The CEO’s Biggest Product Launch is His Company’s Culture
By now you will have heard the news: Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook will take over, and Jobs will carry on as Chairman of the Board. Inevitably, the discussion about what this means for Apple going forward is underway. It’s clear that Jobs has been the creative leader of Apple, [...]
Looking for Investment Management Tools
I have been looking for any personal finance software that can help keep track of my investments. So far, I have come up with zip. Maybe someone else has had a better experience. Here is what I am looking for: Syncs transactions with brokerage accounts. Allows looking at performance on a consolidated basis across accounts. [...]
What’s with all the old-fogeyism about the iPad?
In a posts titled The Kids are Alright, John Gruber quotes a bunch of people complaining that the iPad isn’t a hacker playground. Cory Doctorow complains that you can’t open it up. Alex Pane frets kids with iPads won’t grow up to become programmers. Mark Pilgrim dispairs that Apple is trying to stunt his kids’ [...]
The badge of pride now should be how long it has been since you left your computer on overnight!
I’m an IT guy. I love my (Mac) computer. Most other IT people I know love their computers too, be they Mac, Windows or *nix based. Of course you would when you are typically working on them 8+ hours per day. We take pride in our computers – how fast they are, the latest software/widget [...]
A Worm in the McIntosh — Is Apple’s Supply Chain Letting it Down?
For years, industry pundits have lavished praise on Apple as an
industry supply-chain leader that takes advantage of design and
manufacturing expertise on a truly global basis. Down to the “Designed
by Apple in California … Assembled in Ch…
