Jim MacCormaic: Cupertino is the Place to beMostly about Apple(Untitled)- February 27, 2002 Apple to receive Grammy honor MacNN I was delighted with this news when first I heard it. Unfortunately, I expect this particular award will not be included in the main televised part of the proceedings, but will be lumped instead in the 'also presented . . .' section.http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/categories/cupertinoIsThePlaceToBe/2002/02/27.html#a83 (Untitled)- February 22, 2002 iMac sales looking up, analysts say. It's still too early to get concrete sales figures for the new iMac. But analysts, citing anecdotal evidence, believe sales are strong so far. CNET News.com I can't say I'm too happy about the reliance on 'anecdotal evidence', but still it's a reassuring story. (I also can't say I'm too happy with the look of the CNET News site -- at least on IE 5.1 for Mac.)http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/categories/cupertinoIsThePlaceToBe/2002/02/22.html#a79 (Untitled)- February 13, 2002 Apple. "Analysts often ask about when Apple will make a push for the huge corporate office. It doesn't make sense for Apple to focus their energies here..." The Motley Fool Well ... it's a good read, and a good analysis of Apple's business strategy I'm sure, but the final summary seems hugely ambitious when it speaks about Apple enjoying 50% market share by 2011!http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/categories/cupertinoIsThePlaceToBe/2002/02/13.html#a71 (Untitled)- February 12, 2002 Apple posts iMac animations by Pixar MacNN These are just brilliant! Nice serendipity, toohttp://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/categories/cupertinoIsThePlaceToBe/2002/02/12.html#a66 (Untitled)- February 7, 2002 Apple: design innovator, does it matter MacNN Some negativity towards the end of the USA Today article (mostly about a non-cooperative CD), but generally this follows what has become the review norm: the new iMac rocks! Favourite quote: A word of caution: The design is so inviting, you might be tempted to start redecorating the rest of the room.http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/categories/cupertinoIsThePlaceToBe/2002/02/07.html#a63 (Untitled)- February 5, 2002 The Passion for Designing Macs. An entire culture exists in which people's lives are dominated by designing Macintosh computers. But they usually realize the Apple folks do it better. By Leander Kahney. Wired News The scariest part of this article is this: 'Some of the most enthusiastic Mac mockup artists are precocious teenagers.' -- and one of them has even been hired by the Omni Group!http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/categories/cupertinoIsThePlaceToBe/2002/02/05.html#a56 (Untitled)- February 3, 2002 Useit.Com: Avoiding Commodity Status. However, industrial design is not the main road ahead for computers. Improved software design is much more important. This does require some thinking, and it's not Steve Job's strategy, but I believe that software innovations are the main way to differentiate both high-tech products and websites. Tomalak's Realm Quote : 'Much has been made of the flat-panel display on the new iMac, but the use of anti-aliased typefaces in Windows XP is the true revolution...http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/categories/cupertinoIsThePlaceToBe/2002/02/03.html#a51 (Untitled)- February 1, 2002 So, what gives here I'm on my (local) home page, there's an item which shows as having been posted four hours ago, but it still hasn't appeared either in my local XML file or on my live site. It was posted only to my second category (and not to my home page). Is this the problem I'll do that again now and see what happens.http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/categories/cupertinoIsThePlaceToBe/2002/02/01.html#a41 (Untitled)- February 1, 2002 osOpinion: Mac gaming starting to pick-up MacNN Is it coincidence that we should have two games-related postings coming up together, or did one flow from the other Anyway, all I can say as an end-user is that I've never had it so good (most recently with 'Baldur's Gate II' which I'm trying to come to grips with).http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/categories/cupertinoIsThePlaceToBe/2002/02/01.html#a40 (Untitled)- February 1, 2002 IMG: Jobs interview on Mac gaming MacNNhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/categories/cupertinoIsThePlaceToBe/2002/02/01.html#a39 |