7th May 12
Winter’s over, young squirrel
7th May 12
I’ll give you details…
I’m better than that. (remembering Steve Jobs)
10th October 11
My Ph.D. advisor was definitely a “Mac guy.” Although we had PCs at our desks, he put an iMac G5 in the lab common space (c.a. 2005). I never thought much about it until the one day I had to use it for the scanner.
Over the next few days, I found myself using the iMac more and more, and not just for the scanning. I was mesmorized by the display, speed, and noticeable lack of crashes. Within a couple of weeks, probably to the annoyance of my colleagues, I had effectively moved my workspace to the lab common space. Without warning, I had become a “Mac guy.”
At the risk of sounding trite, I will say that this was a turning point in my life.
One of my first reactions was anger: why had I wasted so much time with inferior technology? Why had I put up with hours upon hours of configuring, troubleshooting, and maintaining my PC? Why did I spend 12 hours per day staring at a blurry screen? Why had I allowed the PC industry to sell me lemons again and again?
I had this realization: “I’m better than that.”
If I look back and “connect the dots,” I see that this was the precise moment when I knew I wanted to work on consumer technology. Thank you Steve for helping me realize that products should empower and delight, never frustrate. Thank you for teaching us that we should always pour our heart and soul into our work. In his immortal words, “Don’t settle.”
5th September 11
Worlds most unsexy shirt
This is probably the best voicemail I’ve ever received
16th July 11
From 3-time San Francisco Air Guitar champion Cold Steel Renegade.
15th July 11
You ought never to take your little brother’s “chewing-gum” away from him by main force; it is better to rope him in with the promise of the first two dollars and a half you find floating down the river on a grindstone. In the artless simplicity natural to this time of life, he will regard it as a perfectly fair transaction. In all ages of the world this eminently plausible fiction has lured the obtuse infant to financial ruin and disaster.
(Source: cdixon)
