The Macalope
By The Macalope
Misleading indicators: Correlation is not causation
Lines at the Apple Store were not solely related to Apple selling more iPhones. The Macalope explains.
02/19/19
Blind spots: Does Apple know its own business?
There’s a good chance people at Apple have read “The Innovator’s Dilemma.”
02/12/19
Blowing in the wind: Apple’s presumed failing
The Macalope finds that the Apple doom train continues to chug along whether you choose to ride it or it ever stops at Cupertino or not.
02/05/19
Making a bad thing worse: Apple’s FaceTime bug
Mistakes are bad, but it’s worse when there’s intent. The Macalope explains.
01/31/19
Dead Apple killers: It’s harder than it looks
So many Apple killers, so little actual killing.
01/24/19
The price is wrong: Making things up about the iPhone
iPhones are more expensive. But not that much more expensive.
01/22/19
Failure is not an option: Tim Cook’s operational skills
He’s not perfect, but Tim Cook is still very good at operations.
01/17/19
So long, iPhone: Relegating Apple’s hits to history
Apple’s line of Mac products was one trick and the so-called i-Series was third second. A third trick? No way. But The Macalope disagrees.
01/15/19
From bad to worse: Bad news leads to simplistic analysis
It's bad for Apple, but it's not why some people think.
01/08/19
Ghosts of Christmas present: Spooky stories of other platforms
Sometimes it's not such a wonderful life.
12/25/18
Everything stinks: iPhones are the worst
If you don't have anything nice to say, sit down and start typing.
12/20/18
All the same to me: Apple and Google’s interest in tracking you
One of these things is not like the other. And there are only two of them.
12/18/18
This time for sure: Apple said to be behind again
5G will be important, but Apple doesn't need it in 2019.
12/11/18
Your lying eyes: No, you can’t run macOS on an iPad
It's cool to use the iPad as a monitor, but it's not "running" macOS.
12/06/18
