array of malware and worms and viruses, all aimed at exploiting one of about ten thousand security flaws and holes in Microsoft Windows.

Here, then, is my big obvious question: Why the hell do people put up with this?

You've Got to Find What You Love

Wed, 06 Jul 2005 23:53:22 -0400

This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.

The Macintosh: A Review

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:45:54 -0400

From 1984, Byte magazine takes an in-depth look at Apple Computer's radically strange new computer.

How to Succeed Writing Mac Software

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:31:52 -0400

Or, How to Make a Zillion Dollars and Not Lose Your Soul

By Wil Shipley, CEO, Delicious Monster Software

Follow my advice and I promise that you will be successful, happy, fulfilled, and drive a hot car.

An iDVD Slide Show

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:32:52 -0400

Recently, we took a leisurely month to burn a DVD slide show using DVDit! on Windows XP. We chronicled our adventure in the Oct. 18 issue last year as part of our ongoing Slide Show Project.

Some helpful souls suggested we'd enjoy life more if we used iDVD on the Mac. So we did.

How Mac Changed the World

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:29:42 -0400

Now celebrating its 10th birthday, the computer has made cyberspace cozy

Mac Users: The Least Creative People on the Planet

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:33:44 -0400

An entirely unsubstantiated stereotype has spread throughout the computer industry and inspired way too much smugness within the Mac community. What is this unfounded generalization which has been echoed by industry insiders and even such celebrities as Roger Ebert? "Mac users are more creative than PC users."

Bollocks. Folderol. Absolute nonsense.

Lick Me, I'm a Macintosh

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:22:34 -0400

What the hell is wrong with Apple that they still give a damn about design and packaging and "feel"?

Macintosh Turns Fifteen

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:21:30 -0400

The following was an internal company memo sent to all Apple Computer employees on January 24, 1999:

An Oral History Interview with Steve Jobs

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:19:26 -0400

A comprehensive interview with Steve Jobs by The Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program

Why I Recommend Mac

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:12:49 -0400

I've never really considered myself a "Mac advocate," rather I'm an advocate of easy-to-use computer systems. I have found the Mac is the only computer platform that meets the criteria over and over again.