Proof of the Now Generation

Many folks are celebrating the release of the iPhone 3G next month as a great price drop. The 8GB iPhone drops from $399 to $199, and you get the higher speed (if you use the phone in a 3G network area—generally large urban areas). Few look beyond the initial buy-in cost and calculate the total […]

Revolution in the South too

I tend to forget that the Revolutionary War included the southern states too. Washington’s army and the battles in Boston and New York seem to grab most of my attention, but the Carolinas played an important role in the war. Jimmy Carter portrayed this in his historical novel “The Hornet’s Nest,” which was unfortunately marred […]

Anger at Apple price cut

I guess I’m not surprised by all the uproar over Apple cutting the price of the iPhone, but I’m kind of puzzled by the thinking processes of the early adopters. There is always a price to be an early adopter—usually enduring early bugs, but price drops are likely somewhere in the life-cycle of the product. […]