I'm loving my Mac at work ... but still not ready to make the switch at home. Here's why.

For all the talk about outrageous salaries and bonuses for executives at financial and automotive firms, the sector that placed the most CEOs in the top 10 of a New York Times list of executive compensation at public companies: tech vendors.

He's having a fun ride. But at some point, it's not fair to pick the most popular guy over the more talented ones -- even if it's the geek who's winning the popularity contest this time.

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If Steve Wozniak's goal last night on Dancing With the Stars (video at end of post) was to show that nerds can dance, alas, he didn't quite prove the point. But he showed something even more important.

Head first Rails aims to offer an engaging way to learn Ruby on Rails. While it's definitely not a boring, dry, serious book, the "fun" approach has mixed results.

Palm has posted some technical details of its new Web operating system, including the first chapter of a forthcoming book.

Well, it's better than being in the construction industry.....

I've now had three solid weeks using a Mac at work, and after two decades or so on Microsoft platforms, I'm pleasantly surprised by how smooth things are going overall. But seemingly "little" frustrations still loom, even as I enjoy some of the ways that OS X are superior to Windows XP (I'm not on Vista yet).

I've started the transition from years as a Windows power user to using a MacBook with Leopard -- not as a test for a few weeks, but for good. In theory.

I'm no Preston Gralla, but consider myself a reasonably adept Windows power user. Yet after decades on Microsoft operating systems, I'm about to get a MacBook at work and make the switch to Leopard. I'll be blogging about how it goes.

This Thanksgiving weekend's deal (actually good through Tuesday afternoon) doesn't require fighting any crowds - or spending a cent.

From the Professional Ruby Conference: An enterprise Rails host has a project in the works to simplify server management -- not only at their company. Plus, a cool project management tool that's free, and Web developers moving closer to internal end users.

Technology is supposed to make things faster, easier and more efficient. So how come there are no long waits at my precinct with paper ballots, but malfunctioning electronic systems elsewhere force people to wait hours to vote?

Stephen Spoonamore offers more details on what I was trying to drive home in my recent column: Because individual votes must be anonymous, lack of a paper trail by definition makes any voting system unsafe.