Edward Tufte, the guru of information graphics, uses the term Phluff to describe the effect PowerPoint slides can have on serious analysis. In The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint, he describes Phluff as “a preoccupation with format not content, an attitude of commercialism that turns everything into a sales pitch.”
Phluff is everywhere, and for the most [...]
With the recent introduction of the Modbook, MacBook Air and rumors of a coming refresh to the MacBook lineup bouncing across the ‘Net, I’ve started wondering what the ultimate law school laptop might be like.
It would of course run Mac OS X. It would have to cost less than $2k retail in the United States [...]
A friend of mine noted that the MacBook Air doesn’t incorporate a locking slot. He figured this was an oversight by Apple. I disagree. Here’s why:
Shortly Apple will announce AirForce, their proprietary new physical security paradigm. The MB Air knows its owner via a variety of biometric factors (body temperature, pheromones, skin pH, etc.). When [...]
I usually have a privacy law seminar on Tuesdays, but by random chance it was cancelled today. So a friend and I drove up to San Francisco to take part in the madness. We arrived at about 10:15, and waited 45 minutes for the expo hall doors to open. Then we waited in this cattle [...]
I don’t know what Steve Jobs will unveil at the MacWworld keynote on Tuesday morning. Nobody else knows either, but there are plenty of predictions. It’s a fun game. Will he roll out a subnotebook? Will a successor to the ill-famed Newton appear? What’s all this “Air” business about? Will iTunes be free, like air? [...]
