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Newsletter #444 Preview: Will Apple Lose its Cult Following?

June 1st, 2008

One common definition of a cult is, “a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing.” Some might feel that Apple’s customers, particularly the ones that have been around for a decade or two, can be considered a cult.
Now I don’t know that I’m a cult member, although I have used Macs since [...]


Newsletter #427 Preview: Apple’s Golden Opportunity

February 3rd, 2008

After the first Mac came out in 1984, some believe that Apple, by dint of a series of blatant blunders, failed to take advantage of its opportunity to own the personal computing landscape for a generation and beyond. To some extent, I agree, particularly during the dark days of the 1990s, before Steve Jobs returned. [...]


The Apple Music Report: Where’s the Rest of the Industry?

July 31st, 2007

In a February blog, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was all over the music industry for demanding that iTunes incorporate a digital rights management scheme in order to allow Apple to sell their product. Jobs said he would dispense with it, if he could. But some thought it was just posturing ahead of contract negotiations for [...]