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Apple is never going to open up it’s a communications Black Hole!

Posted by geeknews at 3:51 AM on October 4, 2005

I hate to say it but if you are a die hard Apple fan you better read the linked article, because this author has hit the nail squarely on the head. Apple does not communicate, Apple does not have a person that publishes their cell phone number on their blog that I can call and get clarifications on or bitch about something that has made me mad. Guess what Microsoft does!.

Communications at Microsoft has spread into development teams. I have been able to ask some hard question in recent months, and many times have gotten the lead programmer or team lead to reply with an answer. I have been bitching and sending Apple e-mails for weeks and all of those messages have went into a black hole. Try calling someone at Apple thats a joke

Black Hole communicating is what I am going to start referring to Apple’s development and support teams. Comments and e-mails go in nothing comes out.

They have yet to answer at least a dozen questions many of us Podcasters have been asking for months surrounding iTunes, not to mention the travesty and abuse that is going on in their iTunes directory. Microsoft is beating them big time and their silence will be their demise. [www.macdevcenter.com]

Hey Scoble!

Posted by geeknews at 6:13 PM on October 2, 2005

Hey Robert if you get hold of the corporate checkbook I have a few ideas that need funding as well :) [Scoble]

OPML some people don’t get it!

Posted by geeknews at 1:07 PM on September 30, 2005

I told you last night in my Podcast that your going to have to start watching the OPML space very close because their has been some movement their. Today my OPML search tags on the RSS search engines started firing away on all cylinders. Thanks to Scoble I found a link to a guy that just doesn’t get it and I am glad Robert took the time to spell it out.

Sometime people need stuff spelled out and even though OPML is not that difficult of a subject a lot of people really do not understand the power behind the markup language. If you have a spare 30 minutes today you need to do 2 things. Read this article first then go download this program and play with it for the last 20 and then you may start to understand the power of OPML and how it can fit what you do on the web.

MovableType users will not want to miss this article.

So what is Microsoft going to announce next week at PDC!

Posted by geeknews at 2:54 PM on September 7, 2005

I for one have been hearing whispers but nothing that has peaked my curiosity. Robert Scoble on the other hand is driving the hype machine a little today and has some interesting observations and hints to what is to be announced. I for one will be watching and would love to get a inside track to what is being announced. [Robert Scoble]