Will Worsham

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About two years ago, my wife forced me to confront what some would call cognitive dissonance and other would could outright hypocrisy. I will deny the hypocrisy charge in that I am more that willing to admit when I'm wrong (even if it sometimes takes vigorous convincing).

All this relates back to the early '90's when I built and sold computers for a living. Obviously they were PC's running windows. As such I was NOT a mac fan. To my defense, at the time there was (IMHO) no reason to be a mac fan. At the time, they were expensive, had tiny screens (9" on some" and dollar for dollar had no where near the lasting power of a pc that you could (at the time) fairly easily upgrade if you bought a "clone".

But as an enlightened individual I can adapt, learn and indeed change my opinion. Since that time major changes are occurred at Apple, Inc. Most notably Steve Jobs has returned to the helm and with him the innovation and leadership that made Apple a contender in the first place. Furthermore, Microsoft has spiraled further and further into the abyss, VISTA representing merely yet another miserable failure.

In 2006, albeit a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer + Internet (Win NT 4.0) I gave up. A server beyond repair, network failing . . I threw in the towel and ordered three brand spanking new MacBookPros for the attorney's in my firm and three shiny new iMacs for the staff. The switch was made. About 6 months later I replaced our Microsoft Small Business Server with a Mac X Serve. With the addition of Leopard iCal Server, we don't miss a beat.

Therefore it is with glad heart that I write to you about my MacBookAir. I've owned a LOT of laptops in my time. And understanding that all computers, laptops included are configured for different purposes, considering the design goals of THIS unit it is undoubtedly the most incredible piece of technology I have ever owned.

Am I in anyway disappointed? Sure. The graphic chipset isn't *quite* powerful enough to run World of Warcraft and of course that is one of the main reasons to own a computer these days . . .

Still, this is an AMAZING computer. The battery life is incredible. It's weight is negligible. Entirely portable I don't ever hesitate to take it with me wherever I go.

As an additional perk, Every time I take it out in public, I've yet to fail to attract someone who comes up and says, "Hey is that that new Apple laptop? Wow that thing is thin! Can I touch it?"

Hmm . . sure.

Why here, why now?

Well lookie here I'm back to blogging again! Not that I expect to be anywhere near as prolific as a blogger as I was in '04, but just look at all the changes! Blogging was "IT" in '04 and then podcasting, then VODcasting, twitter, facebook, etc. . . so where are we now?

Perhaps full circle. Peruse the side bar "Where am I?" and you'll find links to all the various places you can find me on the net. Each with there own specific slant on Web 2.0. With such variety and disparity of presence it seemed necessary to provide a central "hub" from which to access such services. A singular place where my entourage and disciples could go to find me wherever I might be found.

So . . HERE I AM! Find me here, and there and everywhere.

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