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RIP Steve Jobs
Oct. 6th, 2011 06:09 pmNarrated by Steve Jobs:
Every computer I've ever bought has been a Mac. I've owned PCs -- but I got those second hand and replaced the bum parts to make a reasonable computer for a while. But they are constantly at war with themselves and once I spent more time in maintenance then in doing what I want on them, they were gotten rid of.
My favorite part of owning a Mac is when my internet it wacky and I call Charter. When they start with the "this is what you have to do", tell them that I own a Mac and that the problem is on their end. And it is. You plug it in and it works, none of those stupid settings or viruses. The techs know that, I say "Mac" and they skip right to the part where they fix it on their end - you know, the end run on PCs.
But more than that, I love the feeling of freedom I get from a Mac. I don't have to know code and I'm not locked into learning the underpinnings of a program. I can just do what I want to do. It's smooth and effortless and lets me do and be. If I need it done, there's an app for that.
I love what Steve Jobs did with Apple:
I love that Apple products are rebellious, yet elegant. I love that they brought style and flair to computers. I love that they made effortless important. I love that they are all about doing things.
I love that Steve Jobs started Pixar -- once again a company that used technology but celebrated people. Toy Story is completely computer generated, but it has more heart and soul than most live action films.
The most important thing, tho, that I think Steve Jobs did, was to show us that corporations are really people - Apple is a corporation, but Steve Jobs never let it become faceless, leaderless, soulless. Instead of getting rid of our corporations, we should demand that they become what Steve Jobs has shown they should be.
Every computer I've ever bought has been a Mac. I've owned PCs -- but I got those second hand and replaced the bum parts to make a reasonable computer for a while. But they are constantly at war with themselves and once I spent more time in maintenance then in doing what I want on them, they were gotten rid of.
My favorite part of owning a Mac is when my internet it wacky and I call Charter. When they start with the "this is what you have to do", tell them that I own a Mac and that the problem is on their end. And it is. You plug it in and it works, none of those stupid settings or viruses. The techs know that, I say "Mac" and they skip right to the part where they fix it on their end - you know, the end run on PCs.
But more than that, I love the feeling of freedom I get from a Mac. I don't have to know code and I'm not locked into learning the underpinnings of a program. I can just do what I want to do. It's smooth and effortless and lets me do and be. If I need it done, there's an app for that.
I love what Steve Jobs did with Apple:
I love that Apple products are rebellious, yet elegant. I love that they brought style and flair to computers. I love that they made effortless important. I love that they are all about doing things.
I love that Steve Jobs started Pixar -- once again a company that used technology but celebrated people. Toy Story is completely computer generated, but it has more heart and soul than most live action films.
The most important thing, tho, that I think Steve Jobs did, was to show us that corporations are really people - Apple is a corporation, but Steve Jobs never let it become faceless, leaderless, soulless. Instead of getting rid of our corporations, we should demand that they become what Steve Jobs has shown they should be.
