Just a Thought
by Vern Seward

Current Column

Why Free Wi-Fi? - October 30th, 2008

iPhone Whine and Cheese - October 10th, 2008

An iPhone! Finally! - August 15th, 2008

Seven Days (and Counting) Trying to Get an iPhone - July 18th, 2008

iPod nano Versus iPhone: Decisons, Decisions... - July 3rd, 2008

Is That An iPhone In Your Pocket... - June 3rd, 2008

On The Go With Google Docs, N800, And iGo - April 2nd, 2008

Thoughts On Razr2 And iPhone Sales - February 13th, 2008

Macbook Air: The Wrong Envelope - January 17th, 2008

Macworld Keynote: Getting Down To Business? - January 14th, 2008

Leopard Launch in Orlando - October 27th, 2007

Hi-Def FM Radio Tags That Song - October 1st, 2007

Apple's New Best Buy 'Shops' - September 5th, 2007

Vern's Apple September 5th Event Predictions - September 4th, 2007

Flash Memory - August 31st, 2007

A Look At Laptop Alternatives - August 24th, 2007

Vern's Crystal Ball - August 7th, 2007

Apple Set to Jump Into Another Market: Exclusive! - August 6th, 2007

Apple Moves Slowly, Surely Into Big Business - August 3rd, 2007

Zonbu: The Mac of the Future - July 20th, 2007

Apple Store: 240 Hours A. i. R. (After iPhone Release) - July 11th, 2007

Camera Bags - July 6th, 2007

The iPod/iPhone/eBook Connection - June 19th, 2007

Tripods - June 18th, 2007

WWDC Keynote Makes My Brains Go Boom - June 15th, 2007

A little Deeper Into Greenpeace's Response - May 4th, 2007

Post Processing Software - May 4th, 2007

Spin It! Spin It! - April 26th, 2007

DRM-free Music: A Baby Step In The Right Direction - April 24th, 2007

Delay Is OK - April 13th, 2007

My Apple Store Version 2.0 - April 5th, 2007

50 iPod Uses - April 2nd, 2007

Mail Weirdness - March 26th, 2007

We Need Better Archive Tools - March 15th, 2007

Hardware - March 14th, 2007

Getting Started - March 7th, 2007

You're Getting Sleepy...Sleepy: Pzizz - March 6th, 2007

On iPhone, AT&T/Cingular, Contracts, And Apple - January 26th, 2007

Cracked Carol: I'm Dreaming... - December 22nd, 2006

Mac Mobile - December 8th, 2006

What I Want For Christmas - November 28th, 2006

Solving the "Finding New Music" Quandary with Pandora - November 6th, 2006

iPod Shuffle: The Next 5 Years - October 27th, 2006

Apple's New Cards: Aces and Kings? - September 15th, 2006

Apple's New Cards: Aces and Kings? - September 14th, 2006

Power to the People - September 1st, 2006

August 2006

Too Soon To Zune - August 28th, 2006
Free TV Shows Equal New iPod - August 16th, 2006
More Free Stuff - August 4th, 2006

July 2006

Mapple? - July 28th, 2006
Blade On iTMS: Cool For Other Reasons - July 14th, 2006

June 2006

A Moment 20 years P.G. (Post Gates) - June 30th, 2006
Mac Upgrades For Fun And Profit - June 16th, 2006
iPod Killer? - June 2nd, 2006

May 2006

Visualizing Apple Virtualization - May 26th, 2006
iVote For iPhone - May 18th, 2006

April 2006

Vista: Blogger Has It... - April 19th, 2006

March 2006

Been There, Done That, Time to do it Again - March 20th, 2006
iPod Hi-Fi: Huh? - March 13th, 2006
Less than Brilliant - March 6th, 2006

February 2006

Inside the Photo Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show - March 3rd, 2006

February 2006

Conversations with Bi...er, Bob - February 27th, 2006
Are SI's Swimsuit Vids Too Naughty For Nice Apple? - February 20th, 2006
Lawsuit - February 7th, 2006
iPod Etiquette - February 2nd, 2006

January 2006

Conversations with Steve: MacBook Pro? - January 24th, 2006

December 2005

Cracked Carols: PC User's Lament - December 19th, 2005
Responses - December 19th, 2005
PC Stuff That should Be Mac Stuff - December 2nd, 2005

November 2005

The Light Fantastic - November 7th, 2005

October 2005

Conversations With Steve: 2 Minutes To Curtain...eed - October 20th, 2005
Apple's Seed - October 13th, 2005

September 2005

The Continuing Curse Of Crud-Mail - September 27th, 2005
More Stores! Should We Worry? - September 21st, 2005
No Boston? OK! - September 19th, 2005
Conversations With Steve: No, No Nano - September 13th, 2005
Summer Pix - September 7th, 2005
Random Giants - September 6th, 2005

August 2005

Keeping the Apple Smelling Sweet - August 19th, 2005
It's Good to be Human - August 12th, 2005
TPM? Get A Grip! - August 5th, 2005

July 2005

I like Podcasts, Honest! - July 28th, 2005
The Last Flight Of the Star Raider? (Part II) - July 1st, 2005

June 2005

The Last Flight Of the Star Raider? (Part I) - June 24th, 2005
Pondering Apple Portmanteaus - June 22nd, 2005
Ch-Ch-Changes - June 21st, 2005
Warming Up To Cold Fusion - June 10th, 2005
Decisions, Decisions... - June 7th, 2005

