So we’re going things a bit differently this week. We started out covering the week’s news and other articles on Appletell.com, but this week we have an interview with Rich Siegel of BareBones Software.

So it’s no secret that Phil Schiller was going to be under the magnifying glass during this, Apple’s last Keynote for Macworld. Everyone was watching, and for the most part, he did a great “job.” Of course, Phil is not Steve Jobs, so there wasn’t that pesky reality distortion field, and there was quite a more »

This week, I refrained from picking any apps from the overwhelming number of flatulence related apps that all of the sudden burst onto the App Store. You’ll thank me for this later.

• iMacworld
• HP iPrint Photo
• BilliardsLite
• Chase Mobile
• Awkward Silence
• DynoBox
• Google Mobile App

It seems yesterday’s announcement of Apple’s intent to stop exhibiting at Macworld was the culmination of years of desire to stop attending the event. They even reportedly almost quit going in 2002, but for some reason didn’t.

Gizmodo’s Jesus Diaz has this to share.

About two years ago I was sharing some wine with a friend from Apple and he told me: “We are going to phase out all trade shows”. “Even Macworld?,” I asked. “Yes,” he said, “Macworld will go too. I don’t know when, but it will.”

Apparently, these events (more than just Macworld) are not that important, at least not as much as they used to be.