Choosing a SmartPhone
For those of us that want a cell phone that does more than just make and receive phone calls, there are a huge variety of choices out there. This blog entry is intended to help you pick what device is best for you. There are 4 main categories to chose from, split up by OS. They are: Windows Mobile Palm iPhone BlackBerry I’ll be focusing mostly on the second two, but we can briefly look at...
Read MoreiPhone, you broke my heart
A collegue/friend of mine once used the expression “Mac Bigots” to describe a small group of us. This is most certainly the case. I freely admit to being extrememly biased in the ever stimulating debate between Mac and PC users. “Apple simply kicks ass”, I’ve been known to say. I speak of Apple products like my dad talks about Tim Duncan. He talks so matter-of-factly, that you’d just...
Read MoreMy First Week with the iPhone
You Tube. Anywhere. That summarizes everything that’s great about the iPhone. No downloadable Dashboard widgets to my brick. That summarizes everything that’s bad about the iPhone. Apple has done an incredible job creating a hand held internet appliance. Actually, it is more than that. It is an enchanted, happy, happy machine. I love to look at it. Ooo over it. What’s the iPhone...
Read MoreFirst Impression with Numbers
I love Microsoft Excel. The words love and Microsoft don’t usually go together for me. But I think Microsoft Excel is one of the best applications ever written. Microsoft Word has largely sucked–particularly on the Macintosh–ever since version 6. Microsoft did a lot of work to redeem Word when it released Word 98. Still, Microsoft forgets that Word is largely about, well, words....
Read MoreFirst Impressions of iPhoto ’08
Like many people, I expected the new version of iLife to come out at MacWorld in January of 2007. And like many people, I was disappointed when the latest piece of software candy didn’t arrive on my plate. Apple has finally delivered what all the rumor sites knew was in the works. iLife ’08 came out on Tuesday, August 7 along with the announcement of a refreshed line of iMacs whose...
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