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Pointless exercises

Were these three trips really necessary?

This week’s Macworld column looks at the pointless exercises our technology pundits undertake. Is it ever too early to ask if Apple’s close to going out of business? It helps if you apply a set of Apple-only standards. And we know nothing about it, but let’s judge the iPhone 5!

Author The MacalopePosted on August 11, 2012Categories iPad, iPhone, Mac Blogs, Silly PunditsLeave a comment on Pointless exercises

A bad joke

Joke’s on us!

John Dvorak, a college professor and a troll walk into a bar…

And it goes downhill from there.

Author The MacalopePosted on July 28, 2012Categories iPad, iPhone, Mac Blogs, OS X, Silly Pundits2 Comments on A bad joke

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

Cherished delusions

Pundit delusions and the iPad mini.

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

Author The MacalopePosted on July 7, 2012Categories iPad, Mac Blogs, Silly PunditsLeave a comment on Cherished delusions

Personality disorder

Tech personalities. What are you gonna do with them?

The Winotaur, John Dvorak and RIM all get the horns in this week’s Macworld column.

Author The MacalopePosted on June 30, 2012Categories iPad, iPhone, Silly PunditsLeave a comment on Personality disorder

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

Serial jerkery

Silly expectations, Gizmodo and Mike Daisey get the horns.

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.

Author The MacalopePosted on June 2, 2012Categories Apple Corporate, Mac Blogs, Silly PunditsLeave a comment on Serial jerkery

A kinder, gentler Macalope

Security, wedgies and the Apple television.

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.

Author The MacalopePosted on May 26, 2012Categories iPhone, Mac Blogs, Rumors, Security, Silly PunditsLeave a comment on A kinder, gentler Macalope

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