Year-to-Year Comparisons of Data from the Annual First-Year Student Census
This chart is interesting and shows the clear and obvious trend toward students choosing Macs instead of PCs. The charts on this page are really interesting and easy to read at a glance. Also of note, 100% of first year students now own computers. I don’t know which way the University of Virginia skews, but I [...]
Sidekick and Kin and Microsoft’s Incompetence
I am truly shocked at this story. Apparently the Kin only sold like 500 units. I am disturbed at how Microsoft could have ruined a popular product so effectively and quickly. How bad is the situation at Microsoft that people literally have no idea what they’re doing or how their product fits into the marketplace? I [...]
Adobe Called out by Apple’s Steve Jobs
Lately rumors have it that Steve Jobs has been increasingly vocal about criticizing Adobe to potential partners. In the rumors he claims that Flash is a resource hog and is outdated technology. He’s also reportedly said that Adobe was lazy. Now, I have no idea if he actually said these things, but I think he did. [...]
Windows Phone 7 Sucks
There’s a lot of hubbub about the recently announced Windows Phone 7 device operating system. It sucks. Here’s why. Zune Version 2 The approach Microsoft is taking with the Windows Phone is the same one they took with the Zune. Out of the blue they proclaim they [...]
Bill Gates Pretending that the iPad isn’t Interesting
I see how today Bill Gates has said that he doesn’t really like the iPad. Big surprise, and I’m sure he’s unbiased and being totally honest. The truth is, we have a lot of devices in our life now, most of them purchased from Apple. When they come out with another device we’re just not going [...]
Garbage Collection Gets a Bad Rap
Today I was searching for information why the iPhone doesn’t implement garbage collection. Programs using Cocoa for the Mac do have garbage collection available. Everywhere I looked I saw people stating their opinion that garbage collection was not implemented because it was a performance hog and would reduce battery life. Now, this may be the case, [...]