Archive for the 'Technology' Category


Apple/Beats

1. You’d think something important had happened. 2. We used to care about our acts this way. 3. Wall Street bloviators are clueless. It was the Malaysian airliner, but in the tech sphere. Endless speculation by nitwits with no inside information. I’m sure they’re laughing in Cupertino and Santa Monica. 4. Money isn’t everything. But […]

Truths

1. You’re gonna keep your mobile handset a hell of a lot longer. With T-Mobile shifting the tide to non-subsidized handsets, many people are going to balk at paying $649 for a new iPhone, they believe it’s only $200, the same way some people believe the handset they got for free with a two year […]

Pono vs. Wimp

Don’t be an idiot. My inbox is filling up with critics saying gotcha, implying my endorsement of WIMP is a belated acknowledgement of the superiority and inevitability of Pono. Nothing could be further from the truth. Pono is merch. WIMP is a new technology service that will probably be plowed under as its competitors embrace […]

WIMP

I awoke today and found The frost perched on the town It hovered in a frozen sky Then it gobbled summer down Greetings from Vail, Colorado, where it’s the final week of the season and I’m using zinc oxide on my lips to prevent blisters. Just a moment ago it was winter. I was wearing […]