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Open WiFi Networks and personal morality

I have often defended my choice to run an open wireless network at my house (i.e. not put a password to prevent others from using it) so it’s refreshing to see someone else talk about his personal, moral choice to do the same….

» Why I run an open Wi-Fi network | SOHO Networking | ZDNet.com

http://blogs.zdnet.com/soho-networking/?p=119&tag=nl.e539


ps: thus post is not to minimize the need or security in many circumstances. Many businesses need to be safe, secure and make the most of their bandwidth. Here at MacCognoscenti we take that need very seriously and have no problem setting up the toughest and most modern wifi security available. Personally, though I think it is nice and good karma to allow others to sign on without restrictions!

Seth’s Blog: A shortage of digital coaches

Seth writes a great blog about business that I respect and read pretty often. Recently he did a post about me: A Digital Life Coach!

He calls it simply Digital Coaching, but I prefer to include the importance of one’s life in the phrase because more and more our lives are integrated with digital things (whether we like it or not) so since his post doesn’t allow comments, and does show trackbacks… I wanted him to see my reaction here…

Thanks, Seth. We are out there and we love what we do, especially when it helps someone do what they do BETTER!

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/01/a-shortage-of-d.html

Apple customers VERY satisfied

To confirm something I’ve always kinda known and make it more dramatic of late, check out this article:

four-in-five Apple buyers (81 percent) said they were Very Satisfied with Leopard, which is “an exceptionally high rating” for a new operating system. This compares to 53 percent and 51 percent for Windows XP, and just 27 percent and 15 percent, respectively, for the Microsoft Vista systems

AppleInsider | Study: Leopard satisfaction driving “explosive” Mac sales

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/17/study_leopard_satisfaction_driving_explosive_mac_sales.html


Come on over to the Mac, all of you poor Windows users… it’s safe for you now. You won’t be left out in the cold so don’t fear anymore!


justin

thinnovation

macworld is over and I'm back in LA but I wanted to post a final
obligatory shot of the MacBook Air.

apparently Apple actually drilled through these (previously) working
prototypes to create this awesome photo op.

the mythical $100 laptop

yes, of actually exists, and yes it is an amazing little device. a
nice guy at the consultants' networking event had one and he let me
touch it and game me a demo.
my first impression was amazement at how small it is. truly a kid's
computer with a tiny keyboard. the Linux interface is very cool and
simple… it can even run multiple programs at once!
thus guy, by the way, paid $400 in the deal for westerners to get
two for $400… which let him keep one and then they sent one to a kid
somewhere…

So if you're a hobbyist and have enough money and heart you should get
one too!

MacBook Air: what it is and isn’t

As much as I hate this fact, the MacBook Air is not for me. But it is for some people… many people… business travelers for example… SWITCHERS… I’ve known this from the moment I laid eyes on it, and Jason O’Grady has put my thoughts down very well in a column that is well worth reading… check it out…

» Why does the MacBook Air make so many so dumb? | The Apple Core | ZDNet.com

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1196

The MacBook Air

So I guess I have to talk about this, the biggest announcement of Apple’s at the Expo. I haven’t actually laid my hands on it yet, and I’m sure there will be a gushing post about that tomorrow… but after checking out the specs online there are many great things:

13.3 inch screen… that’s bigger than expected…. no smaller than a MacBook!

Backlit keyboard… oh how I’ve been wanting that forever… and it’s always eluded me!

SO thin, and only 3 pounds… of course, it’s TINY.

2 gigs of RAM standard… that is way cool and way unexpected. That must be because it’s not expandable. wow.

DVI out…. well, “micro dvi” anyway. That’s good enough for me and was a huge requirement.

5 hours of battery life and super new LED screen… this thing is very environmentally friendly.

BUT….

The deal killer for me getting it… NO FIREWIRE!
 Oh, man, please don’t tell me that this means Apple is abandoning the standard that they invented and that is still far superior to USB. PLEASE. They already took it out of the iPods and iPhones, but now it’s missing from a Mac and that’s a first. I simply cannot have a mac that doesn’t have Firewire. The missing optical drive I can live with and even forget about, but Firewire is so essential to my everyday workflow that I will NOT give it up. 
 Do you hear me Apple? No Firewire, no me buy.

Check it out for yourself…

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs.html


here I come, Macworld!

Having the best airport salad EVER in the Bob Hope Burbank airport and
getting psyched for the future being bright 🙂

this is going to be the first industry tradeshow I've been to since
I've stopped collecting comics! and that was a long time ago for this
old man!