Just thought I’d follow up on my ongoing (and now totally unbelievable) saga with trying to get my brand new MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo computer repaired. As I mentioned in a previous post, my new Mac had a serious problem with the audio system — the speakers output nothing but loud static whenever I…
Archives / November, 2006
Intelligence Amplification
My partner Brad Feld wrote a post today crediting me with coining the term Intelligence Amplification. While I’d like to take credit for it, all I can take credit for is applying the term to what Brad had previously called Dynamics of Information. After Brad asked for a better name, I suggested Intelligence Amplification, a…
I Love (Hate) Apple
I’m a huge fan of the Macintosh, the iPod and Apple’s incredible design sensibilities and well-integrated products. I’ve probably owned at least a dozen macs in my life, starting in 1989 with a 512K Mac SE with a 20 meg hard drive. In general I appreciate Apple’s products almost as much as Mark Morford at…
11:11:11 on 11/11
One of my special abilities (my wife disbelieves and mocks this claim of mine) is that I have knack for looking at the clock when it is 11:11. It happens to me several times each week. Imagine my pleasure when I glanced at the clock today at 11:11 and realized today is November 11th. I’ll…