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Jef Raskin, Mac pioneer, dies at 61

Jef Raskin, Mac pioneer, dies at 61I've heard over the years that Jeff had hisissues with Apple and it's direction. He had issues with his Steveness Jobs and there have been less than kind words said. Still thanks to Jeff I was able to excape the worlds of...

Tags: Mice, Xerox Corp., Jef Raskin, GUI, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2005-02-28

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The Macintosh turns 25 (and how it was almost a Bicycle)

Tomorrow, 24 January 2009, is the 25th anniversary of the Macintosh. On that fateful day in 1984 Apple released a little toaster of a personal computer that went on to become the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface. The embedded video...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-01-23

A programmer's pet peeve

A programmer's pet peevestack trace and internal message...are more descriptive than what anybody can write for any particular error. these are also invaluable when searching the internet for a possible solution to your problem. Chances are someone else got that error, pasted part of the stack trace to...

Tags: Error Messages, developer, localization, programmer

Discussion threads 2007-03-19

In Search of the Valley

In Search of the ValleyMaybe he left something out?Jobs and Wozniak did some amazing, inspiring things. I have a particular affinity for Wozniak. I've listened to the story of the technological lessons he learned that ultimately led to the creation of the first Apple computer. It's amazing.However, when it comes...

Tags: Desktops, Xerox PARC, Apple Macintosh, Valley

Discussion threads 2007-01-04

Why haven't GUIs progressed?

Why haven't GUIs progressed?SwitchBoth Novell and Sun are pushing Gnome over KDE. I used KDE for a long time. I switched about a year ago when I heard Novell might dump KDE out of SUSE. Now that I have switched, I can appreciated Gnome much better. The problem with...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Vista GUI, GUI, user interface, KDE

Discussion threads 2006-05-31

Is desktop Linux stuck on stupid?

Is desktop Linux stuck on stupid?Walmart still sells Linspirehttp://www.walmart.com/catalog/product_listing.gsp?cat=231792&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A41937%3A231785%3A231792http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3595030ZDnet it stuck on stupid bashing of Linux.Tortoise and hareTHIS is THE DEFINITIVE analogy for Linux. The tortoise moves slowly and is not very pretty - but who wins the race?Slow is ALWAYS used as a connotation for stupid. If Linux gains...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, OS-in-a-box, desktop Linux, Linux, N-Tier, client-server, PC, desktop, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-09-13

Vista's answer to PC power woes

Vista's answer to PC power woesNot interestedPower management for mobile computers is great, but I don't see any advantage in their new paradigm versus the current implementation. For desktops, it just doesn't matter. My org. has a 24/7 power-on policy for remote administration and monitoring purposes. We...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Network technology, computer, cable, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2005-08-25

The "Top Ten" most inexcusable failures of technology?

The "Top Ten" most inexcusable failures of technology?Composition 101We could debate whether this point is a technology failure or a failure of the chair to keyboard interface, but I grow weary of reading articles like this one in which I must repeatedly stop, go back and try to decide what...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., software, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2005-04-08

In absentia, Jobs still towers over Macworld

In absentia, Jobs still towers over MacworldBeen using Macs since 1982?Anybody catch this. No biggie, just not possible is it?Please do a new 1984 ad!!!it would be very relevant these days!Jef Raskin is a bitter, tired manFrom the article:-- "In a world of news, there's a certain effect where...

Tags: Desktops, Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Steve Jobs, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2004-07-13