iPhone 5 and Sonos
The first post about the iPhone here at patrickWeb was on January 10, 2007. Many iPhone stories have followed since then. I have to admit that I love the iPhone technology and the many things it makes possible. The iPhone 5 will be the sixth iPhone in my life. The string of past models includes […]
Apple Hubris?
A friend of mine was having trouble with his Apple iPhone 4. For some reason, the iPhone no longer recharged. My friend verified that the charger and cable were not defective. After calling Apple support, they agreed the iPhone was defective, and although the warranty had expired, overnighted a new iPhone 4 for $149 +the […]
Apple MacBook Pro
The new Apple MacBook Pro is just too much to resist, and I can’t wait to get my hands on it. The retina display will light up 5.1 million pixels on the screen, exceeding HDTVs by a couple of million pixels. The solid state storage, 16GB of memory, and the input-output upgrade should make it […]
E-Books From Your Local Library
Libraries are trying their best to make borrowing e-books convenient, but publishers are not making it easy. See E-Books Are Easier to Borrow, Just Be Prepared to Wait. The New York Times story said that e-book borrowing is preceded by e-book waiting. I decided to take a look a virtual visit to the library in Ridgefield, […]
How to Empty Your Inbox
I got a call from Claire Suddath at Bloomberg Businessweek a few weeks ago. She told me about their upcoming second annual “How To” special issue. We talked quite a bit about the history of email and various approaches to manage it. By necessity, the story had to be edited down quite a bit to […]