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Small sample sizes

Sample sizes so small they may not even exist!

This week’s Macworld column asks the musical question “How small can a sample size get?” How’s less than one strike you?

Author The MacalopePosted on December 29, 2012Categories iPhone, Mac Blogs, Microsoft, Silly PunditsLeave a comment on Small sample sizes

It’s a wonder

The Surface, an Apple television and Tim Cook walk into a bar…

This week’s Macworld column checks in on the Surface with the Winotaur, speculates on an Apple television and looks at imagined reasons why Tim Cook did an interview.

Author The MacalopePosted on December 8, 2012December 8, 2012Categories Mac Blogs, Microsoft, More Macalope, Silly Pundits2 Comments on It’s a wonder

CEO chatter

Ballmer! Bezos! Cook! And the pundits who love them.

This week’s Macworld column looks at three CEOs: Steve Ballmer, Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook.

Author The MacalopePosted on November 3, 2012November 3, 2012Categories iPad, Mac Blogs, Microsoft, Silly PunditsLeave a comment on CEO chatter

The sincerest form of jerkery

Apple v. Samsung reaction and it’s not copying, people, it’s natural evolution!

This week’s Macworld column looks at the response to the Apple vs. Samsung trial outcome and asks, is anyone really copying Apple? (Spoiler: yes.)

Author The MacalopePosted on September 1, 2012Categories iPad, iPhone, Mac Blogs, Microsoft, Silly PunditsLeave a comment on The sincerest form of jerkery

Vacation interuptus

Why can’t the Macalope take a week off?

This week’s Macworld column, the column that was not supposed to be, asks the musical question, “Why can’t the Macalope take a vacation?”

Author The MacalopePosted on August 18, 2012Categories Mac Blogs, Microsoft, Silly PunditsLeave a comment on Vacation interuptus

Tablet trouble

The iPad feature set and market share and so long “Metro”.

This week’s Macworld column looks at the unsurprising features the iPad doesn’t have, how the iPad killing is going and Microsoft’s name game.

Author The MacalopePosted on August 4, 2012Categories iPad, Mac Blogs, MicrosoftLeave a comment on Tablet trouble

Climb every mole hill

Mole hills into mountains. It’s hard being a pundit!

This week’s Macworld column looks at the mole hills that pundits try to make mountains out of.

Author The MacalopePosted on July 21, 2012Categories iPad, iPhone, Mac Blogs, Microsoft, Silly Pundits1 Comment on Climb every mole hill

Trying too hard

Don’t throw your back out, pundits and analysts!

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.

Author The MacalopePosted on July 14, 2012July 18, 2012Categories Hardware, iPad, Mac Blogs, Microsoft, Silly Pundits2 Comments on Trying too hard

Slippery Surface

The Surface is here and the iPad is DOOOOOMED!

This week’s Macworld column looks at the reaction to the Microsoft Surface and how DOOOOMED the iPad is. (Totally doomed.)

Author The MacalopePosted on June 23, 2012Categories iPad, Microsoft, Silly PunditsLeave a comment on Slippery Surface

Reactionaries

Ice Cream Sandwich vs. iOS 6, false history of the iPod and Microsoft’s Monday announcement.

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.

Author The MacalopePosted on June 16, 2012Categories iPad, iPhone, Mac Blogs, Microsoft, Silly PunditsLeave a comment on Reactionaries

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