I snapped this photo of Steve Jobs while he was working on the flow of his keynote demo in 2001. It’s striking to see this and realize how much his appearance has changed. (more…)
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Time Waits for No Mac – or CEO
Sunday, January 18th, 2009Apple’s Big Apple
Friday, May 19th, 2006
Five year ago, some people thought Steve Jobs was crazy to open Apple-branded retail stores. I’m sure those people are ‘thinking different’ today. As usual, Apple’s managed to create a media frenzy over its snazzy new store in New York, and looking at the photos, it’s easy to get caught up in it even from here.
I figured the stores would work out well. The existing Apple resellers (especially in the US) were not doing the best job of reaching non-Mac users. If you found Macs at all, they were being ‘explained’ by the same 18 year old kid who was selling car stereos and washing machines two aisles over. Who better than Apple to tell the Apple story to the uninitiated? Besides, if Windows users had a chance to actually see and touch a Mac, they are much more likely to ultimately buy one.
The Minnesota Connection
But there was another reason I knew the stores would succeed…the guy who Steve chose to run them: Ron Johnson. Ron came from Target, where he helped them achieve their incredible success. It was obvious to me that Apple was serious about the stores if they they put someone like this in charge. (more…)
Bamboo – Buddhas to Beer
Friday, March 31st, 2006
Still totally jet-lagged, but I felt awake enough to share a few images from the trip.
While in China I spent a day in the ciy of Anji, known as the City of Bamboo; not without reason. Bamboo was growing all over the surrounding hillsides, and everywhere you looked were immense piles of bamboo being dried, stacked, cut, sorted and trucked to the many factories, large and small, turning the bamboo into wonderful and useful products. Pillows, purses, placemats, chairs, chopsticks, hats, shoes, edible bamboo, and even bamboo beer (which was pretty good.) Everything bamboo.
Unfortunately, no panda sightings.
Bamboo is remarkable for its renewability; the samples shown here are only about a year old, and nearly ready to be harvested. (more…)
Hello from China
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
My schedule has been grueling, and we’ve had very little time to see the sights, spending most of the days in factories. But I have at least a couple photos to prove I’m here; first at Lake Tai near Wuxi (woo-shee), (more…)
