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I mentioned about a month ago how I was considering setting up a second blog so I could more easily separate my personal and professional life. And yesterday, twice, I was reminded that there is a bit of an unusual overlap when I spoke to two people: one, the spokesman for a company I regularly [...]

My copy of iWoz arrived from Amazon this morning and I am mildly excited about reading it – much more than I thought I would be.
The book is selling itself as the first account of Apple founder Steve Wozniak’s view of this peculiar computer company. The blurb in the book is: “Having avoided the spotlight [...]

There is an ongoing fuss about the flat-fee of iTunes. Apple dominance of the MP3 player market with the iPod and it's very close tie-in with iTunes has meant that the computer company has been able to tell the music industry what to do so far.
And in Steve Jobs' wisdom that has meant a [...]

There's a lot of fuss around podcasts, but with each iteration of technology that hands production control to the individual, we are finding that it takes less time for high-quality content to appear.
I remember when the Internet was slagged off because it was just full of dorky Americans with pictures of their cars, and [...]

I’m taking a few days off writing the Sex.com book to cover what I believe to be a very important meeting in Geneva.
In fact, I write this from a hotel room in Geneva within spitting distance of the main train, tram, hotel, shop square called Cornavin.
Starting 10am tomorrow, for two days, the world’s governments, [...]

I love this. A new band is rocketing up the charts, is set to become the fastest-ever something and the biggest-selling something else. And it has all been done by word of mouth.
Yes, the Arctic Monkeys have come from nowhere, there are a symbol of the new Internet world where everyday citizens are bypassing traditional [...]

I've been pondering Apple's latest moves – namely, the shift to Intel processors and the various new and updated products that Jobs announced this week – and it struck me that Apple may be developing things *too fast*.
Obviously that sounds ridiculous in the context of the IT industry, but bear with me. Continuing on [...]

I've never really understood the collective madness that surrounds Steve Jobs keynotes. The Apple CEO is undoubtedly charismatic, and he does a great job of turning the already obsessive Mac maniacs into a frothing mass of excitement, but his announcements are starting to pick up a dangerous momentum all of their own.
“Steve” gave his latest [...]

Piece of mine in The Guardian today about the iPod and how Apple's history shows that the company may soon cock it all up and become just a bit player.
It's a shame the article was so short – 1,200 words – because the first draft covered the whole thing and gave greater overall clarity. [...]

Okay, this is really good news. Despite my reservations about the new video iPod – particularly the fact that Jobs' obsession with making it small has given it a ridiculous two-hour battery life – it turns out that Apple has fixed my main bugbear with all iPods – recording quality.
It is hard-wired into all [...]