The “Apple is a religion” trop rides again in the face of good taste and making any sense at all!
Catechism failure
Apple — are you sitting down? — is a religion.
Category: More Macalope
Spin city
Rules that only apply to Apple.
This week’s Macworld column looks at the ridiculous standard to which Apple is held. Yes, again.
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.
Throwing the bathtub out with the bathwater
Publishing on the iPad is IMPOSSIBLE.
Today’s Macworld piece unsurprisingly finds the argument that the death of The Daily is because of the sins ofthe iPad.
Free range Macalope
New schedule with free columns on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Macworld has ended its Insider service. Starting this week, the Macalope will publish a Daily (single piece) on Tuesdays and Thursdays and a Weekly (three pieces) on Saturdays, all free.
Today’s piece looks at some wacky, alternate reality Apple coverage from down under.
Beleaguered Microsoft
The trouble with Microsoft.
This week’s Macworld column is all Microsoft, baby. Is it fair to call them beleaguered? Who cares?!
Four and a half years on
A brief history of mobile computing by Stephen Fry.
Stephen Fry provides a brief history of mobile computing that ends in a candid review of the Samsung Galaxy Note and includes a favorable mention of the horny one himself.
Day, week, month, year and possibly lifetime = made.
Living in denial
The Winotaur, Project Glass and Flashback.
This week’s Macworld column features a chat with the Winotaur, Google’s Project Glass and what some people seem to think we say about Mac security.
Macworld Insider clarification
Short story: the weekly column is still free, OK?
For some reason there still seems to be some confusion about the status of the Macalope’s work over at Macworld so let’s see if we can clear this up.
The Saturday column still exists and continues, as ever, to be free. The Insider content is all-new, Monday through Friday. Nothing has been taken away. In fact, the two overlap. While you don’t know it if you’re not an Insider, you’re getting some of the Insider content. We now have three weeks of this under our belts and each week it’s unfolded the same way: the Macalope has written five Insider pieces Monday through Friday and then used two of them in the (free) Saturday column as well as writing one new piece for the benefit of non-Insiders. It may not always work exactly that way, but that’s probably going to be how it’ll work most of the time.
Frankly, the Macalope feels that non-Insiders are getting a better deal than they were before. Why? Because they’re getting the pick of the best of the five Insider pieces (plus an original piece). If something new happens that affects a piece the Macalope published on Monday, he tries to edit that into the piece when it goes up on Saturday. Overall, the Saturday pieces are now longer, more thought out and better edited. Plus, now that he’s getting paid more to do this, he’s able to devote more time to keeping up on the issues, rumors and blathering of silly pundits, all of which is the animal lips that help make the delicious hot dog you, strangely, like to eat on Saturday morning.
Some people dislike the fact that Macworld includes a link to the Insider content in the non-Insider view. This is called “marketing”. Sorry. ESPN, which covers baseball among other sports, does the same thing. Baseball is the American pastime. What do you have have against the American pastime? That’s a joke, but marketing is actually another American pastime, so…
The two different Macalope columns are tagged separately. Check out the sidebar to the right here and you’ll see two links, one for Dailies, one for Weeklies. Use the one that best fits your lifestyle.
If you can’t justify the Insider subscription, that’s completely understandable. Just know that Macworld and the Macalope have tried to make an add-on that hopefully people enjoy and are willing to pay for. Nothing has been taken away from anyone and we hope it’s a deal that benefits readers as well as us.
And if you want to vent in the comments, go ahead. The Macalope won’t even mention that some other sites that put ads in their feeds don’t even give you a place to vent. Not even going to bring that up. Nope.
Introducing the Macalope Daily
Macworld, now with more Macalope!
The Macalope is thrilled to announce that Macworld Insiders can now get his sarcastic take on the Apple news every weekday. No more waiting until Saturday when you have to do your community service anyway!