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A random assortment of ramblings on all things tech from a former developer, technology manager and comedy writer.

by Phil Johnson

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Phil Johnson is a writer and editor for ITworld.com, after having survived 17 years in the corporate wild as a software/web developer, technical lead and project manager. Along the way he also used to write monologue jokes for David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno.

In his spare time these days, when he's not chauffeuring his daughters to and from school, lessons and Justin Bieber movies (ugh), he enjoys drawing cartoons, tweeting about his life and taking pictures of cranes.

Apple now selling iPads, iMacs and friction-stir welding

Posted Oct 24, 2012 - 11:46 am

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Apple's Phil Schiller showing off the guts of the new iMac - or possibly the starship Enterprise ITworld/Phil Johnson
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- Android, Apple
Untucked: Apple's new uniform

Posted Sep 13, 2012 - 12:08 pm

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Untucked shirts: Apple's new executive uniform? REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach
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- Apple, EA
The Weekly Hash - January 25, 2013

Posted Jan 25, 2013 - 12:26 pm

Making fun of some of the top - or goofiest - tech stories of the past seven days, this week featuring the latest in Cuban underwater cable-laying technology, what Twitter and Beyonce had in common during the presidential inauguration and John Boehner’s new look
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- add, Android
Bills would make movies and in-flight entertainment accessible

Posted Mar 18, 2013 - 11:55 am

Senator Tom Harkin has introduced legislation to require captioning and video descriptions at movie theaters and during in-flight entertainment
Rear Window Captioning patent holder waives licensing fees

Posted Mar 19, 2013 - 10:43 am

In contrast to current trends, the developers (and patent holders) of a closed captioning system for movie theaters are now offering it for no licensing fee
When gaming is no longer an escape

Posted Mar 12, 2013 - 11:52 am

Thanks to automated anti bot software, and a less than supportive community, one disabled gamer’s experience with a popular massively multiplayer online game turned negative
Live tweeting the Apple iPad mini announcement

Posted Oct 23, 2012 - 10:56 am
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- Apple, Author
Tablet users more female-y than smartphone users

Posted Nov 13, 2012 - 12:17 pm

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Tablet users are more likely to be female than are smartphone users - which is certainly true in my house REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Live tweeting the Facebook Home event

Posted Apr 04, 2013 - 09:22 am

I was tweeting during the Facebook Home announcement event. Here's what happened
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- Android, computers
Facebook privacy fatigue

Posted May 21, 2010 - 02:28 pm

How many clicks does it take to get through Facebook's privacy settings? A-one, A-two, A-three ... crunch.
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- cartoon, Facebook

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