Writers Block Live » About Mike Evangelist http://writersblocklive.com Home of "Jobs I've Known" a book in progress Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:31:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Exaggerating My Own Importance http://writersblocklive.com/exaggerating-my-own-importance-2005-10 http://writersblocklive.com/exaggerating-my-own-importance-2005-10#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:11:46 +0000 Mike Evangelist http://writersblocklive.com/?p=17 Mike Evangelist - Writers Block LiveI want to be clear about something: my role in most of what will be described in this book was largely insignificant. Unfortunately, the very act of writing about these events requires me to use my personal perspective and perceptions, which tends to magnify my apparent role.

Apple obviously has many exceptional people whose individual contributions are noteworthy, but most of the great things which come out of Apple are the work of teams.

I was just one person in such a team. Don’t let my writing make you think otherwise.

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The shoe that changed my life
The shoe that changed my life

From April 2000 to July 2002 I was a director of product marketing at Apple, responsible for Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, iDVD and few others.

How I went from merely being a fan of Apple’s products, living far away from Cupertino, to actually working for the company and for Steve Jobs himself is the what this book will be about. Oh, and I’ll also explain that shoe.

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I’m writing it because I want to get it all ‘on paper’ before I forget some of the amazing experiences. But it’s my sincere hope that you will find it interesting, enlightening and maybe even inspirational. And even if you don’t, I’d still love to hear your comments.

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