Everyday the man clicked the MOUSE, then he right clicked him, moved him around and around and clicked him some more… and the MOUSE performed his duties quietly, without complaining, moved, pointed, clicked… and the MOUSE was happy.

Then one day, after years of false attempts to create an adequate integration of a MOUSE into a laptop computer, Apple created the Multitouch Trackpad. The man touched the mouse less and less. The man was happy. The MOUSE got plenty of rest and he was happy too, but not so much.

When Apple (a CEO of a certain Internet media company, claims that Steve Jobs came from the future I tend to agree), created the Magic Mouse… Magic Multitouch pad on it’s back… sweet!

The man was back, playing with the MOUSE, like never before… petting him, tapping him gently, hacking him to enhance his capabilities… SO MUCH ATTENTION, who said that old mice can’t learn new tricks?! The MOUSE was very very happy. The man was happy, but he already knew that it’s a matter of time. The clouds of the gesturing interface was getting better…

And the end is here… Apple released the new Magic Trackpad. The MOUSE doesn’t know it yet, but his end is near. it’s just a matter of time. He shouldn’t be happy.

From Apple’s site:

Why should notebooks have all the fun?

Desktop users, your time has come. The new Magic Trackpad is the first Multi-Touch trackpad designed to work with your Mac desktop computer. It uses the same Multi-Touch technology you love on the MacBook Pro. And it supports a full set of gestures, giving you a whole new way to control and interact with what’s on your screen. Swiping through pages online feels just like flipping through pages in a book or magazine. And inertial scrolling makes moving up and down a page more natural than ever. Magic Trackpad connects to your Mac via Bluetooth wireless technology. Use it in place of a mouse or in conjunction with one on any Mac computer — even a notebook.

What we want to do in our fan page is to talk to you and let you talk to us. Facebook is a venue that allows having fun and that’s where we’ll experiment together with you. We hope you’ll enjoy, share and participate and invite your friends to join too!

Back to Google again.

After being successfully married for long enough, I’ve learned one thing: Communication is key to retain your household sanity and the most controversial issue is time. Mainly the time that we lack.

We run our entire online life on Google Apps. Standard Edition. Free. The company email, calendar, contacts, documents to name the least. It syncs to our macs, blackberrys, iPhone, iPod, PC, etc. Works very well. and it’s free, did I already mention?

Ever since my wife managed to hook the Google calendar to her iPhone our life changed…

Her work stuff? there’s a calendar for that.

Dr. appointments? there’s a calendar for that.

Son’s helping class’s parent list? there’s a calendar for that.

Family stuff? there’s a calendar for that too.

And then we found that with one click we can add the entire Jewish holidays to our calendar not to mention your favorite team’s schedule… and all our contacts’ birthdays… and Valentines too.

Can you imagine how I felt when I heard her say “well we can’t do it next week since you have that PSU bowl game”… I’m in love all over again.  Seriously.

Instead of forgetting dates, events, appointments and etc. we have a built in expectations management system.

And it’s easy. It’s not like we both sit all day and update the calendar. It became a natural action: Two moms meet in the park and discuss the prospects of a playdate… iPhones out and done. All that while avoiding potential scheduling conflicts with my calendar as well as that important Lions game. There’s an app for that- calendar. And the one with the Google logo on it just works better- it’s connected to everybody’s pocket.

Yes, calendars have been here for as long as we remember, what’s the big deal?

Google made it easy to tact excessively and not fell guilty about it. It’s the good kind of execs where more is more. It’s free and easy to add another calendar when you need it, and keep it forever (and hide it to prevent clatter). Why not.

And the pre canned content. Birthdays, holidays, games, full moon dates, whatever – it’s there. Did I mention easy? They just made it easy.

If it’s good for the daily battlefield of a modern family, it’s good for the rest of the world.