Just A Thoughtby Vern Seward
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Decisions, Decisions... - June 7th, 2005
Archived Columns
May 2005
Scan of the Beholder - May 31st, 2005
Good Apple: Bad Apple - May 26th, 2005
Tale of Two Tigers - May 5th, 2005
April 2005
Advertise, Please! - April 29th, 2005
Confused Over Tiger And Tiger Direct? So Am I - April 28th, 2005
The Chip of Life - April 22nd, 2005
March 2005
Is Apple Fostering The Criminal Element? - March 29th, 2005
Leeches - March 18th, 2005
Blackberry and Bluetooth - March 8th, 2005
February 2005
Is Dell Dissing Its Customers? - February 25th, 2005
January 2005
So Ends The PDA Fad - February 24th, 2005
January 2005
Mac Backer - January 28th, 2005
Many Ways To Ditch Your PC - January 26th, 2005
The iPod "Fad" - January 20th, 2005
Conversations With Steve - January 14th, 2005
Econo-Mac Revisited - January 7th, 2005
December 2004
Microsoft's New File System Still A Long Ways Off - December 28th, 2004
These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things - December 23rd, 2004
Geekier - December 20th, 2004
PSU Says PU To IE - December 14th, 2004
Foxy Firefox! - December 9th, 2004
November 2004
Thank-Ya! - November 24th, 2004
Human Pacman: The Next Big (iPod?) Thing! - November 18th, 2004
MTV/Cell Phone: No! - November 12th, 2004
Mac Users Won't Give Away Root - November 2nd, 2004
October 2004
A Mac in Every PC - October 28th, 2004
Apple's Sucky Remote - October 25th, 2004
David Pogue Points Out The Windows Paradox - October 22nd, 2004
Hey! I'm Workin' Here! - October 21st, 2004
iPod Pretenders - October 15th, 2004
September 2004
ÜberPod - September 27th, 2004
Zombies - September 24th, 2004
Pondering Remote Desktops In OS X - September 7th, 2004
August 2004
The Last Remote You'll Ever Need - August 23rd, 2004
Apple Can't Get No Respect - August 13th, 2004
Should The iPod/iTunes Club Be Exclusive? - August 13th, 2004
July 2004
Apple Enterprise, Please! - August 9th, 2004
July 2004
iPod and Me - July 23rd, 2004
Now Playing: iPodzilla vs IT Man - July 9th, 2004
June 2004
Cone of Silence - June 25th, 2004
Oh Boy! AirPort Express! - June 8th, 2004
May 2004
Benchmarks: Not Just For Geeks Anymore - May 28th, 2004
Sniffing Around For The Econo Mac - May 26th, 2004
iMovie Film Wows The Crowd At Sundance Film Festival - May 21st, 2004
April 2004
Are They For Real? - April 26th, 2004
A Matter of Style - April 16th, 2004
March 2004
Shopping At Best Buy - March 31st, 2004
February 2004
MyDoom.Gloom From An "Unaffected" Mac User - February 9th, 2004
January 2004
Is Microsoft Losing Its Grip? - January 30th, 2004
Are iTMS Rankings Becoming Important? - January 23rd, 2004
December 2003
Review - Logitech Pocket Digital 130: Good For What Ails You - December 24th, 2003
'Twas The Night Before Microsoft Warned Windows Users - December 17th, 2003
Update: What's Up With Uru For Mac? Cyan Answers - December 16th, 2003
Apple Tablet: Alive And Well With Robert Cringely - December 9th, 2003
iPod Envy (In iPod Season): Part Deux - December 2nd, 2003
Political Correctness& Technology Clash In LA - December 1st, 2003
November 2003
The School Daze Ahead - November 12th, 2003
September 2003
Windows: It's Broken - September 30th, 2003
IT Winds Are Shifting; Is That A Hint Of Apple Blossom In The Air? - September 15th, 2003
IT Diversity: Dif'rent Strokes For PC Folks - September 9th, 2003
August 2003
What's With The Microscope On Apple? - August 27th, 2003
Note To HP: It Takes More Than New Products, But Please Keep Trying - August 18th, 2003
July 2003
Can iChat AV & iSight Make Developers See? - July 28th, 2003
iTMS: Are Those Sour Notes I Hear? - July 4th, 2003
June 2003
Apple Store Envy - July 1st, 2003
AppleWorks Lament: In A Vacuum, No One Can Hear You Type... - June 20th, 2003
OMG! Steve 's Not Keynoting! - June 17th, 2003
Spam, I Am - June 12th, 2003
The Need For Speed, The 970, & The Marquis de Jobs - June 10th, 2003
May 2003
No Myst Sequel For Mac? Cyan Responds: Trying To Fund Mac Development - May 27th, 2003
Uru: Ages Beyond Macs? - Myst Developer May Blow Off Mac - May 27th, 2003
Of Using A Mac, Despite The Man - May 19th, 2003
Digital Hijacking - May 7th, 2003
April 2003
Buying Computers For Fun And Profit - April 7th, 2003
Biofuel Cells May Makes Desktop Macs Jealous - April 3rd, 2003
March 2003
Macs: Not Just For the Artsy Anymore - March 28th, 2003
February 2003
Taking Stock Of Apple - February 21st, 2003
January 2002
Dipping A Big Toe In The Mac Pool? Dive In! - January 24th, 2002
MWSF Announcements Bring Goodness To Mac Users, But There May Be An Eventual Price - January 8th, 2002
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