Tag Archive: iPhone

I would have fired Steve Jobs

STEVE JOBS HOLDING iPod

Recently I posted a blog, “Steve Jobs was a jerk,” where I proclaimed Jobs was so self-centered and obnoxious that if he worked for me I would have fired him. At that time I had read the first few chapters of the Steve Jobs book by Walter Isaacson and was disgusted by his hateful personality….

2012: the year David Sher conquers technology

Astro boy on-appletv

I received a voice mail from my wife telling me to bring home dinner. When I called her back, I heard our grandchildren screaming and crying in the background.  Instead of discussing dinner, my wife frantically yelled, “David, get home immediately and fix the TV so the kids can watch their DVD. This is not…

Could I survive without my smart phone?

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I attended a family reunion in Jacksonville, Florida last weekend.  I woke up extra early in my hotel room so I could go outside for a walk while the rest of my family slept.  It was dark so I used my iPhone as a flashlight to gather my clothes and get dressed.

Why do they call it a smart phone?

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I just bought an iPhone, but I have no idea why it’s called a phone.  Just like its brother, the Android, it’s way more than a phone.  It’s a small computer that also makes and receives phone calls. It seems like only yesterday when you wanted to… hear the news–you bought a radio watch a…