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David Stone's avatar

This added to the pleasure I had in reading the book. Pogue has the gift for making readers feel like they're swapping stories across a table in Starbucks, except that Pogue's are so much better.

Steve Lesgold's avatar

Definitely not self-aggrandizing! I've followed you since the late eighties. I love when you recount your personal stories. I'm enjoying the book immensely. I prefer reading slowly, a little bit at a time, so I can savor it, which means it will be awhile before I finish.

Stellastration's avatar

Those were great stories! Especially that last one. Kudos! Now I know who to thank, because I am a screenshot-alcoholic.

Mandaue's avatar

Note that WiFi wasn’t invented by Apple, but (as the article states) Apple promoted WiFi and showed the mass market how it could be useful.

A couple of years before that 1999 demo, there were already WiFi pcmcia cards for sale from Orinoco. My workplace used them with Windows laptops

Mark Van Patten's avatar

Re: poll

When the company was paying, Apple. When I was paying, Windows PCs then Chromebooks.

Tom O'Connor's avatar

Great stories from the book! Too busy trying to release my own indie published books.

Kentkb's avatar

The first time I met and talked with you was at MacWorld San Francisco. Perhaps the day of the Steve Jobs iPhone announcement there?

Anyway I do miss MacWorld, but once Apple pulled out, what was the use.

Hearing a clear voice about Apple and its products is very well, indeed.

Thank you for doing that.

Cheers,

Kkb

Bernard Leeds's avatar

What they should do next: AI to fill out IC3 & FTC forms of spam complaints after filtering spam from your inbox & screening your calls!

Liquid ass unnecessary. And stop moving controls and making you click more to do things that used to require less effort!