Sorry, it’s been a while. Sometimes life just gets in the way….
Some random thoughts that have been piling up:
- Statistics show that Android phones appeal to men more than women by a big margin. Funny, all 5 of the Droids I’ve seen have been owned by women. Women, what do you think? Droid? Apple? Something else?
- OK, we can all start breathing again. Apple announced the iPad. After rampant speculation by a lot who knew very little, now we know its name. Looks like more cool technology, looks like lots of players are trying to catch up. So what else is new? (Yes, I want one, but I’ll wait till the fall. I want a late first-gen product when the bugs are worked out but corners have not yet been cut to save money in production.)
- Google is finally on the radar at the EU: regulators are worrying about Google’s monopolistic practices. (I’m sure Steve Ballmer is enjoying this.) At the risk of repeating myself, Google is the company I love to hate. (Great products, but….) They’ve got a lot of money and more PhDs per square inch than anyone but the old Bell Labs. And they may finally have stuck their hands into one too many pots. Time will tell; they haven’t hit many home runs outside of search and the new phones. But I wouldn’t bet against them; one of these days the spaghetti will stick to the wall.
- After an unfortunate bout working with Excel and PowerPoint, I think the geniuses at Microsoft have designed the most arcane, unnecessarily complex user interface ever seen by the human race. Guys, could you please just forget you had to paper over DOS and redo the damn thing? I mean seriously, it’s 2010, not 1982! (I routinely use Apple’s iWorks: simple, straightforward, plenty robust enough for what I need, and easy to use. Can read MS files and export to those formats. Love it.)
What about you? Any preferences?