In 2015, the sole major improvement (or at least change) on the Mac platform was the introduction of a slimmer, lighter MacBook. But the MacBook wasn’t for everyone. For road warriors who didn’t need a lot of power, and could survive without having to hook up a bunch of extra stuff, it made perfect sense. […]

As many of you know, the Night Owl is pretty sensitive about keyboards, perhaps a bit obsessive. Spending hours typing every single day means that I want to be careful about what I choose. I’m not sure about my readers, but I know that the wrong keyboard — or at least the one that’s wrong […]

During his appearance this past weekend on The Tech Night Owl LIVE, commentator Peter Cohen suggested that Apple’s Jonathan Ive has a “thin fetish.” He didn’t make that statement to be provocative, but to suggest that Ive had taken some wrong turns in design in the interests of style over substance. So it makes sense […]

I like to think that I’m mostly reasonable. For example, I’m willing to experiment when it comes to improving my workflow. Being able to get products for review is an advantage, and it was that sense of adventure that established my career as a tech journalist in the early 1990s. Over the years, I sometimes […]