Snell-o-vision

Macworld’s now hiring a Senior Editor/Writer! If you’re an experienced tech writer and editor, check it out: http://bit.ly/9knta7

Software authorization sucks. Makes me feel like a criminal. I bought this software twice, and can use it nonce. Sigh.

Note to self. Every time I move systems: CS4, iTunes, ScreenFlow, SoundSoap. All need to be deauthorized or there’s hell to pay.

Who has two thumbs, two copies of BIAS SoundSoap, and an inability to use either of them due to ridiculous software authorization? This guy!

Now playing: In Defense of the Genre by Say Anything. It’s that kind of morning.

Was short-track speed skating invented by a crazy person?

Just had a nice chat with @apatzer of Mint and Quicken about forthcoming Mac version - and what comes next. I’ll say more next week…

Our @rgriff talked to Intuit’s @patzer at Macworld Expo and it’s a podcast: http://bit.ly/daaQjW - read the comments for angry users.

Macworld/PC World is hiring a product manager for mobile products! http://bit.ly/dlMEhD

As a Quicken/Mac user since 1995 I get the Intuit frustration. But the new guy might actually be trying to right the ship. We’ll see…

About to do some public speaking. #fb

I hate to say it, but a lot of these “tablet media demos” look like CD-ROMs demos I saw in the ’90s. Except with a touchscreen. Old news.

I love advanced design tools, but in the end, a human has to use them to design things. Tools can make us more efficient, but can’t design.

All these digital-magazine mockups look cool, but do you know how much it’d cost to build them every issue? A fortune. Unrealistic.

.@jhurdlow I heard that about CD-ROMs, about the web, about e-readers… every new-media overpromise comes with a reality letdown.