Apple has a long history of producing winners: Apple, Apple II, the Macintosh, PowerPC, iMac, iPod, iPhone, and pretty much every laptop that they ever produced have met with almost universal praise There is a side of Apple that we rarely see, perhaps because of all the success, perhaps because they have learned from them, mostly because the vision and practicality of Steve Jobs have kept them out of the ditch

Lately, the news has come in flooding waves for me The election, bailouts, and endlessly horrible employment news have washed over me, and left a sort of numb feeling in place of my usual optimism

The last election brought some interesting changes to the USA You might say it brought "The Change" that some of us were looking for

My hands clutched the door handle tightly I was angry with my relatives, and frustrated with the fact that my parents weren't taking a stand for her

You can't turn on a television, read a magazine, or listen to a celebrity interview these days, without hearing it

As of 2007, Microsoft decided to start elevating user experience to a first class citizen The key word there is "start"

A year ago, I made the best and worst mistake of my life: I messed up my GRUB boot list, and didn't have the wherewithal to fix it I was so frustrated, that I chose to abandon the Microsoft axis altogether

Often, I hear people wish for a simpler, more honest time I've heard from older relatives regarding the "Good Ole' Days"

How many times have you or significant other said it: "We're running out of space here Maybe you just got married, or had a child, or maybe you've been in the same place for the past 10 years

Are we as Americans post-truth Possibly, but we may just have diluted the meaning or concept