Apple: Their Tablet Computer History
November 17th, 2010 | Published in Technology
Here’s a really interesting history (at least if you’re into tech) of Apple tablets.
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iPad Keyboard Case
November 10th, 2010 | Published in Technology
This iPad keyboard case is a great idea:
They Get It Right The Third Time
November 10th, 2010 | Published in Business, Quotes, Technology
The legendary statement about Microsoft, which is mostly true, is that they get it right the third time. Microsoft’s philosophy is to get it out there and fix it later. Steve [Jobs] would never do that. He doesn’t get anything out there until it is perfected.
—John Sculley, Being Steve Jobs’ Boss
The Importance of Design At Apple
November 9th, 2010 | Published in Art and Design, Business, Technology
A friend of mine was at meetings at Apple and Microsoft on the same day. And this was in the last year, so this was recently. He went into the Apple meeting (he’s a vendor for Apple), and as soon as the designers walked in the room, everyone stopped talking, because the designers are the most respected people in the organization. Everyone knows the designers speak for Steve because they have direct reporting to him. It is only at Apple where design reports directly to the CEO.
Later in the day he was at Microsoft. When he went into the Microsoft meeting, everybody was talking and then the meeting starts and no designers ever walk into the room. All the technical people are sitting there trying to add their ideas of what ought to be in the design. That’s a recipe for disaster.
—John Sculley, Being Steve Jobs’ Boss
Now THIS Is Multitasking
November 8th, 2010 | Published in Technology
Here’s a man who is reading a book (using a Kindle) and using his cell phone… while driving.
I’m not psychic, but I see an early death in this man’s future. No, what, I am a psychic! Send me your money!
You know, he’s driving a rather large vehicle. That means he’s more likely to kill someone else than himself. I think dumb people should be required to drive SmartCars, that way they’re the ones that die when they drive like morons.
Steve Job’s Minimalist Methodology
November 8th, 2010 | Published in Quotes, Technology
What makes Steve’s methodology different from everyone else’s is that he always believed the most important decisions you make are not the things you do, but the things you decide not to do.
He’s a minimalist. I remember going into Steve’s house, and he had almost no furniture in it. He just had a picture of Einstein, whom he admired greatly, and he had a Tiffany lamp and a chair and a bed. He just didn’t believe in having lots of things around, but he was incredibly careful in what he selected.
—John Sculley, Being Steve Jobs’ Boss
