New York is in the midst of a heat wave. How did the temperature go from 60 to 90 overnight? Where was spring? With record-breaking temperatures comes mass transportation delays, school closings, and the delightful eau-de-NYC-summer. But my mind was on other things yesterday. Actually, the minds of many geeks and Apple fanboys were all on one specific event from the hours of 10am-1pm PST: the WWDC keynote address. The major announcements: Mac OS X 10.6 is called "Snow Leopard" and will be more evolutionary than revolutionary, as predicted. .Mac will switch over to .Me (again, as predicted) and will host mobileme, an "Exchange for the rest of us." The second generation of the iPhone will be released on July 11, with the iPhone 2.0 software available then as...

Every Apple fan has two events to look forward to every year: Macworld in January, and WWDC in June. Very often at these conferences, the keynote will be delivered by none other than Steve Jobs himself, announcing drool-worthy products and upgrades. Even those who are not in the industry travel from across the world to attend these events, just for a chance to be present at the world release of the next "it" product, to mingle with fellow MacHeads, and revel in the presence of some of the greatest minds in the world of Apple. Yes, attending a Macworld (and sitting in on a Steve Jobs keynote) is on my list of things to do before I die. This Joy of Tech from 2001 illustrates the fervor magnificently: With this...