Michael Gracie

Today, Computerworld pumped out this piece about Apple’s iPod, and the flexible layer it possesses for storing everyday data in addition to music. The article then goes on to speculate that Apple in the personal storage business, but disguises it as the music business. That all makes a lot of sense.

What hit me hard, however, was the mention of data security issues, and how the popular iPod could be a mechanism for data theft. It is there that I also have to agree, but I don’t think that singling out the iPod serves any real purpose here.
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I wonder if Joel Klebanoff is serious about what he is saying in Email Is Far Too Easy - MC Press Online, or if he is just vying for a spot on George Bush’s yet to be formed Internet Expulsion Task Force (even though he is Canadian).

While I do agree with a few of Joel’s points, in his review of Carl Honore’s book In Praise of Slow, and more, I think he is way off base in the rest.
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