Kari's journal » cool http://www.karijournal.com My personal tales, thoughts and musings about life, politics and other matters. Online since 2002. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:49:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 iPad http://www.karijournal.com/2010/01/30/ipad/ http://www.karijournal.com/2010/01/30/ipad/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:10:13 +0000 Kari http://www.karijournal.com/?p=721 I think the Apple iPad will be amazing and that most tech critics just don’t get it, because they are too distant from the needs of the casual users. Therefore I trust Steve Jobs on this rather than anyone else. Time will tell who was right and who was wrong.

Some quotes from the respected tech journalists on Apple devices in the past:

The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a ‘mouse’. There is no evidence that people want to use these things.

(John C. Dvorak on the introduction of the original Apple Macintosh in San Francisco Examiner, 19 February 1984)

No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

(Slashdot editor CmdrTaco comments on the release of the iPod, 23 January 2001)

The original iPhone was also almost universally criticised for lack of many features (some of which have appeared in iPhone 3G and 3GS). So with Apple it is best not to listen to the reviews, but try these things out on your own.

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This year’s PÖFF human rights programme includes great documentaries and films as well as exciting discussions.

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Go to www.berlininriga.com for more information about the events.

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It seems that it is really going to happen. I will be going to see the concert on 30 July.

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So far I think I’ve spent more than 10 euros at the App Store, and it has been open for two days only…

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It will not get better before there is accountability and stricter rules.

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It looks superduperhypercool and I am very very pleased with the outcome. Hopefully it will be as great to use as to look at.

Kitchen

]]> http://www.karijournal.com/2009/02/06/kitchen/feed/ 0 There’s an Estonian in every Apple Store http://www.karijournal.com/2009/01/15/theres-an-estonian-in-every-apple-store/ http://www.karijournal.com/2009/01/15/theres-an-estonian-in-every-apple-store/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:18:38 +0000 Kari http://www.karijournal.com/?p=608 So, I am buying Apple’s new earphones from Apple Store in Green Hills, Nashville, and had this conversation with the salesperson:

Me: “I’ll have these”

Salesperson: “Do you pay with credit card?”

Me: “Yes” Hand over my Hansapank MasterCard Gold

Salesperson works with the machine, it shuts down, gets a new battery, asks my e-mail address, I give it to her.

Salesperson: “What’s your Zip-code”

Me: “I don’t live in the US”

Salesperson: “Oh, where are you from?”

Me: “Estonia, it is in Europe”

Salesperson: “Are you with these guys there, they are also from Estonia?”

And there was a couple from Estonia in the Apple Store in Green Hills mall in Nashville jsut before closing time buying a MacBook. We had a brief exchange, I told I was here for to visit Vanderbilt and they said they were just visiting as well. So, you can really meet Estonians everywhere in the world…

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We will be in New Orleans until Monday morning, after which we go to Nashville, Tennessee. I will write more soon.

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I agree wholeheartedly, Barack Obama is the most significant person of 2008, and hopefully he will keep up the good work. 

TIME: Person of the Year 2008

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