Peck’s Agenda

One day in math class last week…

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Yesterday, in the form of one of Steve Jobs’ now legendary “open letters”, Apple announced that in february they would be releasing an official iPhone SDK! This was a very surprising announcement in most people’s opinions, considering the stance that Apple has taken against iPhone hacking since its release. The iPhone SDK, or Software Development Kit, will let anyone make native applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Although the letter was very vague on how Applications will get on the phone, this is still a big step forward for Apple, and shows that they are listening to there user base and responding. In other Apple news, the release date for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard was revealed, set for Friday, the 26th, 6PM! I will defiantly be in line on launch day to get the long awaited OS update!

As you might have seen, the founder of the RetroMacCast was featured on the front page of Gizmodo today, his large collection of Apples the highlight. Reading about his collection was interesting for me, being an apple aficionado and curator of the same magnitude, and a regular listener of his podcast. The size of his collection is quite impressive, but far from perfect i feel. It’s not very well displayed, in fact, aside from 2 very nicely shelved and illuminated walls, most of his collection is in big piles in the floor. Obviously, for anyone setting up a home museum, myself included, space is limited, so only a percentage of your stuff can be properly displayed. Also, although he has a few very rare items (like the Apple Network Server, and Apple III), most of his collection consists of historically insignificant and worthless 90’s era Macs with 3 and 4 digit numbers as names. I am not sure how he got the connections to get interviewed by Gizmodo, but the article was good and the collection was impressive, although not nearly as special as they described it. It sure would be great for TAM to get some attention like this every once and a while… lol — heres the Gizmodo article

Hello all, my name is Mark Peck, and this is my blog. Well, this is my first post, and i don’t have much time to make it very good, but heres some general info about me and what this blog will be like: I am a teenager from boston, massachusetts, and I live in the domain of all things technical. I have been developing websites for the past 3 years, but this is my first blog. In my free time i enjoy working on what I call “The Apple Museum”, my pride and joy, consisting of over 2,500 historical items relating to Apple Inc. I also am an avid photographer, and enjoy taking taking pictures whenever i can (although i have yet to put many online). During the school year, when i am not busy with work, I am often on the internet, developing my next web project, and always looking for that “next big thing”. I am fascinated by the in’s and out’s of corporate culture (past and present) and the rapid rate with witch the internet evolves. I have a lot of loves, hates, goals, and opinions on the ever changing tech seen, but so far no place to share them, which is where this blog comes in. Hopefully, I will make short posts with links or info i am interested in on a daily basis, and more in depth analysis of an article or subject a few times a week….and thats all for my first post! P.S. expect an original WordPress design sometime in the coming weeks