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Daniel Lyons: Apple is Microsoft 10 years ago

September 8, 2008

Daniel Lyons, former Forbes writer and the man behind Fake Steve Jobs, has decided that the real Steve Jobs is turning Apple into what Microsoft was 10 years ago.

From a recent Newsweek column:

Not long ago Apple was just a niche PC maker selling to diehard fans who were quick to forgive (or even [...]

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Google adds Gears beta for Safari

August 28, 2008

No sooner do I post about Google Apps and mention the shortfall of not having Gears for Safari than does Google announces they are introducing Gears for Safari.

I have no real intention of testing this for a few reasons, but the main two are:

I don’t have a real need with my current workflow configuration. Everything I’ve [...]

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Google Apps Part 3: Making my online and offline workflows flow

August 26, 2008

Note: This is the final part of a three-part series on Google Apps, its advantages and how it fits into my workflow.

Like I said in Part 2 of this series:

Not everyone’s workflow is the same, and thus not everyone will use Google Apps the same. As I said, it has its limitations, and [...]

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Google Apps Part 2: Reasons I like and dislike Google Apps

August 26, 2008

Note: This is the second part of a three-part series on Google Apps, its advantages and how it fits into my workflow.

I discussed in this post what Google Apps includes and why I chose to use it. Google Apps provides a lot of advantages and a few disadvantages. First, let’s take a look at the [...]

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Google Apps Part 1: What is Google Apps and why I chose it

August 26, 2008

Note: This is the first of a three-part series on Google Apps, its advantages and how it fits into my workflow.

I was not an early adopter to Gmail or Google Docs. My reasons were not from fear of “big brother”, though those are valid concerns.

My reasons were much simpler:

I had an email address [...]

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