Natalie Tootie

Recently at the All Things Digital conference, Microsoft showed an almost completely useless form of multi-touch technology they are preparing for the next version of Windows. The demoer moved some things around, zoomed them, rotated them. You know, things you do every day. As usual, Microsoft has completely missed the point. Apple was successful with [...]

Today someone adopted one of Kody’s sisters so she came to the gym to be picked up. She is a mini and is so cute and has a great personality. She is a black and tan and has no problem controlling her bigger brothers even though they are more than twice her size. She is [...]

I’m finding the stories at folklore.org to be entrancing. The most recent story I read was about how the Mac was priced. It’s so interesting to hear that it was originally intended to cost $500 or $1,000 but was eventually released at $2,499 because that’s how ex-Pepsi CEO, John Sculley wanted it. If Steve Jobs [...]

I’m currently in the process of reading all the entries on folklore.org. It’s a site maintained by Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original creators of the Mac with individual stories written by him and other members of the team. It’s interesting because the stores are first person accounts of the creation of some of the most [...]

One thing I’ve been trying to wrap my head around lately is the very fast and drastic changes that are happening in the computer and internet areas. These changes are huge, but there are a lot of people and companies that aren’t prepared to deal with or even see the changes that are happening. Hardware and [...]

So the iPhone SDK was announced and released in beta form today. They showed a version of AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) running on the iPhone. Do you know what this means? It means no more texting fees for iPhone users… because you don’t have to text. When Apple started selling the iPhone some people complained that [...]