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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