[MyAppleMenu] Nov 29, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Friday, Nov 29, 2002

MyAppleMenu : Top Stories
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That Finder Thing (John Gruber, Daring Fireball)
<http://daringfireball.net/2002/11/that_finder_thing.html>
UI design decisions at Apple are now in the hands of people who do not understand good UI design. What makes it sad is not just that Apple’s standards used to be so much higher, but that there are still so many talented designers working there.

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Turns Sour On Local Telco Tyro In Logo Zone (Luke Mcllveen, News.com.au)
<http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5586853%255E15306,00.html>
US-based Apple Computers was adamant that Daniel Cheng's Sydney-based Apple Communications was stealing its custom adn ordere him to change his company name and pay $100,000 in "compensation".

New "Switch" Advertisement Online (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=17534>

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Sweetness (George Emerson, Globe And Mail)
<http://news.globetechnology.com/servlet/GAMArticleHTMLTemplate?tf=globetechnology/TGAM/NewsFullStory.html&cf=globetechnology/tech-config-neutral&slug=RO12TECH&date=20021129>
Looks great, works great, Apple's iPod raises the bar for portable music players.

A Monitor With Broad Appeal (Stephen H. Wildstrom, BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2002/tc20021202_8070.htm>
The wide-screen Personal Entertainment Display from Sony takes the pain out of spreadsheets and makes editing photos a pleasure.

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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Wireless World (Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/11/25/021125opwireless.xml?s=rss&t=wireless&slot=6>
I'm afraid the old union guys got it right: The harder you work, the more the bosses expect from you.

Homebound But Plugged In (Yuki Noguchi, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43539-2002Nov26.html>
Rolling out wireless internet access, Maryland firm starts with seniors.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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In Media Res (Paul Krugman, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/29/opinion/29KRUG.html>
Will the economic interests of the media undermine objective news coverage?

MyAppleMenu Reader : Science & Tech
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Wireless World (Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/11/25/021125opwireless.xml?s=rss&t=wireless&slot=6>
I'm afraid the old union guys got it right: The harder you work, the more the bosses expect from you.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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>From 'Hanukah' To Eternity (Paul Farbi, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52235-2002Nov28.html>
What's so funny about identifying who's a Jew? Why is Sandler's song so entertaining to so many people -- particularly Jewish people?

Telling It Online: It's A Man's World (Isn't It?) (Lisa Guernsey, New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/28/technology/circuits/28blog.html>
Where were the women?

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Whither Singapore Inc? (The Economist)
<http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1465814>
Singapore's unique brand of capitalism needs an overhaul. Will Ho Ching do the right thing?

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