About
No Affiliation with Apple Computer
First things first. I am not Steve Jobs (but I’m sure you already know that) and this site is not affiliated with Apple in any way. But my given name is Steve and I’m passionate about the iPhone, my MacBook Pro, and Apple products in general.
Who is this site for?
If you want to jailbreak your iPhone (or already have), then slam on the breaks, put ‘er in reverse, and back on outta here—you’re in the wrong place.
But if you have no idea what any of that means, then park it and c’mon in a while.
This site is all about practical iPhone advice that real people can understand. It’s not for geeks or tekkies. Maybe you think the iPhone ads are pretty cool and you’re thinking about buying one. Or maybe you’ve got one and want to pick up a few pointers to use it better. Maybe you own a Windows Mobile phone and are thinking of switching. If any of these are “you,” then maybe this site can help you. Thanks for stopping. I hope you enjoy your stay.
About Me
I’m 50 years old and have been around computers since my college days back in the late 70’s. That was my computer stone age. In my college computer programming classes, there were no video screens, no laptops, no small computers of any kind. We typed our programs on punch cards, a laborious process to be sure. In my COBOL programming class, my lab partner slaved day and night to type about a thousand cards for an inventory control program we were assigned. Her stack of cards was about twice what the rest of us needed to get the job done, which says something about her strange and twisted thinking, I guess.
The process meant that to run the program, the cards had to be placed in a card reader. In our computer lab, we had one such device in a central location that we all had to share. Believe me, when the rest of us saw my labby heading for the card reader, we fought tooth and nail to get ahead of her–no one wanted to languish in line while a thousand cards chattered their way through the machine. And here’s the funny part: My partner took her cards to the reader, and they all went through, but nothing happened. No fancy printout with her program results, no nothing. Turns out she had indented her cards ten spaces instead of the required seven. Her only recourse? To type each and every one of her cards all over again. Anyway, that was my introduction to computers. To say that we’ve come a long way is just a bit of an understatement.
I’m not an I.T. guy, but in my circles, I’m the guy that people come to when they need their computer problems solved. And usually, they ask me about their cell phones, too. I enjoy helping people with this stuff. Hence, this blog.
Are all your answers going to be this long?
No. I got carried away. I’ll try to keep things a bit shorter from now on.
What is your contact information?
Send an email to steve@iphonebysteve.com