May 2005

Scan of the Beholder - May 31st, 2005
Good Apple: Bad Apple - May 26th, 2005
Tale of Two Tigers - May 5th, 2005

April 2005

Advertise, Please! - April 29th, 2005
Confused Over Tiger And Tiger Direct? So Am I - April 28th, 2005
The Chip of Life - April 22nd, 2005

March 2005

Is Apple Fostering The Criminal Element? - March 29th, 2005
Leeches - March 18th, 2005
Blackberry and Bluetooth - March 8th, 2005

February 2005

Is Dell Dissing Its Customers? - February 25th, 2005

January 2005

So Ends The PDA Fad - February 24th, 2005

January 2005

Mac Backer - January 28th, 2005
Many Ways To Ditch Your PC - January 26th, 2005
The iPod "Fad" - January 20th, 2005
Conversations With Steve - January 14th, 2005
Econo-Mac Revisited - January 7th, 2005

December 2004

Microsoft's New File System Still A Long Ways Off - December 28th, 2004
These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things - December 23rd, 2004
Geekier - December 20th, 2004
PSU Says PU To IE - December 14th, 2004
Foxy Firefox! - December 9th, 2004

November 2004

Thank-Ya! - November 24th, 2004
Human Pacman: The Next Big (iPod?) Thing! - November 18th, 2004
MTV/Cell Phone: No! - November 12th, 2004
Mac Users Won't Give Away Root - November 2nd, 2004

October 2004

A Mac in Every PC - October 28th, 2004
Apple's Sucky Remote - October 25th, 2004
David Pogue Points Out The Windows Paradox - October 22nd, 2004
Hey! I'm Workin' Here! - October 21st, 2004
iPod Pretenders - October 15th, 2004

September 2004

ÜberPod - September 27th, 2004
Zombies - September 24th, 2004
Pondering Remote Desktops In OS X - September 7th, 2004

August 2004

The Last Remote You'll Ever Need - August 23rd, 2004
Apple Can't Get No Respect - August 13th, 2004
Should The iPod/iTunes Club Be Exclusive? - August 13th, 2004

July 2004

Apple Enterprise, Please! - August 9th, 2004

July 2004

iPod and Me - July 23rd, 2004
Now Playing: iPodzilla vs IT Man - July 9th, 2004

June 2004

Cone of Silence - June 25th, 2004
Oh Boy! AirPort Express! - June 8th, 2004

May 2004

Benchmarks: Not Just For Geeks Anymore - May 28th, 2004
Sniffing Around For The Econo Mac - May 26th, 2004
iMovie Film Wows The Crowd At Sundance Film Festival - May 21st, 2004

April 2004

Are They For Real? - April 26th, 2004
A Matter of Style - April 16th, 2004

March 2004

Shopping At Best Buy - March 31st, 2004

February 2004

MyDoom.Gloom From An "Unaffected" Mac User - February 9th, 2004

January 2004

Is Microsoft Losing Its Grip? - January 30th, 2004
Are iTMS Rankings Becoming Important? - January 23rd, 2004

December 2003

Review - Logitech Pocket Digital 130: Good For What Ails You - December 24th, 2003
'Twas The Night Before Microsoft Warned Windows Users - December 17th, 2003
Update: What's Up With Uru For Mac? Cyan Answers - December 16th, 2003
Apple Tablet: Alive And Well With Robert Cringely - December 9th, 2003
iPod Envy (In iPod Season): Part Deux - December 2nd, 2003
Political Correctness& Technology Clash In LA - December 1st, 2003

November 2003

The School Daze Ahead - November 12th, 2003

September 2003

Windows: It's Broken - September 30th, 2003
IT Winds Are Shifting; Is That A Hint Of Apple Blossom In The Air? - September 15th, 2003
IT Diversity: Dif'rent Strokes For PC Folks - September 9th, 2003

August 2003

What's With The Microscope On Apple? - August 27th, 2003
Note To HP: It Takes More Than New Products, But Please Keep Trying - August 18th, 2003

July 2003

Can iChat AV & iSight Make Developers See? - July 28th, 2003
iTMS: Are Those Sour Notes I Hear? - July 4th, 2003

June 2003

Apple Store Envy - July 1st, 2003
AppleWorks Lament: In A Vacuum, No One Can Hear You Type... - June 20th, 2003
OMG! Steve 's Not Keynoting! - June 17th, 2003
Spam, I Am - June 12th, 2003
The Need For Speed, The 970, & The Marquis de Jobs - June 10th, 2003

May 2003

No Myst Sequel For Mac? Cyan Responds: Trying To Fund Mac Development - May 27th, 2003
Uru: Ages Beyond Macs? - Myst Developer May Blow Off Mac - May 27th, 2003
Of Using A Mac, Despite The Man - May 19th, 2003
Digital Hijacking - May 7th, 2003

April 2003

Buying Computers For Fun And Profit - April 7th, 2003
Biofuel Cells May Makes Desktop Macs Jealous - April 3rd, 2003

March 2003

Macs: Not Just For the Artsy Anymore - March 28th, 2003

February 2003

Taking Stock Of Apple - February 21st, 2003

January 2002

Dipping A Big Toe In The Mac Pool? Dive In! - January 24th, 2002
MWSF Announcements Bring Goodness To Mac Users, But There May Be An Eventual Price - January 8th, 2002

is a writer who currently lives in Orlando, FL. He's been a Mac fan since Atari Computers folded, but has worked with computers of nearly every type for 20 years.

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