Much press has been devoted to the new Surface computer from Microsoft, and today I got a chance to see one, up close and personal. I went to the internal Microsoft presentation today, and I was shocked for the entire hour long presentation. Several factors struck me as revolutionary.
Computing now forces individual experiences. [...]
I’ve been MIA recently, but this time it was not my fault. I have not had internet access since Saturday morning. 5 days is basically an eternity in my life. I won’t tell you the story of my finally getting it, but, just so you know, all’s well now.
I am watching a long series of videos of an interview of Steve Jobs of Apple and Bill Gates of Microsoft. One particular piece of one video struck me. Basically, the two heads of their enormous companies agree that personal computers will not in fact change as I’ve outlined. Walt Mossberg of the [...]
American Obesity
I just arrived in Seattle, WA, having flown from Washington D.C. My flight lasted about 5 hours, give or take, and I spent the entire time thinking about obesity.
The woman next to me weighed no fewer than 300 pounds and my guess puts her at closer to 330. When I arrived at my [...]