2026: iPad Pro, Vision Pro, and a Device Mostly in My Drawer
Looking back at ten years with the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, why it became a single-purpose learning device, and what that suggests about the Vision Pro.
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From Apple Silicon to NVIDIA AI Factories
Revisiting a 2020 Apple Silicon and AR prediction in a world where NVIDIA, AI accelerators, software ecosystems, and electricity define the next computing platform.
25 Years of Operating Systems: Windows, macOS, and Back Again
A personal retrospective spanning 25 years of operating systems, from Windows 98, 2000, and XP through a decade of macOS to a return to Windows 10 and 11, and a look at where a fully Linux development environment might fit next.
Apple Chips == AR Glasses
A 2020 prediction that Apple's move away from Intel would connect its custom chips, graphics, gaming ambitions, and eventual AR hardware.
2016: One Year of iPad Pro 12.9"
One year with the original 12.9-inch iPad Pro, from its battery life and speakers to the compromises of typing on glass.
What Apple Swift Means to Apple and the Future of Apps Everywhere (A Prediction)
A 2014 prediction about Apple's newly released Swift language, why it could become the foundation of connected app frameworks, and how apps might eventually run everywhere.
A Decade of Mobile Computing: From PDAs to Pocket Internet (1999-2009)
A chronological journey through the evolution of mobile devices from 1999 to 2009. From Nokia brick phones and Sony Ericsson chocolate bars to Palm PDAs, Java games, SMS-based Twitter, and finally the iPhone 3G.