Today: "R.I.P. Steve Jobs. He did so much to change the face of technology forever."
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Sometimes you have to sit back and appreciate the fickleness of a crowd...
Just watch this little clip and you can see why I like one and not the other: http://www.wimp.com/stevemoment/
Yet he was also incredibly flawed. His shortcomings are well documented. I still admire, and attempt to emulate, Henry Ford the entrepreneur even if I don't love the man as a whole.
In the same way I admire Apple (and their embodiment in Steve Jovs) for what they've done, and in many ways emulate their approach and passion for making delightful products. Yet I'm wary, and extremely critical, of much of what they're doing.
I can definitely be both. I want to promote the Apple that makes amazing products, while quashing the Apple that wants to exert utter control over everything.
Which is kind of like wanting to promote water without promoting getting wet.
I'm skeptical of Apple ever regaining a filter like that. I think, they'll lumber around for a few years while their products lose mystique. It's not that their products are much different than android, it's that Apple will lose its super cool image by doing things like suing samsung.
Mr Jobs put a great image on the company. In an age where dell would make you sit on hold for hours, then do a dance where you replace certain parts, Apple would just send you a new one. Being hassle free in an age of hassle is just one example.
Triumph of the Nerds (1996)
Jobs and Apple were a decade ahead of their competition.
The analogy of corporations/market place and human colonies is an interesting one that has ramifications through society all the way to the Supreme Court, but I think the flippant remark about Apple lacking empathy, or being fearless or lacking responsibility is rather like thinking a dolphin is smiling at you at sea world.
A lot of us don't like to say anything when apple or some blogger puts up a tribute to Jobs. It isn't because we don't have convictions, it's because we have respect for the dead.
The hover car is inevitable. Should I not be amazed at one when I see it?
I guess not, because whoever makes it will "simply" be the first to do the inevitable.