This Old Mac

By Ryan Vetter It seems like just yesterday that all one had was an Atari, a phone book, and a TV. That was pretty much it before the dawn of Personal Computers. Sure, we had libraries, but nothing like what computers, and the internet, have brought to our homes. During this pre-information age time, we could only dream of having the amounts of information at our finger tips that we know take for granted. The idea of the information age was ... Read More

By Ryan Vetter Let's face it, the iPad, Apple's latest device, is nothing like the Apple Newton. While the Newton was a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) meant for vertical markets, the iPad is a media tablet with full computer functionality. Forget everything you knew about a stylus. I won't bore you with dogmatic categories, a top ten list on why this will be successful, etc. Let me just say publicly that this device will be a success. Eventually, ... Read More