MacWorld 2003 Keynote

Written: January 8, 2003
Last Updated: January 9, 2003

Portable devices are the rage at the latest MacWorld keynote.

I've come to you now, at the turn of the tide.

A number of my friends have inquiring why there haven't been many updates from me lately. There's a reason to my disappearance. I've been coding like a fiend since the beginning of December! You can see a preview of these apps on on my new (for the moment) weblog. There's difference between a weblog and my digital journal. I find that I post more of my random, spur of the moment thoughts in a blog, whereas the digital journal functions as a photojournalist view of an event.

nBlog is a blogging tool for the Newton that uses a wireless Internet connection to update one's blog in real-time. It currently supports the Blogger 1.0 API and the developer preview of the Blogger 2.0 API (though I don't know of any sites that are using the Blogger 2.0 API). I had to write a custom XML-RPC library for the Newton, which allows you to convert virtually any NewtonScript object into XML and back again! I've also been working on nHTML, the ultimate mobile web development environment. These apps demonstrate once again that Newton is more powerful than any handheld computer out on the market today! Stay tuned for additional updates on my software page!

The 17-inch PowerBook. Impressive, most impressive. Steve Jobs had great command of his reality distortion field at this year's MacWorld Conference. He worked the crowd really well. I saw the keynote address at the Apple Store in Palo Alto. Using nBlog, my Newton, and the store's public Airport network, I was able to update my weblog with up-to-the-second updates during Jobs' keynote. Sure a keyboard and laptop is faster, but what's cool than using a handheld computer?

Newton Never Dies!

A smaller crowd than last year

Obsolete PowerBooks coming soon on eBay!

Updating my web site wirelessly!

7:45 am and the line's this short?!?

On Thursday, I'm going to head up to SF for the conference. It should be interesting to compare it with last year's expo. Things are becoming clearer as to where Apple is taking their products. Oh yeah, you gotta love their PowerBook commercial with Yao Ming and Mini-Me! It's destined to become a classic! Yao Ming does Kareem Abdul-Jabbar one better in this PowerBook commercial!

In other news, Khahn and Mike came to the house the other night before they leave for San Diego and Seattle respectively at the end of the month. I loved the wrap that Khahn was wearing. If guys could pull it off (no, Anakin's Tattooine wrap doesn't qualify), I'd definitely wear one! I had dinner two days ago with Randy at the Veggie Garden restaurant in Mountain View. They serve lots of TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein), a foodstuff that I've been incorporating in many of my meals lately.

Filling brown rice

Vegi Orange Steak

Sesame or peanut butter?

Khahn's beautiful wrap

Admiring Randy's photos

There's a few more pictures in the photo gallery. Click on the link below to see em! A recap of my trip to San Diego and MacWorld will be coming soon!

Enter The Photo Gallery

Reader Comments

Happy new year!

As always, cool pics. Whenever you write about the Newton, I always end up wanting one. I've seen them offered on eBay and perhaps one day I'll win one of those auctions. In December, an eBayer was auctioning a brand new Newton (I think it was the final version with the upgrade?) still in the box with a starting bid of USD 500 if I recall correctly.

I'm surprised that not many people were there at your Apple Store. We're finally going to have one here in Hawaii - hopefully the Macworld Expo will still be around by then. :)

--posted by Richie Yamashiroya @ Thursday, January 9 2003, 4:34 am EST

Hey, you're featured on the current entry at CrazyAppleRumors! Porting The Sims to the Newton. Now that's pretty bad ass. ;-)

--posted by Ben @ Monday, January 20 2003, 18:07 pm EST