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AI’s VisiCalc Moment

April 3rd, 2023 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips AI has moved from interesting to actual work. This is much like the arrival of VisiCalc, which changed the home computer from hobby to actual work. I was still in college the first time I saw an Apple computer. It was so new and odd that the Apple II just sort of […]

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Tags: Apple · Artificial Intelligence · Change · Chaos · Technology

Welcome Back to the Office (?)

August 12th, 2021 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Folks long for the good old days. That includes rich and famous CEOs. Tim Cook is ready for Apple’s workforce to return to the office building. Many in Apple’s workforce don’t want to return to the office building. Tim Cook is ready for Apple’s workforce to return to the office building. Did […]

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Tags: Apple · Employment · Expectations · Leadership · Remote Work · Work

Two Side Notes from Apple WWDC 2015

June 9th, 2015 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips I watched the WWDC speeches on Monday. I noticed two things. (1) Everyone at Apple is a huge Golden State Warriors basketball fan. Funny, I don’t recall any mentions of that team in any of the past Apple big events. Either I missed those mentions or the Apple folks are phoney jump-on-the-bandwagon […]

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Tags: Apple

A Lesson about using Apple Computers

July 26th, 2012 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips I learn how NOT to backup an Apple computer. Apple has a piece of software called “Time Machine.” It automates backups. The software puts all the files on the computer disk into a “big ball of bytes” on a backup disk. You must have Time Machine to access the individual files in […]

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Tags: Apple · Computing · Learning

Google to the Rescue

July 23rd, 2012 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips My iMac disk dies so I have to recover everything from backup. But wait, not everything as my Google world is still there. Short story about my Apple iMac computer. I was updating the operating system and the installer froze the machine. The guy at the Reston Apple Store was very helpful. […]

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Tags: Apple · Computing · Google

A Request for a Touchscreen Television

September 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips We need a touchscreen television that interacts just like an iPad. At least we need one in my house. I have the original iPad with WiFi only. I like it and have learned a lot by having it. My main use for it is: Showing kids’ videos to my grandson (2 1/2 […]

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Tags: Apple · Family

The Technology Imperative

June 7th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips The Technology Imperative states that if a new technology exists, we need it. Logic and business school lessons don’t matter. It happened again this week. I was visiting someone at their office in another building. The man I was visiting was slouched over in his chair with a face that asked, “Why […]

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Tags: Apple · Culture · iPad · Meetings · Requirements · Technology

The iPhone Prototype

April 29th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips An Apple prototype is found in a bar. A stream of events ensue where no one seems to do the right thing. That is too bad. This story won’t seem to die. A basic timeline: Person #1 carries an Apple iPhone prototype out of the facility Person #1 loses the prototype in […]

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Tags: Apple · People · Privacy · Problems