Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Stevie J in a suit, on the cover of Macworld magazine's premier issue!!
My first computer was a Mac Plus with a single floppy drive, no hard disk, a black and white 9" screen, and 128 K of RAM. I used to have some kind of peculiar PC before I got my Mac in 1990 but it just sat there for a whole year as I could not get past the C:/ prompt. When the Mac Plus arrived, my entire life changed. I fell in love and discovered a whole new world.
For any Pakistani Apple groupies out there, Steve Jobs will address the faithful at Macworld San Francisco on January 10th 2006 at 9 pm Pakistan Standard Time. He shall not be wearing a suit. Hopefully there will be a live webcast, and in addition, several Apple-centric websites will be blogging the event as it happens. Stay tuned and keep the faith.
Peace and Love!
3 Comments:
Wow! he's beautiful.
What a switch! Then: a suited Jobs and 'hip' life-changing computer ... Now: A hip looking Jobs and a suit-wearing computer (OK, so it's a infinitely nicer suit!) that only makes life seem easier because 'the other one' makes it so-o-o difficult. (I won't bring in the design aesthetics, coz the other guys don't even know what it means).
Apple may lead the way in technological innovation but is, sadly, despite Steve's chutzpah, dragged way down by the weight of the overall slow progress of the personal computer. 1984 was a quantum leap ... nothing has happened since then that's made me swoon.
Yup! Nothing ground breaking has happened in computing since 1984. Computers are still way too hard to use and Apple's priorities have shifted. The company should not even be called Apple Computer Inc. any longer, but that's a whole different story that will involve lawsuits with the Beatles.
In big business today, there's way too much focus on making money and satisfying Wall Street - nothing is ever enough. This hyper capitalistic model leaves no time for innovation and risk. We need another uber nerd like Steve Wozniak and a nut like Steve Jobs for the next revolution in computing - folks who care very deeply about human beings, experience, interaction, and who also have deep pockets or access to the deep pockets of others.
Where are the radicals, the crazies, the people who dare to dream?
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