Hangn’ at the Mall
I will lose eight hours of my life because of Apple, and I begrudge it. My iPhone is two years old and well, it’s not as it used to be. The battery lives for the next charger cord like an…
I Beat Apple
I won a lawsuit against Apple. I was awarded a cash settlement for my entire claim. Ha! How many people win against Apple? I’ll bet not many. I have been a loyal Apple customer for 37 years. As I described…
Premium Stupid (to the core)
Apple pitches itself as a high-end customer focused premium service company. I think the employees actually believe that this is the level of service they are offering. They are delusional. At Apple when you need to talk with a customer…
I’ll Be Seeing Apple in Court
In December 2016 I purchased a MacBook Pro. It was their best and latest model which was just announced. This has been a terrible computer. Advertised as having “All Day Battery Life” and a battery life of “Up to 10…
Chuck and Tim
Last week I attended Cisco Live – an excellent and informative event. This year the event overall was focused on Cisco’s next generation of networking or Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA). As DNA was announced the previous week, there were…
Apple is Out of Gas
I write about Apple a lot because I think they are an excellent management example. Everybody knows about them so they can observe my points using their own experience. It’s very clear that Apple is out of gas. When Steve…
Apple’s Most Clever Feature
Since the death of Steve Jobs, Apple hasn’t actually done a lot to wow me. It’s like after the death of Walt Disney. The company carried out the known visions of the founder, but they seemed unable to innovate. But…
Cisco’s iPhone Moment
The iPhone changed the world, and every company wants its products to be the next iPhone. Unfortunately, products with the disruptive force of the iPhone are inherently rare in part because there are few products with such mass, global appeal….
The Fast Lane for iOS
Last August Cisco and Apple announced a partnership to improve the usability of Apple iOS devices in enterprises. A partnership to create a fast lane for iOS business users by optimizing Cisco networks for iOS devices and apps, integrating iPhone with…
Don’t Pay $150 to Fix Apple Touch Disease
Every Apple user that I know of has their screen become unresponsive. You go to answer your phone and you just cannot slide the control to answer it. Or, you try to touch an icon on your home screen and…
The Frickn’ TouchBar
I’m using one of the new MacBook Pro computers with the TouchBar. Apple missed the one thing that I would most like: To have a custom global TouchBar with these functions: Cut Copy Paste Paste Without Formatting Capture Area Capture…
MBA Apple Edition
I am an unfortunate owner of a new Apple MacBook Pro. I have been a huge fan of Apple. I have carried a MacBook Pro laptop for many years. I can even run Windows on it. I have loved Apple…
Why I Gripe Yet Still Buy Apple
A little over five years ago I switched from Windows to Apple products in my personal life and at work. I did it because I was just exhausted by Windows being so “needy” and buggy. I was traveling more and…
Surface Pro Winning Mac Fans?
There’s a very popular news story this week about the Surface Pro computers winning over Macbook Pro customers. From The Verge Microsoft has been targeting Mac users with its Surface commercials recently, and it appears they might be paying off….
My New MBP Touch-Bar
One of the nice things about my job is that I get to have new things whenever I want them. Despite having pretty much an unlimited budget, I don’t actually tend to upgrade all that much. My old laptop was…
USB-C and the New MacBook Pro
It’s time to start thinking about USB-C. A couple of years ago I wrote about USB-C and I predicted that it would take over and become a major new standard. Its taken a lot longer than I would have guessed,…
Apple and WeChat
I keep getting asked what I think of the new “consumer” messaging services like Apple’s text messaging where you can draw and send emojis. Worldwide, WeChat and WhatsApp lead the way. I hear that WeChat has over half a billion…
Sad that Apple Intentionally Cripples its Products
There have been quite a few articles talking about how Apple has been crippling their Verizon/Sprint iPhone 7 phones to force them to go slower than the hardware allows. The story you will hear is a bit different from the…
The Problem with Operations People
It’s hard to understand something you don’t understand. When I watch Cirque du Soleil live it looks so effortless. I have had the opportunity to talk with Cirque performers and have come to realize how much work and talent it…
iSchadenfreude
Finally – Apple is falling. I take a little joy in this post because it’s been hard being a PC type during the rise of Apple. I will be the first to admit that Apple devices have offered a superior…