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The ipad: One More Reason to Go Mac

This is innovation. This is my virtual straw that breaks my virtual camel’s back. I am on my way to the land of the Mac enthusiast, and the chances are that I wills see you there someday. Maybe not now. But someday.

5Apr2010 | | Comments Off on The ipad: One More Reason to Go Mac | Continued
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Wicked: A marriage of literature, art, and music

We marvel att the marriage of art and technology and the ingenuity of those who can master that integration.  Steve Jobs and his folks at Apple are prime examples.  In the same vein, there is a marriage of literature, art, and culture that can culminate in the same kind of experience.  Probably the best example […]

14Oct2008 | | Comments Off on Wicked: A marriage of literature, art, and music | Continued
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The Mac Is Hitting a Stride With Record Sales

Dad, You wrote a few weeks ago about the Mac and how popular it is, and you mentioned that you never see any. I think that is going to change. I would submit that you don’t spend much time in coffee shops or Starbuck’s (I make the distinction because Starbuck’s is basically a McDonad’s that […]

23Jan2008 | | Comments Off on The Mac Is Hitting a Stride With Record Sales | Continued
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The paradox of Steve Jobs

Son, I have written several posts on Steve Jobs and Apple, Inc.  Some people take offense – that is only healthy.  Steve Jobs is a real study in innovation, technology, business, and personality.  All of these combine to produce a final product. If Steve Jobs had been more flexible as a business man in 1979 […]

12Jan2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Apple Computer – failure of marketing

Son, As you know I have worked in technology since 1969. I remember in the early 80’s when I was working in Health Care Information Systems. We used mainframe computers – but could not deny the emerging world of the personal computer – the PC. Notice how easy that was to write, PC – Personal […]

11Jan2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Apple Computer and the real world

Son, I watch television and movies and commercials – all the nonsense stuff that entertains me and distracts me from the seriousness of life. One of the things I note is the use of computers and the clever promotion of Apple. All of the movies have laptops that can access any information that might conceivable […]

11Jan2008 | | 20 comments | Continued
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here’s to the crazy ones…

Dad, the true marriage of art and technology. Thanks to Steve Jobs for giving us a place along the way. And, truly, “think different.” Bryan

3Oct2007 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Apple Inc. – Highway Reststop

Son, Steve Jobs, inventor, entrepreneur, corporate mogul, marketing wizard, philanthropist – what has he done? Apple Computer has created a stop along the highway, a place where weary travelers in the daily journey through technology can stop in and refresh themselves. This is an old story. The human relationship with technology is the outward manifestation […]

3Oct2007 | | Comments Off on Apple Inc. – Highway Reststop | Continued