I’m going to take a break from writing about slide design and slideware for a moment to tackle another subject: Snow Leopard. As you’re probably aware, Apple’s newest OS, Snow Leopard (OS 10.6) was released barely more than a week ago. Pundits all around have been quick to criticize the OS release, citing reasons for [...]
If there’s one thing that’s certain about presenting, it’s that we can expect the unexpected. This is especially true when presenting our slide deck on someone else’s equipment. There’s the potential for breakdown and all sorts of mishaps. One such risk that we face is the host computer not using the same version of PowerPoint [...]
Yeah, I haven’t posted here in a while. However, if you’ve been following me on Twitter, you’ll know I haven’t exactly been doing nothing. Now, I saw this today, which I’m sure has Steve Ballmer throwing chairs: That would be a Macbook Pro. The other woman to her right also [...]
Well, this ought to give the Microsoft cultists seizures. According to Piper Jaffray’s chief Apple analyst, the Mac’s market share in the consumer space is now at 21% in the US and 10% world-wide. Almost every day, I’m surrounded by people who consider using any non-Microsoft product is heresy. Much to their chagrin, I was [...]
I’ve been doing a fair bit of thinking lately, and perhaps my previous post about Windows users was a bit hasty. You see, Windows does have 90% of the market. That must mean they’re doing something right. There’s no way they would have gotten that market share without being the best platform. Well, the [...]
I can’t name names either directly or indirectly, but experiences today have solidified in my mind the fact that Windows also has a monopoly on closed-minded people. They just can’t comprehend an OS that doesn’t behave just like Windows. They can’t open their minds to other ways of doing things. If you sit anything in [...]
I found this nice little nugget suggesting why Apple won’t take over the industry the way Microsoft did. He’s not suggesting that Apple’s success won’t continue or that it won’t continue gaining market share at the expense of Microsoft, but that Apple won’t be the next Microsoft. He makes the excellent point that the [...]
