Archive for the ‘Rough Drafts’ Category

Making Toast

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

When version 3 of Toast CD-ROM Pro was finally finished, we had many drive vendors anxiously waiting to get their copies for bundling. Rather than incur the additional delay of shipping finished product from Germany, we decided to have them made in the US. (more…)

Hitting the Big Time

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

Walking up to the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas for NAB 2001, I see this gigantic row of banners for Apple’s professional tools. And there, much bigger than life, is DVD Studio Pro.

DVD Studio Pro banner

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Holy Shit! I’m in Infinite Loop 1

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

After the acquisition, I was put in the QuickTime group working for Frank C. The application division didn’t exist yet, so Phil thought this was best place for me. I had an office in Infinite Loop 3. When the applications division was formed, they got their own space, and to my great astonishment I ended up with an office in Infinite Loop 1…more or less the center of the Mac universe.

My new home
That’s me, heading to work

edit to reconcile with the account of Phil wanting me to relocate
…add info about office location, layout of building, the entryway, the huge hanging banners…

Big Sign
The big, big banner in the lobby

Moving In

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

My first office was in Infinite Loop 3.

Building 3

Completely unbelievable…my office at Apple.

My office in the QuickTime group