RandomMaccess appearances at Macworld Expo 2009
Macworld All-Star Band interviewed on MacVoices
Chuck Joiner managed to get the entire band together for an interview as part of his “Road to Macworld” series for the MacVoices podcast. To say it was a blast would be an understatement: this is something we[...]
It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)
It’s amazing. Even without the benefit of iCal or blogs, the ancient Mayans managed to come within a hair’s breadth of correctly predicting the end of the world. It came not in December of 2012 as they calcul[...]
The most non-Mac related post of the year
I camp. I love camping and I do it whenever I can — usually between 15-20 nights per year. And while most of the hiking/camping community has been moving to internal frame backpacks, I remain an external guy. They[...]
‘The company formerly known as a computer maker’
Apple’s latest financial results call was an interesting one on several fronts. Indeed, I think it may be looked upon years from now as a milestone in the company’s history. Why? Mainly, because it marks a clear poin[...]
MacJury: Apple’s new laptop announcements
I stayed up past my bedtime last night to be part of a great MacJury panel, which included Jean MacDonald of SmileOnMyMac, podcaster Adam Christianson, blogger Dan Pourhadi, RadTech’s John Grzeskowiak and, of cours[...]
Rumors, leaked photos say new laptops will be evolutionary
For once, the rumor sites seem pretty consistent with their predictions and leaked photos in advance of Apple’s laptop-centric special media event. According to the photos, the laptops appear to be aluminum, possib[...]
Podcaster rejection: Apple can, but shouldn’t
At first glance, it seems like another typical Mac tempest in a teacup — a “helpless indie developer being ridden roughshod by the big bad monolithic control freak Apple.” Like Macworld media blacklisti[...]
MobileMe Mea Culpa…again
Acknowledging continuing problems with its successor to .Mac, Apple sent another note of apology to subscribers tonight. We have already made many improvements to MobileMe, but we still have many more to make. To recogni[...]
Tweet of the Day
From “Rock Norris” on Twitter: “Re: Apple Cupertino HQ fire “Firefighters battled the blaze for 3 hrs.” (Note: 2 hrs were spent signing NDA’s)” (via Shawn King) [...]
MacJury, Macworld, Miscellaneous, Podcast, Presentations
‘The company formerly known as a computer maker’
Apple’s latest financial results call was an interesting one on several fronts. Indeed, I think it may be looked upon years from now as a milestone in the company’s history. Why? Mainly, because it marks a clear point in time where the company stopped being a computer company and started being a consumer device maker. As [...]
MacJury: Apple’s new laptop announcements
I stayed up past my bedtime last night to be part of a great MacJury panel, which included Jean MacDonald of SmileOnMyMac, podcaster Adam Christianson, blogger Dan Pourhadi, RadTech’s John Grzeskowiak and, of course, host Chuck Joiner. The topic, naturally, was the Apple media event where the company unveiled updates to its laptop line and [...]
