Microsoft’s Mobile OS Took the Summer Off From Selling
Geekwire has the news that the Windows Phone 7 operating system's share of the smart phone market declined one percent for the three months ending July. That's while the smart phone market increased in...
View ArticleAt Seattle’s Apple Store, An Apple-Laden Memorial Springs Up
But not everything can happen on the internet, so very quickly, a memorial to Jobs began to grow at the closed-for-renovation Apple Store in the University Village. I remember a friend writing on...
View ArticleSteve Jobs Wouldn’t Care for Your Nostalgia, Says Mike Daisey
Monologuist and Seattleite emeritus Mike Daisey gets an op-ed in the New York Times today to explain why, in essence, Steve Jobs' death is no hindrance to the opening of his one-man-show, The Agony and...
View ArticleApple’s iPad 3, Like iPhone 4S, Not a Compelling Upgrade, Says Seattle Man
If you're purchasing your first iPad, this is all to the good: the Retina display, the better resolution camera, the 4G speeds. But I have never taken a picture (other than trying it out) with my iPad...
View ArticleLessons From the Daisey Debacle, From Seattle Playwright Paul Mullin
It certainly was exciting to watch “David” Mike take on “Goliath” Apple from the stage of my local regional theatre; and certainly my local regional theatre enjoys, along with regional theatres across...
View ArticleLooking for an iPhone 5S? Hope you like Space Gray.
Apple launched an online indicator of iPhone availability in their retail stores. While the colorful 5C looks to be easy to find in a variety of colors and flavors, the metal-cased 5S remain, like...
View ArticleSteve Jobs, Mike Daisey, and the Perils of Lionizing
When the news broke that Steve Jobs was stepping down as CEO of Apple, there was shock at first, followed swiftly by a barrage of encomiums. There's a lot to praise about Jobs, but the internet was, I...
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