I often get the feeling that some so-called tech writers would love to trade places with Steve Jobs. That way, they could direct the affairs of Apple and have it build the products they really want. Unfortunately, though it is real easy to be an armchair critic, actually running a multibillion dollar global corporation is […]

A clever way to divert attention from your own shortcomings is to talk about someone else’s, real or imagined. In business, you focus on the things your competitor supposedly does wrong, hoping they won’t stop to look more closely at your own failings. So we have Microsoft making a huge deal about an alleged “Apple […]