Author Archives: Nick

Steve Jobs

I never met Steve Jobs personally and, like millions, I’ll always regret that. I was fortunate enough to see him in person a few times though.  The first was at  the keynote of Macworld San Francisco in 2001 when he introduced the word to iTunes with “One More Thing” of the Titanium PowerBook G4.  I waited [...]

It’s Cheaper to Change Carriers Than Upgrade to the iPhone 4S

The Brooks Review does the math and finds that it’s cheaper for AT&T iPhone 4 Users to change carriers than to upgrade to the iPhone 4S on AT&T. Obviously this isn’t true if you bought an iPhone recently, but if had your iPhone 4 for a while then it definitely holds true. According to this [...]

Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult

This GOP staffer has had enough: A couple of months ago, I retired [after a nearly 30-year career as a professional staff member on Capitol Hill]; but I could see as early as last November that the Republican Party would use the debt limit vote, an otherwise routine legislative procedure that has been used 87 [...]

CEOs rake it in while their corporations dodge taxes

The Institute for Policy Studies has a must-read report on executive pay over the last year. It’s shocking but, at the same time, not very surprising: We researched the 100 U.S. corporations that shelled out the most last year in CEO compensation. At 25 of these corporate giants, we found, the bill for chief executive [...]

That Day Has Come

Steve Jobs resigns: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come. Sad, but it looks like he’ll stick around as Chairman of the Board. Here’s another [...]