Trying too hard

This week’s Macworld column cautions pundits and analysts to lift with the knees, not the back, when carrying all that water for Apple’s competitors.

Cherished delusions

This week’s Macworld column looks at the cherished delusions of John Dvorak, Joe Wilcox and our iPad mini obsession.

Reactionaries

This week’s Macworld column false equivalencies between Ice Cream Sandwich and iOS 6, a flight of fancy about the iPad and whatever Microsoft might have up its sleeve for Monday.

Executive suite

This week’s Macworld column looks at crazy comments by Dell and Google executives and then the Macalope ponders Steve Jobs’ legacy.

Serial jerkery

This week’s Macworld column takes on some unreasonable expectations for Tim Cook’s AllThingsD interview, some tastelessness from Gizmodo and Mike Daisey, hopefully for the last time.

A kinder, gentler Macalope

This week’s Macworld column features an intervention followed by the Macalope making nice with a silly pundit, but not before handing out a much-deserved goring with the help of a friend.

Cause and effect

This week’s Macworld column looks at 4-inch iPhone rumors, Google phones and Ultrabooks… again.

True originals

This week’s Macworld column looks at Ultrabooks, jerky publications that sometimes get it right and the iPad mini rumors.

Credulity incarnate

The Macalope explores the crazy things some people will believe in this week’s Macworld column.

Always with the negative waves

More good results from Apple, more gloom and doom from analysts. Just another day at the office for the Macalope in this week’s Macworld column.