Growing Up Geek: Apple
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 10:21PM
Allan Deonarine in Apple, Geek, Growing Up Geek, Steve Jobs

Apple homepage remembering Steve Jobs

The recent passing of Steve Jobs, Apple and Pixar CEO, got me thinking of the first computer I ever used. An Apple computer. I was in 3rd grade. The teacher was asking some sort of question that I got right. The reward was time on the class computer. I had never touched a computer before, but I was able to use it without any instruction. That is the core of Apple. Designing technology that was easy to use as well as a powerful tool. The intersection of technology and liberal arts. I spent the rest of lunch time playing Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?

I'm not going to go into my later love/hate relationship with Apple's products and decisions over the 20 years subsequent. That's a post for another time. As for Growing Up Geek, I think I may continue this series in the future.

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