And I am pretty sure that some of the most powerful people in the world are 17 year old Russian cyberthugs drinking vodka and playing with our computers and available for hire. Continue reading
Author Archives: avram miller
The future of the Novel in the electronic age
Maybe a generation that has grown up with the Internet will not learn the disciple to read through a 300 page novel. Continue reading
Adobe deserves to die
Adobe treats it customers so badly it deserves to die and die a painful death. Continue reading
What is on my Kindle
Now I mostly read when I travel which still means I get a lot of book time. But yes, there is mighty competition from podcasts, magazines, and the internet. Still I can’t see giving up books. Although I think that especially non fiction will be impacted by new technology. However, novels will still be linear just like movies. It is wonderful to turn yourself over to someone else and let them take control of you. Continue reading
It is not the PSA test that is a problem but what one does with the results
Please forgive me for writing about this again. There has a been a lot of discussion recently about the effectives and wiseness of giving men PSA tests. I often say that I had PSA disease. From the time I was 50 (15 years ago), I had been getting regular PSA test as was the recommendation … Continue reading
iPad and the Titanic
I love my iPad. And like all friend John Doer, I do think it is the next big thing. But I am very conflicted. I feel that those of us that are creating technology are maybe the band member on the RMS Titanic. I try to be objective as much as I can about the … Continue reading
iPad Day One
For sometime I have felt the iPad would become the black-hole of media and all media would be sucked into it. Continue reading
Our Government at work
Needed a new Social Security Card. After four trips to the SS office to bring them additional info (they always asked for something more), I was told they had everything they needed. Two months later, got a letter saying they could not verify my birth certificate with the state of California (I had brought SS … Continue reading
The iPad: Not quiet the future but getting close
I have been waiting for the iPad announcement for sometime. The wait was good because it allowed me to use my imagination thinking about what it might be. As my readers know, I have been working with computers since 1966 and for many years, I was able to even had some non trivial effect on … Continue reading
The days of Whine and Roses
Just read an article about how unrelevant Microsoft has become. I thought the article made some good points. I certainly understand what the author experienced. I saw that kind of thing first hand when I worked at Digital Equipment Corp. in the early 80s. That that time DEC (as we called it then) was the … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 