Blogs are like assholes. Everyone has one and most of them are full of shit.
My Mom recently had to do a very difficult thing - she had to clean out her parent’s house. My grandfather is in a nursing home due to his dementia, and my grandmother passed away a few years ago. It is surreal to see someones life reduced to a pile of possessions.
One of the most interesting things she found was a number of journals my grandfather kept. These were those little day planner books which have a few lines allocated for each day reserved for appointments and meetings. My grandfather used them in a slightly different manner - he recorded little details about each day. Since there were only a few lines available he was forced to kept the descriptions succinct - much like a primitive twitter service. No one knew he kept these journals and I read through several of these books with rapt fascination. In the 1987 book I found an account of my broken left arm. In another journal I see that my sister made first honors, while I only made second (she was always a fucking show off). I enjoyed reading my family’s history though my grandfather’s eyes.
But this really makes me think. The closest thing I have to these journals is this blog. I wonder about the day when my grandchildren discover my ancient “MacBook Pro” interweb communication terminal and connect to the antiquated “Google” indexing service and stumble upon my blog. Do I really want them to know that Grandpa used to read websites on his iPhone to pass time while he craps?
A cute 22-year old student is auctioning off her virginity in order to pay her college tuition.
Looks like its time to sell some stock.
Ryan and I were leaving IL1 today after a meeting when I made a most critical mistake. Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw Steve Jobs having a casual chat with Scott Forstall. Without thinking I turned my head in that direction. And that is when it happened.
I made eye contact with Steve Jobs.
I fully expect my badge to stop working tomorrow morning.
I might be slightly biased, but once you touch this new iPod you will want to buy it. I can say without reservations that this is the one of the best iPods we have ever made, both in terms of hardware and software. I can’t stop playing with it, and by all rights I should be fucking sick of looking at this thing. It was another long summer but it was well worth it.
I worked on the Genius feature and the contextual menu system. It was a little unclear from Steve’s demo, but the contextual menus are not only present in Now Playing . Press-and-hold center button on the media lists also brings up a contextual menu, which lets you start Genius, browse artist/album/compilation, and add to the On-the-Go playlist. The contextual menus also make appearances in Clocks, Stopwatch, Voice Memos and Nike. I think these menus really improve the usability of the iPod, which is saying a lot. But as I stated before, I might be biased.
We added a lot of new features and little touches that didn’t get mentioned in the keynote. Some of these you won’t notice until you actually use the product for a while, But the end result is an extremely slick and intuitive device.
Now if you will excuse me, I am going to take a nap.
Ryan just turned to me and asked “who the shit is this guy?”. Awesome.
We are not worthy, but only say the word and I shall be healed.
We are seated. No sign of Fearless Leader yet. We are looking for Kevin Rose so we can kick his ass later.
Ryan, Eric and I are waiting outside of Yerba Buena. I think Ryan just pissed his pants in excitement.
You read it here first - I am on the train heading into the city. You won’t find coverage like this on engadget folks.
So far all the rumors I read on the caltrain website were true. The next stop after Mountain View _is_ Palo Alto. Amazing.
You might have heard that Apple is hosting a special media event tomorrow. I will be attending said event, basking in the full radiance of the Reality Distortion Field. It is going to be awesome. Or rather, Steve is going to tell me it was awesome. And I will believe it.
I will try to blog from the event tomorrow, so stay tuned.
