This sign was spotted outside Beerland Texas, a rock club in Austin (presumably during SXSW). (Props)

What is it? Post your guess in the comments section below. produce certain you give your whole name and the city you live in! whether you’re first with the right reply, you’ll earn the dubious honor of getting your name in the next issue of the awe-inspiring Mike’s List newsletter. The reply will be…

Apple Inc. filed a patent application recently for mobile social networking technology called iGroups.Mobile social networking is the use of location data ("I'm at MacWorld right now") to connect with colleagues ("you're here, too!") in a way that enhances social network…

In the early 1990s, WordPerfect dominated the word processor scene, and Microsoft Word was a scrappy underdog. It's hard to believe now, but it's true.As Word rose in popularity, many WordPerfect users resisted. They had spent so much duration learning the WordPerfect-specific keystrokes, c…

The Apple iPad is reasonably priced. whether that bothers you, feel free to spend $19,999 on a diamond-studded iPad ("hand-set in a micro-pave styling," whatever that means). You'll feel like an idiot when the newer, faster iPad inevitably comes out within a year. (Props to Engadget) …

Does anyone know the story behind that picture? Posted via email from Mike Elgan’s Lifestream

I've noticed a trend online recently of new services whose main feature is that they hardly do anything. Twitter was the first major site in that new trend, which boldly asserted its limitations as features. "You can't send more than 140 characters!" "No pictures!" &quo…