Archive for February, 2008
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
OS X Needed Improvements for New Users
Ignoring Apple’s current and enormously successful “I’m-a-hipster-Mac-and-I’m-a-loser-pc” advertising strategy, I’ve come up with 6 items that I think should be included with with every Mac to make the system easier for brand new users and particularly for older new users. These issues come from my real-world attempts to teach my dad how to use his new Mac and the frustration he experienced with an operating system that—to his newbie eyes—behaved inconsistently.
Steve! Pay attention here, please! New users are feeling left behind with the MacOS!
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Renzo and I visit the Royal Ontario Museum Typewriters
My dear friend Renzo has been in town for a few days, on loan to us from his job in the math department at University of Michigan. Renzo is on a job-hunting and speaking tour in the final year of his post-doc, looking for a tenure-track position at a number of universities. The University of Western Ontario in London is interviewing him tomorrow, and I’m sure they’ll find him a great addition to their staff. I’m not sure about the photo. I don’t know him to have a birthmark, so I assume that’s water on his face, or perhaps war paint.
