Wow. Macworld 2005 rocked. As Chad commented on the phone: “It sounds like the best Macworld since 1999!” Highlights this year include:

• iPod Shuffle
• Mac mini
• iWork ‘05
• Talking to Cabel Sasser of Panic (he’s as cool as their software)
• Giving Bare Bones a hard time about their ugly icons (Nice Replacement Icon)

It was a fun day, but I must say that Tom and I missed having Kent, Tim and Chad around this year…

2004 was a mini-modern rock revival year for me. I’m not talking retro reminiscing about bands I listened to in high school—I’m talking about new music influenced by echos of Live 105 circa 1988… read the rest of the article…