Blog from the Loft

The battery in my 8 month old Mac Book Pro seems to be broken. I scheduled a late night appointment at the only Retail store in Boston, near my loft. 25 minutes later, I walked away with a replacement battery and a smile on my face. Those Apple guys and women are oh so nice. [...]

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I took some notes on one of the video explaining why the Omni Focus application design is so nice. I liked the analysis, but I actually gave up on the product itself. I now use Thing. However, these are the interesting design points:
Application’s feature is “shrink to fit” — The feature set is not overwhelming [...]

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Every so often I get one of these emails in my inbox. Today’s example:
Hello!
I have decided to join the ranks of half the people I know, and switch to
Gmail.
Therefore, effective immediately, please start emailing me at *xxxxxxx@gmail.com*.
I’ll keep receiving verizon.net emails for another month.
I hope you’re all well and that you have a lovely day!
Nothing [...]

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Long Story. Bear with me. A nice old man dropped into my office, asking if I am “so and so”. I wasn’t. Turned out he picked up a wallet on the street with ID’s in it. He wanted to return it.
I googled the name and found that he is most likely was visiting a client [...]

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I was at a conference today, held at a top class hotel. I had a lot of calls to make (or is it that I keep checking my emails?). Near the end of the day I am in dangerous red territories regarding battery life. I went to the concierge to see if they have a [...]

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Is the new iPod touch a fancy iPod music player, or is it an application platform that will become the next PDA of choice, the nex Palm Killer for the tech bunch? You decide.

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News from International Herald Tribune – Ford Sells Aston Martin. Maybe it’s growing up with James Bond, but Aston Martin will always be one of my fav brand. Has anyone notice the inside joke in Casino Royale, when James Bond first arrived, he drove a — Ford. Only after his first little success he got [...]

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This is a great story. Saska got her son’s Nintendo Wii fixed, in probably the best way possible. Read about it here
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What? No? Sure, the iPhone is “cool”, “unbelievable”. I agree. But all the buzz is shadowing the really important Apple product — Apple TV. This is such a well conceived device. It solves ALL of my home media management problem, and I am not even a Mac user. What will the Apple TV do?

I can [...]

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Writing with pen and paper used to be a basic skill. Now it is becoming a lost skill. Schools do not teach hand writing skills much anymore. Typing seems to be more important. This is no good. Going forward perhaps the only way to get children and adult to be better at hand writing is [...]

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