First point, the bloggers don’t rule the world. Gossip is a powerful weapon, but the gun backfires consistantly, and every now and again it implodes on itself.

First point reprise, it may not be common for the majority of the people to choose something truly evil, but it is also not common for the popular things to be truly outstanding.

First point redacted, information is covering the world like a flood in these (last) days, but not all that information is useful.

So, what about Apple? “If you can’t please everyone, well, you got to please yourself.” (Who am I quoting?) There’s an inherent sense of both attraction and revulsion in observing something that moves independently of the surrounding context. The three questions are these: How long can the cool independent guy continue to act independently without getting embarrassed at himself and the gaze of the crowd? Or without passing the hat?

Those are the three questions, and when they are answered, Apple will have to blog or die, we would suppose. Or Steve J could quietly succeed in taking over the world where Bill G only got a lot of money.

Money sure is useless stuff after you get so much of it.

You might think that the trick to good speaking is speaking well. Being confident. Having interesting content. And all that.

Now that I’ve given a bunch of speeches (four in the past two days), I’m learning that the real skill a speaker needs is l…