Steve Jobs: Hero or Fiend?
by Chris Seibold on Oct 26, 2011The reaction to the death of Steve Jobs has been predictable, specials on TV, magazine covers and moments of silence. Not really surprising, mass mourning is part of being famous. The flip side of the …(read more)
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No G5 Owners, Snow Leopard is not a Screw Job
It is a great time to be an Apple fan. The mac is resurgent, the product line is pretty great across the board and …(read more)
Apple’s Intrusive Smiley Faced Cash Grab: The iPhone App Store
A G3 iPhone, third party apps, GPS, and all this for $199? Surely, the god that walks among us named Steve Jobs must be crazy! …(read more)
Attention Cell Phone Makers, The End Is Near
If the original iPhone hurt Apple's competition, this new phone should just about kill them. And it isn't the new features that is scaring them …(read more)
Apple Matters’ WWDC ’08 Rumor Roundup
While we, as a rule, do not take much stock (or any at all) in the myriad rumors floating around in the Mac community …(read more)
We forgot about OS X 10.6!
Macrumors last week had an item that references to Mac OS X 10.6 appear in the iPhone SDK beta 6. You've got to chuckle, don't …(read more)
The Ever Challenging Art of Customer Service
Customer service is an aspect of business that, for most companies, always has room for improvement. Rarely have I encountered major brand names and been …(read more)
How Big of an Apple (L)User are you?
So there I was, standing in a seemingly interminable line for a glass of lemonade on Memorial Day weekend. Tensions were high, the line standers …(read more)
About Linux and Why Nobody Seems to Care
To start off, let me assure you that this article is not about bashing Linux or its users or the community centered around it. It's …(read more)
iPhone 2.0: Part One, A Physical Keyboard
Apple's next iteration of the iPhone is eagerly awaited by everyone. And after using it for almost a year I have some wishes and observations. …(read more)
The Worst Apple Predictions Through the Ages
The pundit-class in the media- you know who they are- have made a career out of making predictions based on flimsy facts but a very …(read more)
Using SSH: Secure Tunnels for the Common Man: Part I
In honor of the release of Chris Seibold's Big Book of Apple Hacks, here is a variation on a hack that appears in the book. …(read more)
How Much are You Spending on Mac Pretension?
If you've never taken the time to visit a winery, you should. The tour generally goes as you would expect, you get lectured on the …(read more)