Category Archives: apple

things about the computer company, not the fruit

Perfectionism Schmerfectionism

One of the things we were led to believe in 2011 was a myth about Steve Jobs being a perfectionist. This myth was given a free pass by everyone from The New Yorker on down. In reality, his perfectionism, while … Continue reading

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The Kindle Fire vs. the Apple iPad isn’t really a vs.

Starting this week, customers start receiving the new 7″ touch-screen Android device from Amazon called the Kindle Fire. As with anything that suggests a company could challenge Apple in a market it dominates, I predict you will be subjected to … Continue reading

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Book Review: Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson

[Note to reader: If the word asshole offends you, stop reading now. Also, this post is about three-times longer than my typical post and only slightly shorter than the book I'm reviewing.] Open Walter Issacson’s book, Steve Jobs, to any … Continue reading

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These Kindle Fire children’s books are not just ebooks, they’re apps

When the Hammock children, both now over two-decades old, were brand new, they were never more than a few inches away from an Eric Carle book. (The Very Hungry Caterpillar* is likely the book I have read out-loud more times … Continue reading

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Competition is good: Bring back the iRex

This post is for those among the 12 people who read this blog who heard about the new Kindle Fire* by reading it in your local daily newspaper and who are likely seeing this about a week after it was written, … Continue reading

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