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I so want to join the Apple - MacBook Family, but I have unforunately picked up a horrendous addiction to EVDO.

Allegedly, Sprint is coming out with a dongle-type deal that will serve the same purpose, so what us worry?

Also, Microsoft Office in Universal Binary, please.

It’s the new hip expression, courtesy of Ivanka Trump from the Apprentice. I can already imagine using it.

“That Steven Speilberg movie is a OneTimeWear.”

(I did that for you, Miss Kathy Griffin)

Wired News: Whistle-Blower’s Evidence, Uncut:

       02:00 AM May, 22, 2006

Former AT&T technician Mark Klein is the key witness in the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s class-action lawsuit against the telecommunications company, which alleges that AT&T cooperated i

…because it loves me. (Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia)

This article: Review: iWeb’s enhancements are exactly what it needed - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) discusses new enhancements to Apple’s iWeb application for publishing photos and blogs. I know I am supposed to be a good citizen and use Apple software for everything, but this isn’t quite there yet for me. The comments thing is super cool - this means that they set up some back end database thing for iWeb on .Mac? Or did they just append the comment text to the HTML files that iWeb creates?

All of the Apple templates are very cool, though. One day I should figure out a way to have iWeb render Wordpress templates. Maybe that’s a nice project.

It’s funny for me to be reading a book with this title, after finishing The Toyota Way earlier this year. It’s even funnier when I compare the content between the two books. One is about what many term a “boring,” but incredibly successful company (Toyota Motor) and the management system they have created that has since been transplanted all over the world as a paragon of discipline and efficiency.

And then there’s The Apple Way, which describes management as essentially the lack of management and discipline. There’s a quote in there that the difference between Apple employees and the Boy Scouts is that the Boy Scouts have adult supervision. At the same time, Apple has a much better record on diversity than the Boy Scouts. Which illustrates the fascinating part. Apple is an interesting company that makes interesting products and pursues an approach that is contrary to established business practices. And we all benefit.

In the realm of solid management principles, I don’t really think it’s reasonable to write or read a book like this with that in mind. The little synopses at the end of the key points are a bit much. C’mon, this is basically an interesting soap opera. There’s only one Apple Computer.

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