We've all heard the hype. We've all seen the demos. We've all seen the stupid questions Siri has to answer. But seriously, there's got to be an end to Siri's intelligence right? I mean, there's gotta...

I created a list of my Best Siri responses over on Listiki. Most of them are from Shit that Siri says, and some from personal experience.

I never met him, and I never expected to either. And yet, I knew him.

Not as the man behind the machines nor as the single figure behind all of my favorite gadgets. I knew him as the man who changed the way I think, work and ultimately the way I live my life.

Connected, productive and happy.

Although Apple has been in my vocabulary ever since I can remember, I only became an Apple owner somewhere in 2004, with my first iPod. Just by touching the device you could tell the love that went into it. The level of detail is extraordinary. Unique in its class.

Then came the MacBook, iMac 24", iMac 27" an iPhone 3GS and my iPhone 4.

I completely rid myself of everything else non-Apple. At work and home. I love the way everything "just works".

If anything, these products have taught me (by example, and not by force) that the best design is the design you don't see. The design that doesn't interfere between you and the task at hand.

And that is what Steve Jobs accomplished. The perfect design.

So, although I never knew him, I definitely appreciated him. The man, the ideas & the ideology. The stubborn leader. The restless persona. There's so much to be said.

This post can go on and on, but it will always close with the same line...

Thank you Steve!

Last Saturday (March 26th) I walked into "The Mall" - one of Athens' largest shopping malls - with no intent to do buy the iPad 2. Really.

Unlike the rest of Europe, in Greece, due to a national holiday on the 25th of March, the iPad 2 was introduced to the market a day late. As I walked by the four stores that carried it, I suddenly realised that I need it.

My resistance dropped to an oblivion. I walked into every one of the four shops. Fortunately all of them sold the magic tablet out.

Why "fortunately"?

Firstly, I don't really need the iPad. Not yet at least. My main use of a tablet would be to read (books & magazines), and since the iPad 2 does not have a retina display, I can do that same on my Macbook or iPhone, without having my eye tear at the site of the pixels. I might be a bit picky, but I tend to be like that when spending €600 on a single device.

Secondly, with all the rumors on the market for the iPad 3 (or 2,5) which theoretically will employ a retina display, I'll hold my horses. Best to wait a while. This breaks my rule regarding technology which says:

Do not wait for the next best thing, buy the best thing now!

But, in light of my previous abstinence on buying the iPhone & iPhone 3G and going direct to iPhone 3GS, I think my decision is a good one.

I guess that a better investment for the time being would be a decent lens for my DSLR.

OK, I know that Windows Vista is not doing as well as it should - actually it's not "doing" anything. This is mainly because of the image Vista has been putting out, and basically because Apple is doing a very well job. That being said, Microsoft launched the "Mojave Experiment", which reminded me of the Diamond Shreddies. I can't say I blame them. They do have a noteworthy piece of software on their hands, but can't sell it, because it has developed a bad rep, or people just don't trust them anymore. Either way, it's quite funny to see people that have an opinion about a product purely based on word of mouth, and bad corporate account management (?). Which brings me to the... ...interesting part of my post. Microsoft is also desperately trying to place it's Silverlight technology high up there with the likes of Adobe's Flash. But yet, even when trying to market it's own products, they use Adobe Flash technology. Now tell me, because I don't get it, if that aint just plain stupid, then what is?