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When Larry was relating the tail of the peacock, I could almost hear the words from Steve himself. It was eery and a little bit wonderful.

The last WWDC keynote did its task but it was overshadowed by Steve's absence. I miss the passion.
 
The most difficult time for me was the public release the day of/before his death. I like to think he saw and understood the presentation, and was screaming at the TV.

"Bricks and mortar is nonsense, It is just a joke. Aren't you reading the newspaper? Bricks and mortar is dead." - Larry Ellison

"We're not using bricks and mortar, we're using glass and steel." - Steve Jobs

"The brilliance of not being a follower . . ." - Larry Ellison

Just Rocketman

FYI ATT 1985:

http://www.itworld.com/business/282...ase-information-superhighway-and-predict-siri

Apple 1987

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIE8xk6Rl1w
 
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I'm well aware of Catmull's qualifications as a huge fan of Pixar. That still does not explain why a news website would choose to signal him out as a doctor every time they use his name when they do not do that for every other doctor mentioned by the website.
It's a little like saying, "Mr. President". It is a sign of respect for a position or set of accomplishments. Aside from his technical accomplishments he is the head of animation for Pixar and Walt Disney Studios, so he is at the very nexus of his trade technically and managerially, and financially. It turns out I know 5-6 people who work under him in highly skilled positions.

Rocketman

I don't even agree with President Obama's policies, but he is my President. I refer to him as Mr. President so long as he holds that position of accomplishment and respect in this exceptional country. Affirmative action aside.
 
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It's a little like saying, "Mr. President". It is a sign of respect for a position or set of accomplishments. Aside from his technical accomplishments he is the head of animation for Pixar and Walt Disney Studios, so he is at the very nexus of his trade technically and managerially, and financially. It turns out I know 5-6 people who work under him in highly skilled positions.

Rocketman

I don't even agree with President Obama's policies, but he is my President. I refer to him as Mr. President so long as he holds that position of accomplishment and respect in this exceptional country. Affirmative action aside.

I don't know if you had some hand in writing the original article/post, but I don't think so as the post indicates it was a bot. Either way though, that's not acceptable on any real journalistic level. It's the type of lax journalism you'd expect to find on a blog. It's not the journalist that decides who gets the title consistently. You can list "Ph.D." at the beginning but unless one includes "Mr." for everyone else rather than just the last name, it's incorrect at a basic level.

And like I said in a previous post, I know of Catmull and his life's work is incredible. It's very cool that you have so many acquaintances that work for him and speak highly of him, a good sign of a boss regardless of success.
 
I see we can agree this is a blog and not of the highest possible journalistic levels. MacRumors in particular concatenates stories from around the web and the world on issues related to Apple. And no I am not a "formal contributor". I do however try to add value when I do post and not spend ALL my time mocking, and whining, and bragging about my latest hardware purchases, and every detail of their specifications.

If anything I would like to see mini-articles on how equipment is attached and set up into systems to deliver helpful benefits and cool tasks.

The only folks who can do that are the very ones who have accomplished it.

One of my best friends is a journalist for Reuters in China (lead for Bejing). When he publishes articles, more often than not there is a co-author and almost always 2-5 contributors and ALWAYS an editor, sometimes two. That's journalism. The editing function is supreme.

With blogging expediency is extreme, er, supreme.

On a positive note MR news articles on the front page typically have links to the original source material, a summary of the key points, quotes of the key language, and links to prior references to the subject. They may not always get the spelling right or be fully and entirely neutral on the subject, but they do provide everything needed to properly criticize them for the great job they do.

Rocketman
 
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Not sure how to take this

What's wrong with inspiring high school students? It would be silly if the crowd he was trying to inspire were 60 year olds, but not HS students.

It's generally customary to allow a year for people to mourn and reflect on so,eone's passing. Why are you so rushed to forget him?

As someone on the spitting range of 60' I remain inspired by Steve.

He was a year behind me at the same elementary and "junior high" where we overlapped by 5 years. I hope maybe I inspired him in a positive way, LOL!

Agree with you on your second point.
 
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