I love working on the Mac. I enjoy working in MacBU. These days, however, I’m not so thrilled about the vibe hanging around here at Microsoft as a whole. We seem to have lost our self-confidence. There is a general and constant focus on “the other guys” these days. It’s like everyone is continually contemplating […]
I have a great friend in my Dad. He takes time to listen to me. He tries to help me. Our conversations are not so much about some grand conclusion as they are about exploration and discovery. Recently he sent me an email follow up to a conversation we were having. Here’s what he wrote: […]
Let me begin by stating that I unabashedly love the United States of America. It is just wonderful to live in the United States of America. There are problems to be sure, but these are had everywhere. On the other hand, the blessings experienced here are only found elsewhere in relatively small pockets. When you […]
From what I can gather, the biggest problems with the iPhone seem to be as follows, in order of severity: You can only use AT&T network The EDGE data network is slow The keyboard takes some time to learn Making a phone call can take more “taps” than with other phones No way to Cut, […]
From Apple’s Hot News web page: Apple Statement iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is. However, iPhone contains the […]
I recently listened to speech given by Lance B. Wickman which he titled Seasons. In this speech he recounts a remarkable story from his life. When I graduated from college, I was commissioned an officer in the United States Army. I was an infantryman. After completing some training, in early 1965 I was assigned-with my […]
Don Norman has published a wonderful excerpt from his next book “The Design of Future Things” set to publish in October 2007. The excerpt is purportedly a research missive from future machines to other machines on how to deal with people. Certainly some of us lowly humans can relate to the difficulties of communicating effectively […]
There’s been some talk recently about how MacBU might better develop software, and it reminded me of this story: A long time ago in a faraway village lived a man who everyone did their very best to avoid. He was the type of person who believed that there was only one competent person in the […]
I recently listened to a BYU Devotional in which LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley simply related from his life “Experiences Worth Remembering.” One of the last experiences he shared was this: I had a long remembered experience with Mr. Shimon Peres of Israel. He was a former Prime Minister. He had seen much of […]
I’ve been reading blogs for over 2 years now. That’s not very much time, but enough to really appreciate the conversation that is the “blogosphere.” I’m only now realizing that because of my time invested in reading blogs, I’m not getting to read the books that normally I’m able to enjoy. Additionally, since I started […]
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