links, random thoughts, various opinions
America’s premier guru of gadgets is doing it again
“He counted the number of skilled craftsmen - some 50 in all - putting the finishing touches on the place that would ultimately take a decade to complete. But Jobs was unabashed about calling his longtime friend out on a certain issue. Why were the workers using […]
Hallelujah, the Mac is back
“The problem with the modern personal computing environment is that, in some fundamental sense, it’s a broken business. “There’s a poison in the computer industry,” Hertzfeld says, “and that is the fact that the common software base is controlled by a predatory software company with a lack of ethics.” In case […]
I’m at the Calgary Airport for the fourth time this month transiting home. I was in Houston last week and Saskatoon this week, in both cases we are hoping to acquire new customers and some exciting expansion of our services and concepts. Saskatoon was (for me anyways) damn cold although the locals told […]
Liberators and Survivors Recall the Auschwitz That Was
“Of all Thursday’s speakers, the most impassioned was Merka Shevach, an elderly woman from Bialystok, Poland, who now lives in Israel. She took the microphone to give an unscheduled, impromptu speech as dusk fell.
“I was here naked as a young girl, I was 16,” Ms. Shevach shouted to […]
It Makes Me Feel Good. c/o of The Dailies from Mezzoblue.
Derek nicely sums up all the great announcements from Apple yesterday in his posts Hidden Gems From Apple and Polishing The Apple. Check them out. There’s going to be a lot more Apples in my office I think.
My friend Roger, had an extra ticket to (what became) the last game of the year for the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday. We drove down through some beautiful snowy weather (that wasn’t too dangerous) and checked out the new mega million dollar Qwest Centre. It was cold but a great game (notwithstanding the […]
Truth And Bill Gates
“The larger truth — a principle for which Gates so frequently demonstrates such contempt — is that the vast, vast majority of people who find fault with today’s system still want to reward creators for their work, financially and otherwise. But we also want a system that balances the rights of creators […]