• Jan 10, 2006

    Macworld - Day 1, part 2

    Apple announced some really cool stuff and I'm torn on if I should buy a new MacBook. Speed seems great, but I normally get new hardware every 2 years and it's only 18 months since my last machine. Also, it is 1.0 version of hardware and with AppleCare and enough RAM, it is over $3100 which isn't a drop in the bucket. iWork and iLife have some neat new features, but I don't exactly have time to look at it all.

    Talking to customers at Mark/Space booth was kind of cool. I did get to talk to Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal and it must be cool to know that you can make or break any tech product by writing about it; it really can make you have a swelled head.

    I'm completely exhausted and will have round 2 of talking to people tomorrow. I've been up since 4:50 am and it's almost 9 pm.

  • Jan 10, 2006

    Macworld - Day 1

    I'm headed up to Macworld today for what will probably be another decent show. The rumors are going rampant about what Steve Jobs will announce. Whatever it is, it should be decent. He also puts on a good keynote and that really excites the entire Mac community. This will also be a good chance for me to talk to users/customers as I'll be working at the Mark/Space booth. It's great talking to users to hear how they use our products and to show them what they can do. However, it always wears me out and I tend to lose my voice the first day. I'll post more later when I hear what gets announced.

  • Jan 9, 2006

    Rude people

    I was in the security line at the airport when someone behind me switched to another line and then switched back to my line in front of me. She didn't say anything, just cut in front of me. Uggh. I saw that she had a New York license; these kind of people give New Yorkers a bad name.

  • Jan 7, 2006

    Practical schooling

    Lately my wife and I have been talking about what skills kids need these days to "survive" in the real world. Reading, writing and arithmetic are great starts, but there are just some practical things that don't seem to be taught in school. For instance, knowing how to use credit (money isn't free and paying the minimum is going to take a long time to pay it off; however, the minimum has now doubled under recent banking changes), how interest rates affect borrowing power (each additional 1% increase in interest causes a big increase in monthly payments), how to balance a bank account, etc. While these items are all money related, there are other ideas, but I can't think of them right now.