so about 17 years ago i returned from a 6 month trip to Canada, having graduated from University with a degree in business management. Qualifying me for not much I applied for, and got, a job as an admin assistant for a small graphic design company. My job involved using computers and i discovered and learnt how to use these computers that i had never come across before. It was all new for me and at the time the internet was in its infancy, people were still communicating by letter, land lines and the most important 'get it now' method was the fax machine.
At that time in my life i guess i wasn't so interested in how technology worked but at the time i do remember thinking that the computers i used at work were so much easier, straight forward and just 'worked.' They were of course some of the first of the new breed of Macintosh computers.
Fast forward 7 or so years and i met my now husband who was somewhat of a Mac evangelist in the making….and we purchased our first G4 imac….and that was that. Now we don't even have an aged PC kicking around the house.
I never really paid much attention to Steve Jobs, didn't really know much about the man. I just kinda liked his stuff. Today i know a lot more about him.
He is a true David to the Goliath that is Microsoft, unafraid of facing up to such a giant. Taking on the mighty mobile phone producers and beating them with one, incredible, stylish and iconic product. Like i heard someone say on the radio today "you'll find old macintosh computers in a design museum, you'll find old PCs in the skip"
Here are a couple of my favourite youtube videos of the Macintosh man. He passed away today, aged 56. Loosing a battle to cancer. That indiscriminate disease that robs our world of flashes of brilliance and hope. But, my goodness, what a legacy he has left. RIP.
and this veryfunnyone, havent been able to embed. But you have to go watch. I remember seeing this years ago and had a real giggle at it.