Before we start would you give us a bit of your background? I’ve been reporting and writing about Apple since the late 1990s, when I was a reporter for MacWeek, the legendary Apple trade publication. I moved to Wired.com in 1998 and continued to report on Apple, collecting a lot of my stories into two…

Before we start, could you give us a bit of your background as an avid internet user? Well, I got my start on the Internet way back in… I think 1994? I was a Netcom user back then, dialing up on an ancient Packard Bell with a 14.4 modem. It took ages and ages to…