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January 22, 2009
The Cook Doctrine at Apple - Go West
http://gowest.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/01/22/the-cook-doctrine-at-apple/?source=yahoo_quote
Asked the inevitable first question about how the company would function without Jobs, Cook let loose the following, courtesy of Seekingalpha.com, a monologue I'm labeling the Cook Doctrine, that he appeared to deliver extemporaneously:
We believe that we are on the face of the earth to make great products and that's not changing. We are constantly focusing on innovating. We believe in the simple not the complex. We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products that we make, and participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution. We believe in saying no to thousands of projects, so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us. We believe in deep collaboration and cross-pollination of our groups, which allow us to innovate in a way that others cannot. And frankly, we don't settle for anything less than excellence in every group in the company, and we have the self-honesty to admit when we're wrong and the courage to change. And I think regardless of who is in what job those values are so embedded in this company that Apple will do extremely well.
Color me impressed... :-)
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January 8, 2009
Belarc Advisor - Free Personal PC Audit
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Another useful tool, this one will tell you what's installed on your Windows computer.
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Eraser | Heidi - Internet Security and Privacy
http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
I've now had 2-3 people ask me how to 'securely erase' a hard drive before donating a machine to a school / e-recycling program / etc. This looks good...
Another option I (also) haven't actually tried running is:
http://www.cezeo.com/products/disk-redactor/
Posted by aland at 9:27 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
January 3, 2009
How To: Access your iPhoto '08 Library from your browser | TheAppleBlog
http://theappleblog.com/2007/11/06/how-to-access-your-iphoto-08-library-from-your-browser/
I finally got so annoyed at not being able to navigate directly to my photos that I figured out (um... googled) how to do it. ;-)
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January 1, 2009
Geek to Live: How to move an iTunes library from a PC to Mac (and back)
http://lifehacker.com/software/itunes/geek-to-live--how-to-move-an-itunes-library-from-a-pc-to-mac-and-back-242468.php
Not that I'm likely to ever move my iTunes library to a PC, but this is still good info to have handy. :-)
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