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Quicken is sort of not dead
As I was entering the South hall of Moscone, Intuit people were handing out "Quicken Online" flyers. I immediately thought that this was the end of Quicken for the Mac. Considering that Quicken still doesn't ran natively on Intel Macs, I didn't think this was strange. When I got to the Intuit booth, I was pleasantly surprised to see them demoing a successor to Quicken which I was told was a complete rewrite in Cocoa. However, as another blog has mentioned, it will be missing a number of features of Quicken 2007. As long as it is equivalent to Quicken 2005 (which I use), I'll be happy. One feature that struck me as a gratuitous use of Cover Flow is the ability to scroll through your accounts with a Cover Flow like view. It seems like a lot of eye candy; hopefully the product will be solid. We'll have to wait until September to see.
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Macworld Expo Newbie
Right before I saw Jesus, I was crossing the street and some guy was coming towards me handing out flyers. I learned a long time ago not to take stuff from strangers (Have you seen the people handing that stuff out? They really are strange.), so I steered clear. However, the guy next to me hadn't learned the same lesson; he was a bit older than me (and probably twice my width) and he pushed and shoved to get the flyer. I glanced over after he got it and saw that he got a flyer for porn or some smut like that. I almost burst out laughing, but just smiled.
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Coming within 20 feet of Jesus
Today as I was leaving Moscone West to head on over to Moscone South, I noticed a group of people at the corner, one of the women had an Apple badge that said Events (not an expo badge, but a permanent one); then I saw that she had an Exhibitor VIP badge holder for the Macworld Expo. I thought it was interesting, but continued walking. As I was waiting for the light to change so I could cross I heard some commotion behind me and saw Jesus, I mean Steve Jobs, in that group of people crossing the street with me. I'm kind of surprised that no one else even noticed or didn't say anything. With so many Mac fans absorbed in the reality distortion field, I expected some type of uproar.
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Macworld off to an excellent start (at least for me)
Even though Macworld Expo 2008 hasn't even started, it is off to a good start. 2 companies, Fujitsu announced the ScanSnap S300M (similar to the S300 which doesn't work on the Mac; the Mac specs aren't online, yet) and I.R.I.S. announced the IRIScan2. Both scanners are portable scanners similar to the Pentax DSMobile and make them perfect fits for ReceiptWallet and DocumentWallet. I'll go visit their booths tomorrow when I'm at the expo and check them out. The problem is that I have to buy 2 more scanners; just what I really needed!