I am on my way to Italy for “WinSchool” training (more on that later) and decide to stop in Madrid for a couple of
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Category: The Mac Factor
A is for Apple
In a recent study, “The Power of the Internet for Learning: Moving from Promise to Practice,” the federally funded Web-based Education Commission, reported that
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MWSF ’01 – All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter
MacWorld, San Francisco has come and gone. We’ve seen some exciting announcements; we’ve seen some blatant omissions; and we can’t help but note that,
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Carpe Diem (Seize the Day)
As I noted in an earlier column, Apple appears to be in trouble partly because the company experienced its first quarterly loss in three
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The MacFactor
Taking Stock of WallStreet
Taking Stock of WallStreet I recently purchased one of the new G3-based ‘WallStreet’ Powerbooks from macbase.com, a mail order site I found at maccentral.com.
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Office 98 First Impressions
In the good old days, when Apple was selling every Mac it could make and developers were tripping over each other to introduce the
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The Why Files
Episode 3 – Mad Cows and Englishmen
Sulky thought it very chivalrous of the Apple CEO to offer his mansion as a place she could recover from the byte of
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Nothing Was Delivered
Nothing was delivered But I can’t say I sympathize With what your fate is going to be, Yes for telling all those lies. Now
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The Why Files – Episode 2 – First Contact
The Gateshead had been exploring the Strata-9 Galactic Ring for some time now and the crew was ready for a break having just
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Still the Only Education Game in Town
Purchasing computer equipment for schools used to be a relatively simple task. When programs like PageMaker, Illustrator, FileMaker, PowerPoint, and the WIMPS version of
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The Why Files
By Mick O’Neil Special Agent Wolf Mutter sat on the park bench overlooking the Potomac River and fidgeted with his Washington Post. Though the
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Confessions of an Accidental Evangelist
By Mick O’Neil Having been raised an Irish Catholic, the word “evangelist” evokes religious overtones. Webster defines it in terms of “one of the
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Think Again, Think Technical Support
In the early days of Apple Computer, when the company shipped equipment that required hands-on intervention by the customer, Apple worked hard to create
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Paradigm Paralysis and the Plight of the PC in Education
By Mick O’Neil When Apple introduced the successful Apple II series, the company also went a long way toward defining what we mean by
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