The impending Age Of Abundance was prophecied in the scriptures thousands of years ago.
Thursday, October 06, 2011
And I Am Not Even An Apple Fanboy
Image by The Seg via FlickrSteve Jobs — 1955-2011I have never bought an Apple product. My first smartphone is going to be a Nexus Prime. I am so glad Amazon has finally given the iPad some genuine competition.
But my admiration for Steve Jobs is deep and genuine.
Steve Jobs' Departure
Steve Jobs At A City Council Meeting
How Steve Jobs Gets Things Done
Steve Jobs: iPad 2 Announcement
An Ode To Steve jobs
Steve Jobs Should Never Have Been Fired
Apple: Trillion Dollar Company?
Sculley: Scum
Apple Is A Cultural Phenomenon
Mideast Peace: Tech Industry Style
I have been reading up on the guy the past few hours. Few details of his life I have read are news to me. It's most amazing to me as to how he ran Apple like a startup even when he had turned it into the most valuable company in the world. Aren't you supposed to get "corporate" by then?
I find myself listening to Indian classical music after a long, long time.
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Steve Jobs — 1955-2011
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeI just got back from an event near Times Square. I had some roadside momo - dumplings - with a ton of hot sauce. Usually I burn the midnight oil - it is a body clock thing. But today I was hoping to go to bed early and to wake up earlier than usual to work out some - I do freehand. I guess I decided to log into my computer just as I gulped the last dumpling, and there was a Google Talk message from a friend out in the MidWest, someone I have yet to meet, a doctor from my hometown in Nepal. A few weeks back he mailed me a book he has written - Enduring Everest - about enduring ethnic prejudice as a Madhesi in Nepal.
"Steve Jobs died," the message said. It was not a new message. His status said he was idle.
My first reaction was disbelief. I expected the guy to retire, not to die. I felt sad. No, I did not see this coming. I was expecting him to stick around for years. This guy truly, truly stands out among the tech titans of my lifetime. It is going to take me days to digest the news.
Walt Mosberg: The Steve Jobs I Knew
Larry Page
Mark Zuckerberg
Bill Gates
The White House: President Obama on the Passing of Steve Jobs: "He changed the way each of us sees the world."
Dick Costolo
iPhone: Free Means $400
Image via WikipediaNow that Apple has a new iPhone it is going to give you the old one for free. That is the word. But is it really free? You get saddled with a two year contract, and an old phone. Free means you don't have to pay that first $200. But your monthly bill does not come down, as it would if the phone were really free. Money collected from that two year contract, well, Apple lays claim to part of it. An iPhone costs around 600 bucks. But you don't feel the pain because you get tricked into thinking it costs 200 bucks, the upfront money you pay. But Apple gets 200 from you and 400 from the carrier.
From a "free" phone Apple will keep getting the 400 from the carrier. 70 bucks per month over two years is 1680 bucks. Apple gets 400 of that. Your monthly bill would be more like 55 bucks per month if the phone were truly free.
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Met Peter Vesterbacka Of Rovio Of Angry Birds Monday Evening
That is why you want to show up for events. I had no idea he was going to be there. I guess I did not read up the details on the event before I showed up. But it was awesome. It has to have been one of the best MeetUps I ever went to. There was Peter, the biggest name in mobile games, and there was live music, and there was free food - I ate a whole bunch of baby tomatoes.
Events: Week Of October 3
Peter said Angry Birds was "an overnight success in that" they had 51 flop games before they came up with Anngry Birds. Or maybe it was 52 flop games, one of the above.
Events: Week Of October 3
Peter said Angry Birds was "an overnight success in that" they had 51 flop games before they came up with Anngry Birds. Or maybe it was 52 flop games, one of the above.
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