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New user? Thursday, October 5, 2000
Why Apple's Darkest Moment Isn't So Dark at All
I, Cringely: Don't Worry, Be Happy! -- "Why Apple's Darkest Moment Isn't So Dark at All"
As usual, Robert X. Cringely tells it like it is. Read this article.
Oh, but this is hardly Apple's Darkest Moment. I think that was back when they were "" that close to being bought by Sun.
Wednesday, October 4, 2000
Apple rallies troops after slump
ZDNet: News: Apple rallies troops after slump -- "Jobs reportedly told employees that the company plans no layoffs; a hiring freeze is in effect, Jobs said, with a few exceptions."
Also...
"Meanwhile, Jobs said, the company is considering scaling back a number of nonessential projects, although he reportedly did not identify which products would be affected by the cuts."
Someone rightly asked how projects could be scaled back without layoffs. Well, one way would be to reassign those people to essential projects -- if there are any programmers working on non-essential projects you can bet they'll be reassigned to the Mac OS X project, or some close derivative.
I've heard Apple had been hiring WebObjects developers like mad for their iServices department -- seeing as that's a pretty profitable business, I wonder if if it will be an "exceptional" area not to be hit with a hiring freeze.
My take on this whole Apple thing: (look at Jim the Apple pundit!)
The sky is NOT falling. Apple needs to admit the Cube is a failure, come up with another non-iMac computer that people can afford and would want to buy, fast. In the mean time cut the price of the Cube BIG time.. they have huge margins on the G4 and PowerBook, not sure about the Cube but they've got some room to work with, I'm guessing.
They need to do this so that confidence is up and no-one is predicting their doom when OS X is released, because confidence alone could make or break the OS X debut, I'm afraid.
I'm hearing from many PC and Linux/BSD users who are totally interested in buying Macs JUST so that they can run OS X -- yes it really is THAT good. They can't miss that opportunity.
Challenge to the Neurobiology community
Slashdot :Online 'Sand Mouse' Tests Neurobiologists
This is very cool stuff!
Yashin can already hear the boos
Yashin can already hear the boos -- "Alexei Yashin is back in Ottawa but after refusing to play last season, he can expect a steady chorus of booing every time he touches the puck this year."
It's too bad Ottawa needs his talents... otherwise they could bench the bum for this season too, just to make a point.
RE: Apple rallies troops after slump
I'm hearing from many PC and Linux/BSD users who are totally interested in buying Macs JUST so that they can run OS X -- yes it really is THAT good. They can't miss that opportunity
I know so many people (mostly BSD people) that are looking to buy a powerbook because of OS X. A turnkey portable BSD solution. Who else has that?
Not many portable turnkey Linux systems either.
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau's funeral tribute stirs talk of political potential
"It occurred to me that perhaps this was the first manifestation of a dynasty," said Claude Ryan, former Quebec Liberal leader.
Things are getting veeeerrrry interesting. Not only this but:
PM narrows down election date -- "Prime Minister Jean Chretien is calling on Liberals to defend Pierre Trudeau's legacy and they could be doing it for a Nov. 27 election."
That excites me because then I could focus on Canadian politics for a change instead of American politics! Yay!!!
BBC News | SCI/TECH | Giant wave could threaten US
BBC News: Giant wave could threaten US -- "put it this way: if I was living in Miami or New York and I heard that the Cumbre Vieja was erupting, I would keep a very close eye on the news."
The wave would be caused by the side of a volcano collapsing during an eruption and hitting the Altantic ocean.
Have you seen Deep Impact? Sounds like it'd be something like that.
Tuesday, October 3, 2000
About the Scripting.com Mail Pages
About the Scripting.com Mail Pages: What Steve Ivy Said...
But, let me add that since the DG has gone on vacation, the "tension level" when visiting Scripting News has gone waaaay down, and I've noticed Dave isn't writing as defensively anymore. I stopped reading Scripting News earlier this year, for quite a few months, because I just didn't need the stress of reading that site and "picking sides" in my head. I picked it up again when Radio UserLand was released.
Back to the good ole' days... (deep breath... sigh :-))
Another way we're back to the good ole' says... Frontier is free, Frontier's really a scripting tool again, and we're less than a year from Apple shipping it's new operating system*. (cough)
* but this time, UserLand's going with them!
PS: I nominate this song as song of the day: I can see clearly now
AUTONET.CA - Canada new cars & used cars, new car dealers, trucks, reviews, new car prices!
Why is it that the coolest cars always come out within two months of me getting a new car?
AUTONET: Nissan unveils electric Xterra -- "Nissan will unveil its fuel-cell powered electric Xterra concept in Canada on Oct. 16, 2000"
The Sherlock Files
Macworld, The Sherlock Files: Command F -- The Origin -- By Damien Barrett
But that's Mr. Barrett to you, thank you very much.
Way to go Damien!
Ars Technica: Mac OS X Beta - Page 1 - (10/2000)
Hey, software developer!
Want to be rich and/or famous? Read this article!
Ars Technica: Mac OS X Beta - Page 1 - (10/2000) (Page 1 of 16, by the way)
Especially pay attention to the section on the User Interface, specifically the "what's wrong with it" section.
Can you spell "3 r d p a r t y o p p o r t u n i t y"?
I kneeeeeewwww you could.
EOGenerator
If you're a WebObjects developer, and you don't use EOGenerator or something like it, you're wasting time.
Use it or lose.
