October 2011
2 posts
My Tribute to Steve: Two Days Not Building an MVP
Like many techie types, I’ve been reflecting on Steve Jobs and how he moved me and influenced me at various times in my life. I started writing down these thoughts in a blog post: the fierce competition at my junior high school (yes, that’s what it was called back then) for the two Apple ][s we had; sneaking into my dad’s closet in the Fall of 1983 to read the manuals and...
Siri is Awesome, But Not for Apple
Update Oct 5th, 2011 (evening)
RIP Steve Jobs, aesthete extraordinaire. You made the world a more beautiful place.
Update Oct 5th, 2011 (morning)
Having received some stiff but fair criticism on Hacker News for this post, I’d like to clarify and summarize a few points:
Apple is not a fashion company. Yet the value of their brand is clearly not just about utility. Apple’s products...