Tech
The story of OpenSesame, and the one Steve Jobs photo I really hope to find.
An old app that I wrote with the help of another guy somehow managed to ship with NeXTSTEP, and I hope Steve Jobs might have used it.
"Steve Jobs in Exile" is here. And here's the gushing followup post.
I wondered if I’d be writing more about this book.
Steve Jobs tells our customer what he thinks of their industry
We brought a customer out for a day visiting NeXT. Steve Jobs came in at the end for a little Q&A. My sales partner and I braced ourselves for what he might say.
Co-authoring books - twice! - with David Pogue
Twice. Not once, but twice, I have co-authored - sort of - a book by the legendary tech writer David Pogue. Oh, and we co-keynoted a conference.
Giving kids the "Where Do Emoji Come From?" talk
well, it happens. At some point you have to explain to kids where Emoji come from. I was delighted to do this at the Bay Area Science and Engineeering Fair.
Adventures in hacking, 20 years ago this week.
20 years ago, I won a security challenge. Even though the guy who ran the challenge still maintains nobody got in. I know I did.
Hello, MacSysAdmin!
Links to a few things I talked about during my MacSysAdmin presentation in Göteborg, Sweden on October 4, 2025