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Difficult And Impossible
The next time someone says “You are being difficult” remind them that Apple thought Steve Jobs was being difficult and they fired him.
He then went off and created this little animation company called Pixar.
Apple asked Steve Jobs to come back in 1997 when they were about 90 days out from bankruptcy. Steve nixed the Newton, created a partnership with Microsoft and refocused the entire product line.
Almost exactly 14 years later, in August 2011, Apple’s value exceeded that of ExxonMobil.
The next time someone says “it’s impossible” think of how Steve Jobs changed our world.
In 2001, as we recovered from 9/11 and later saw our country go to war, who could possibly have ever even considered the implications of a soon to be launched MP3 player called the iPod. Or the iPhone. Or the iPad. It is not just about the devices. It is everything that feeds in and out of the devices and how we communicate and share.
So if you want to call me “difficult” and tell me that my beliefs are “impossible” then the only thing I have to say to you is “Thank-you, I am in very good company.”
Thank you, Mr. Jobs for your unfaltering belief in your vision and making “difficult” and “impossible” something to be incredibly proud of.
Despite the general consensus that Apple’s new future headquarters looks like a spaceship, everyone might just want to take another look.
Source inhabitat.com
Apple really doesn’t need advertising when they have people doing stuff like this. So although I would normally filed this under “FUN”, I think it deserved a shout out on CheapandEvilGirl because it shows how technology - digital, mobile - really erases the barriers in our not so physical world (plus, this is a subway experience I would have enjoyed). And I might add - Atomic Tom is pretty damn awesome and you should buy their music. (Thanks TechCrunch)
Source TechCrunch
Apple.com home page. I like “oh, yeah, we know. we changed it AGAIN. but you are going to love it anyway.” Time to get a new phone. It’s a yearly thing at this point.
Apple does it again - this time taking control of Wired.com’s main navigation. You only get one chance to see this unless you clear your cookies. Funnest ad ever!
If anyone has been following the FCC’s investigation into the rejection of Google Voice app for the Apple App Store, here’s the latest. It’s becoming more and more obvious that carriers/providers (AT&T) as well as device “manufacturers” (Apple) are going to do what they can to protect their own interests by limiting what users have available to them.
Makes one want to consider an open source platform like Android, but let’s be realistic - Google certainly isn’t opening the doors for everyone either.
