By Adam Ferguson
There’s no question that Steve Jobs’ legacy will live on indefinitely. The release of his sanctioned autobiography today has given us more insight into our modern-day Willy Wonka. But that isn’t all he’s leaving us with. Not only was he actively involved in the creation of the next iPhone (the successor to the iPhone 4S), but he’s leaving his stamp on the city of Cupertino, CA as well.
The Apple Campus on Infinite Loop is a great corporate headquarters. It’s a bit utilitarian, has elements of post-modern architecture, but it remains bright, airy, and welcoming. But the plans for Apple Campus 2 will make the current campus look like something Microsoft would have created.
I’m a bit of an architecture and urban planning nerd, but the new Apple campus really is a thing of beauty. A perfect circle. Sitting in a forested landscape, the new building will replace a complex of office buildings with a stunning, practical, and extremely well thought out design. In other words, it’s pure Jobsian. Check out more here:
By Thomas Gallant
iTunes > iPod Classic > iPod Classic with Video > iPod Nano > iPod Shuffle > Macbook Pro > Airport Express > iMac > iPod Touch > Apple TV > iPad > iPhone > Airport Extreme
Since sometime around 2004, Apple has been slowly creeping its way in to my collection of computer and entertainment hardware. Unlike Adam, I haven’t been a lifelong fan and perhaps that’s why he is more creative than me. I was a late convert to OS X because I clung to the idea of being able to diagnose and “improve” my Windows machine. Then, one day I realized how much easier life would be if I started buying shit that just worked. I haven’t looked back since.
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By Adam Ferguson
My father worked at a computer software company that specialized in educational software for Apple computers. It was his realization that the computer was the future early on, as well as his desire for the non-sports loving one of his sons to find a diversion that he brought home an Apple IIe for the family. And this one moment established us as an Apple family from the start, through the dark days of Apple in the 90s and finally into the Apple resurgence at the turn of the century and beyond. It was never a question of what make of computer we’d get next, it was a question of which Apple computer we’d get next.
I’ve spent the last day wondering why I’ve been so upset by the passing of Steve Jobs. I don’t recall every feeling such sadness at the loss of another human being I’ve never met. And really, the last time I felt this way about the loss of something was at the end of Back to the Future III when then Delorean gets destroyed by an on-coming train. But upon further inspection, I think I’ve figured it out.
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By Adam Ferguson
After almost a year of trying to perfect the white version of their iPhone, Apple has finally released it for public consumption. And due to the nature of the color in which this handy piece of technology is now available, it goes without saying that there are bound to be some out-of-context racist headlines floating around. Here are a few I came up with.
- Whites make a return.
- Will the whites steal the thunder from the blacks?
- Apple unleashes the whites.
- Whites relegate blacks to the minority.
- Blacks still top-sellers in the South.
- New iPhone driving app riles the honkies. (Not a white iPhone related headline, but still)
Submit your own in the comments section.
Last night, my precious iPhone had a run in with a cup of water. That meant this morning I had my first occasion to visit the Apple Store Genius bar.
An odd experience. Here’s what I observed…
1. Apple has hired too many employees.
It was early in the morning, but I’d say there were 10 employees to every customer. And most of the employees were chatting with each other.
2. Shaving and a clean appearance are not part of the employee dress code.
3. Furthermore, the floors look like they were washed more than most of the employees.
4. When you walk through the door, I think you’re supposed to feel like you’re entering a strange, technological cult.
5. The Soho location may be the friendliest store in New York.
6. You can hang a pen off your Apple store employee badge. Not sure if this was something only the cool kids did, or just the dorks.
7. Everything being used has an Apple logo on it.
8. I heard more than one conversations about sinus problems. (Not sure if there’s a correlation between employees, allergies and nose drainage issues; but there were a few people discussing the latest sinus clearing techniques and medicines.)
9. It’s eerie how the employees blue t-shirts matched the blue screens on the computers and the display TV around the store.
10. No one looks like they know what they’re doing, but they really, really do.
Don’t drop your electronic devices in water or any liquid.
-baierman
By Adam Ferguson
I’ve made many poor decisions in my life, up to and including a suggestion we re-write Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite” and use it for an eating disorder campaign. (“I throw my food up in my hands sometimes…”) But one of the best decisions I’ve ever made was purchasing an iPhone. I bought it back when they first came out and used it to pick up chicks. This was so successful that I wrote a three part article about it for YesButNoButYes. (Part I, Part II, Part III) But since then, I’ve convinced a fantastic girl to date me; either through brainwashing or steady checks from my parents dumped into her bank account. Whatever the case, she’s stuck around me for quite a long time and I truly think it’s just because I had an iPhone.
The problem is, she just ordered one from Verizon.
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