I have a blog, but nothing to say

It's been a while since I've posted, and with good reason.

As you may have noticed from previous posts, I'm a big-time Mac fan (and well, a fan of Apple Computer in general). I've worked with them for many years, and like many Mac users, I'm a loyal customer and very enthusiastic about Apple's products. So like many Mac fans, I've been posting about Apple stuff here in my blog.

Well, I can't do that any more. I work for Apple now (1).

Don't get me wrong...it's great to actually work for the company I've admired from the outside for so many years (well, at least it is so far...I've only been here a couple of weeks now), but part of the tradeoff of working for "the mothership" is that I'm strongly discouraged from talking about Apple anywhere publicly (2). Since a blog is about as public as it gets, and I'd like to keep my job, that means mum's the word.

I hope that discussing non-Apple stuff will still be OK...I've also been a fan of MacZOT!, and I hope that I'll be able to keep posting about those guys, since I really like what they're doing on the shareware publishing/distributing front.

Just to clarify, this blog is mine and mine alone, and doesn't reflect the opinions or views of anyone but me, ckm.

So, having cleared that up, I'm hoping to start getting back in touch with my more creative side now that my Mac geek side has a compensated outlet.

On the Chaos front, I've been in a hotel for over a week now. While I'm working most of the day, I still haven't trashed my room, and I've been pretty good about not leaving a trail behind me wherever I go. I've not been away from home for this long before, so I was a bit worried that I would discover I had been relying too much on my wife for domestic support. I'm happy to report that I've been somewhat pleasantly surprised by the fact my room doesn't look like a disaster zone. And as a bonus, I haven't even turned on the TV since I left home (although I did watch a couple of shows on my iPod on the plane to kill some time).



(1) That's as specific as I'm going to get; please don't email me asking about anything related to Apple -- you will get no reply.

(2) We all know Apple's a secretive company, so whether this is my own personal policy, Apple's, or just good advice from coworkers, it stands. Again, I know nothing, and even if I did, I couldn't/wouldn't tell you.