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    Is Software Quality Getting Worse?

    April 29th, 2006

    On Wednesday morning, I learned about a new release of the world-famous peer-to-peer telephony application, Skype, and promptly downloaded a copy. The key new feature was native support for Intel-based Macs. Without thinking about it, I launched the application, saw it bounce in the Dock a time or two and then it stopped dead. I […]


    Firefox Update: Universal, But Not Much Better

    April 15th, 2006

    Although lots of you have settled on Firefox as your browser of choice for both the Mac and Windows environments, I remain on the fence, at least on my Mac. Sure, it opens pages quite speedily, and I like the fact that previously-viewed sites appear almost instantaneously when you click the back button. I also […]


    A Fast and Dirty Look at the Great iPod nano Conspiracy

    October 1st, 2005

    For a product that’s been out just three weeks, the iPod nano has surely kicked up a lot of fuss. At first, some wondered whether Steve Jobs was losing his mind discontinuing the extremely popular iPod mini in favor of the new Flash-based model. A few early reports claimed that sales of the nano weren’t […]