Archive for the 'Apple' Category


Apple

Too much bloviating about nothing. Either Cook, et al, deliver a breakthrough product, create a whole new stream of revenue, or Apple becomes Microsoft, a continuing moneymaker, but hardly cutting edge. OK. You’re an investor. You wanna know where to put your money. For nearly a decade, Apple was a secret hiding in plain sight, […]

Perception

Is everything. It’s more important than reality. Steve Jobs knew that, that’s the essence of his vaunted reality distortion field. You watched his dog and pony show and believed not only was Apple superior, it truly had no competitors. But now the press is beating up Apple and the company is silent. Steve Jobs was […]

Feature Creep

iTunes 11 is a disaster. If Steve Jobs were still alive it wouldn’t have happened, and if it had, someone would have been fired. They took a program which did what it was supposed to, manage your music and allow you to shop in the iTunes Store, and added so many features as to make […]

I Am Thankful For…

THE INTERNET 1. It allows me to reach all of you. 2. It puts the history of recorded music at my fingertips. What was once rare is now standing in plain sight. People might be financially-challenged, but music, the elixir of life, is right there for them to grab and listen to. It’s music’s heyday. […]