Likewise with those legacy serial and parallel ports:  don’t sell printer with parallel ports instead of USB if you want to sell your wares to our customers.  With each OS upgrade, Apple brought its consumers along to 64-bit land gradually, giving all of us time to adjust, peripheral lifecylces  a chance to run their course, flushing out the old junk, and software and hardware vendors a chance to get on board.  I’m going to take a break from writing about slide design and slideware for a moment to tackle another subject:  Snow Leopard.  As you’re probably aware,

The idea of a unique selling proposition is that you need to differentiate yourself from the hundreds or thousands of other vendors with whom you compete. UBP is a first cousin to a USB. Toss Out the Company-Centric USP and Bring In the Customer-Centric ‘UBP’ to Underlie Your Content Marketing Strategy. Don’t get me wrong.

The request was rejected because it lacked a Section 508 (accessibility requirements for those with disabilities) certification from the vendor.  I asked the help desk rep if this also meant that if I wanted to get a USB cable certified, it too would need this Section 508 certification, he said, “yes.” Those who know me well know I despise rigid, inflexible thinking and the rigid, inflexible processes that it spawns.  I’ve had discussions where time is wasted on a needless and futile attempt to fit every possibility into a well-defined process because, well, we