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John Gruber: The Mac Pro Lives alvin April 4, 2017 - 8:23am

John Gruber writes today that The Mac Pro Lives. Perhaps more accurately, at least it seems to have a future.

Tell the truth and worry less about the consequences alvin March 18, 2017 - 11:54am

A quote from this article by Guy Kawasaki about Steve Jobs:

This experience taught me that you should tell the truth and worry less about the consequences for three reasons:

1) Telling the truth is a test of your character and intelligence. You need strength to tell the truth and intelligence to recognize what is true.

2) People yearn for the truth—that is, telling people that their product is good just to be positive doesn’t help them improve it.

3) There’s only one truth, so it’s easier to be consistent if you’re honest. If you are dishonest, you have to keep track of what you said.

Steve Jobs initially hated the Genius Bar alvin March 6, 2017 - 2:42pm

From this interview with former Apple retail head Ron Johnson:

“I remember the day I came in and told Steve (Jobs) about the Genius Bar idea and he says, ‘That’s so idiotic! It’ll never work!’” Johnson said. “He said, ‘Ron, you might have the right idea, but here’s the big gap: I’ve never met someone who knows technology who knows how to connect with people. They’re all geeks! You can call it the Geek Bar.’”

Apple seeks design perfection at new “spaceship” campus alvin February 7, 2017 - 9:49am

From a Reuters article titled, Apple seeks design perfection at new “spaceship” campus:

“But de la Torre ultimately saw that Apple executives were not trying to evoke the iPhone per se, but rather following something akin to the Platonic ideal of form and dimension. ‘They have arrived at design principles somehow through many years of experimentation, and they are faithful to those principles,’ de la Torre said. Fanatical attention to detail is a key tenet.”

Steve Jobs advice to Nike alvin January 27, 2017 - 12:40pm

I’ve written about this before, but I was just reminded in this article about Steve Jobs advice to Nike: Get rid of the crap.

iPhone/iOS: How to quit using cellular data when using WiFi alvin January 14, 2017 - 3:21pm

I live in Colorado, where cellular reception can be very hit or miss. As just one example there are only two spots in my apartment where I can make a phone call. So when I’m at home trying to view a website using Safari on my iPhone and the page is loading really slow, I find it really annoying that my iPhone is trying to use my cellular data rather than my home wireless network (WiFi).

Note: Apple implies that the cellular data is “assisting” the WiFi, but with the poor cell reception here, I can confirm that this feature just slows down my iPhone internet speed.

Daniel Kottke’s Amazing Apple Relics alvin January 14, 2017 - 9:31am

A website named digibarn.com has a collection of images and short stories they call Daniel Kottke’s Amazing Apple Relics. If you’re interested in Apple history it’s a nice little find.

Tony Fadell and the creation of the first iPhone alvin January 11, 2017 - 6:44pm

Here’s a decent interview with Tony Fadell on bbc.com about the creation of the first iPhone.

Steve Jobs: Products vs profits alvin December 27, 2016 - 4:35pm

bgr.com found a nice part of a talk by Steve Jobs in 1998 where he talked about products vs profits. I don’t think I’m the only one who thinks that Apple has lost their way in this regard. macOS keeps getting more and more clumsy, and both it and iOS have more bugs (that affect me) than ever. And then there’s the battery issues in the 2016 MacBook Pro and macOS, which is discussed in the bgr.com article.

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