I dig technology, but tend to be a late adopter. One of the few exceptions was in June 2009, when I was quick to jump on the Palm Pre. The iPhone Killer. Sprint's first real smartphone. It was a revelation, the device.
Just look at that baby. The Sprint Palm Pre, circa 2009.
Slide-out keyboard, cards you…
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For a reminder of the big picture issue in health care, former Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm's Sunday opinion piece in the Denver Post is well worth a look. Lamm has been writing about this issue since the mid-1990s, and federal deficit and spiraling costs have moved events increasingly into his philosophical sights.
The piece argues that…
Why do space missions go over budget? John Kelly of Florida Today did a solid summary of some of the key issues in his Saturday column, based, it looks like, on a Government Accountability Office report on the same topic. The key points are similar to those I made here based on my experience writing…
Expedia sounds Latin, really, so I thought I'd match it up with some other Latin words so I could share some insights, as a disgruntled customer, more widely than Expedia might prefer.
Expedia, the travel web site, is to thank for my unplanned overnight stay in Kansas City, which is, checking Google Maps on my phone,…
For those who had forgotten, The New Yorker's most recent issue has reminded us once again that it is America's best magazine. You've got Anthony Lane visiting Pixar, Malcolm Gladwell revising the revisionist history of Xerox PARC, and a raft of top writers riffing on Pakistan/Afghanistan, among other stories.
You have to read The New Yorker strategically. A thorough treatment…