This column is very personal. The keyboards I use and find best for my needs are very much apt to disappoint many of you. In fact, I’m sure of it, but I hope you’ll look at the big picture. Once upon a time, my favorite keyboard was the Apple Extended Keyboard II. Introduced in 1990, […]

You know that, when a company turns out hundreds of thousands or millions of copies of a product, some will be defective out of the box. Others will fail a short time later. Despite the ubiquity of extended warranties to protect you after the initial warranty is up, some are skeptical. The theory goes that […]

I was 11 when I originally learned how to type. No, I didn’t take a course at school. In fact, my mom had rented a typewriter — an electric model — and gave me a few pointers on where to put my fingers. The rest I had to more or less figure out by myself. […]