If you’re still reading this you’re one of those people that use old fashioned tools such as “their memory” and “bookmarks”. Part of me feels I should maybe just let you be and not wake you up. You may have noticed zefhemel.com has been rather quiet lately. The reason is that I have a much cooler website now: zef.me. At zefhemel.com I occasionally attempted to be insightful in the traditional way everybody does it: the boring way. At Zef.me I try to do it slightly differently. Sounds good? Alright then, head over to Zef.me. And change your bookmarks! Or remember the URL, it’s easy.
To be honest I thought was so 90’s, but I think that after what they showed at CES, we can agree that Palm is back. My dad (who owns a Palm and loves it a lot) will be pleased. Palm presented a new new phone, called the Pre, which runs a new operating system: WebOS. The phone looks beautiful, it has al the usual smartphone features (Wifi, GPS, bluetooth etc.) and a slide out physical keyboard.
What makes it really interesting is its new operating system, however. WebOS, on which applications are built using… HTML, CSS and Javascript. That’s right folks. Access to device specific features is obtained through a “JSON service bus”. The OS looks very pretty and telling from this video:
I would almost admit it looks prettier and seems better throught out than the iPhone. Yes people, it is possible.
As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.
Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.
The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment. But, just like I didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery.
I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first.
