Having grown up with computers, I am nostalgic for the good old days of DOS and Windows and vintage Macs. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to use these kinds of vintage computers for day to day tasks, but I have fond memories of these outdated machines. But despite my nostalgia for old software, …
Have you ever wondered why the keys on your keyboard are arranged the way they are? Why do they start out with QWERTY instead of ABCDEF? Why aren’t the vowels grouped together? Believe it or not, the letters are all mixed up on purpose. The Qwerty layout exists solely to reduce mechanical problems in 19th …
A few weeks after the death of Steve Jobs, Apple came out with a new AI program called Siri. It was touted as the system’s killer app, but unfortunately, this voice recognition personal assistant has failed to live up to Apple’s lofty promises. A Glorified ELIZA As a kid in elementary school, one of my …
Microsoft has had many failures over the years, but they’ve also had a hell of a lot of successes. One of their biggest innovations has been the Start Menu. Anyone who’s used a PC in the last 20 years is probably familiar with the concept. It is one of the biggest things that separates Windows …
Last week, I highlighted Apple’s biggest failures. Now I want to move north to Redmond, Washington, to the other Titan of Technology, Microsoft. Like Apple, the company has had it’s share of fiascos. Let’s look now at Microsoft’s biggest failures. Office Assistant (“Clippy”) The Failure We’ll start with Microsoft’s most infamous flop, Microsoft Bob, which …
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