Archive | October, 2011
The Apple Extended Keyboard – everything Steve Jobs hated about Apple
There is no shortage of Steve Jobs anecdotes coming in from former friends and colleagues of the Apple co-founder, but this one from venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson really captures the mindset of Jobs and exemplifies the strategy he used to help bring Apple back from the brink of bankruptcy to technical prominence. Moreover, it paints […]
Continue reading...Gary Vaynerchuk – 250 million tweets/day equals less meaningful tweets [Video]
25. October 2011
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An interesting video from Gary Vaynerchuk where he explains why it’s getting harder and harder for tweets to be meaningful given the firehose of information we now have to sift through on Twitter.
Continue reading...From Chuck D to Coldplay and Neil Diamod, Music luminaries pay tribute to Steve Jobs
25. October 2011
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We somehow missed this amongst the avalanche of tributes to Steve Jobs following his death but think it’s still worth posting. Jobs of course was an avid music fan and often used his personal connections to musicians to help get Apple’s music initiatives up off the ground. That Apple’s iPod fundamentally changed the music industry […]
Continue reading...Macworld Expo becomes Macworld|iWorld
25. October 2011
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Taking a page from Apple’s own playbook, Macworld is undergoing a transformation this year. Much how the iPhone and the accompanying iOS began taking on greater prominence within Apple, so too are they taking on greater prominence at the premier Mac-oriented tradeshow. Earlier today, Macworld VP and general manager Paul Kent explained the impetus behind […]
Continue reading...Apple’s Jeff Robbin said to be leading Apple’s HDTV charge
25. October 2011
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With the drumbeat surrounding an impending Apple HDTV becoming louder by the week, Bloomberg reports that Apple engineer and iTunes developer Jeff Robbin has been tapped as the lead developer of the rumored television set. Robbin’s involvement is a sign of Apple’s commitment to extending its leadership in smartphones and tablets into the living room. […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs’ involvement in the design and architecture of Apple retail stores
25. October 2011
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One would be hard pressed to find a CEO as actively involved with the minutiae of his/her company’s products as Steve Jobs was. A stickler for even the tiniest of details, Jobs personally oversaw nearly every aspect of everything Apple churned out. From the type of wood used in Apple retail stores to how a […]
Continue reading...Apple HDTV prototypes already believed to be in the works
25. October 2011
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First it was the iPhone. Next it was the iPad. And now it’s an Apple HDTV that seems to be the latest focus of the Apple rumor mill. Rumors of an Apple HDTV have been picking up steam for some time now and even received a little kickstart after Steve Jobs told Walter Isaacson in […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs thought Mick Jagger was either on drugs or brain damaged upon first meeting him
25. October 2011
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Steve Jobs was an avowed Rolling Stones fan, though they weren’t quite as high up on his musical mantle as let’s say Bob Dylan or The Beatles. A small blurb from the soon to be released Steve Jobs biography recounts a story of how Andy Warhol convinced Jobs to share the original Macintosh with Mick […]
Continue reading...Time Lapse video of Steve Jobs white charcoal portrait
25. October 2011
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An incredible time lapse video of someone creating a white charcoal portrait of Steve Jobs. The video comes courtesy of Xiaonan Sun of ThePortraitArt who has an extensive portfolio of impressive charcoal portraits that users can purchase.
Continue reading...It’s this type of design/usability detail that sets Apple apart from the competition
24. October 2011
It’s the little things, really. It’s not uncommon to hear, when people describe what they like about Apple products, that devices like the iPhone just seem more elegant than the competition. Typically, these conversations center on differences in software design, but the unparalleled attention to detail that Apple pays to its products can also be […]
Continue reading...From the “Forbes puts this drivel on its website?” department
24. October 2011
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Following the iPhone 4S announcement, Forbes had a remarkably vapid article disparaging Apple’s next-gen iPhone up on its website. Due on October 14, this remarkably sucky, shoddy, sloppy, slapped together disaster of a phone will undoubtedly receive huge sales, endless attention, and a fair amount of praise from Apple loyalists. But if you own an […]
Continue reading...Al Gore: Steve Jobs is the kind of guy that comes along once every 250 years
24. October 2011
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During Al Gore’s recent interview at the AsiaD conference, the former Vice President waxed poetic on a wide swath of issues, though a good portion of the interview was naturally centered on Apple and the passing of Steve Jobs. As an Apple board member, and with experience in all a wide range of business ventures, […]
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26. October 2011
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