http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/
yup, not surprising, but still sad news.
I hope he had enough time with his family (http://www.iphone4sblog.net/iphone-4s-news/steve-jobs-family-releases-statement-12258/) to help them deal with his impending passing and to say goodbye.
Someone should link to the Joy Of Tech ' thanks Steve' they did a month ago, now it's a tribute to his vision and contributions and world-changing live.
farewell...
He will be missed, that's for sure.
RIP Steve...
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/eternal_flame.gif?#961)
alt text: "There's always the hope that if you sit and watch for long enough, the beachball will vanish and the thing it interrupted will return."
found via one of MANY links here: http://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs/
I wonder how many of these were written by the Big Name People themselves, and not their assistant or similar...
http://gizmodo.com/5847151/reactions-to-steve-jobs-death
http://gawker.com/5847338/steve-jobs-was-not-god
"He did not meaningfully reduce poverty, or make life-saving scientific discoveries, or end wars or heal the sick or befriend the friendless. ... Let's mourn Steve Jobs as we mourn the passing of any other good man -- modestly, privately, and quietly. Those of you whose remembrances have already taken on a quasi-religious tone: seek help."
Well, that's a "think different" perspective on this event.
Ol Stevesie was a polarizing figure for sure.
Classy Baptist Church plans to Picket his funeral... Note they posted this on Twitter (previous target) via an iPhone (the tool of the devil apparently)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/06/steve_jobs_funeral_picket/
Not so much a church as a crazy extended family. But hey, one of these days someone will respond to their outrageousness with gunshots and then they'll consider themselves "martyrs" for their cause.
on topic (!)
wow, "Siri" actually looks GOOD:
the promo video has a BLIND person (brilliant!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUU6Pc_wAdU
and it seems to have almost-Watsonesque context understanding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xHCjUhfUBc
I kinda feel awkward that they were playing Ray Charles...
Quote from: Mr. Analog on October 07, 2011, 06:36:15 AM
I kinda feel awkward that they were playing Ray Charles...
like he's gonna raise a stink about it?
Quote from: Darren Dirt on October 07, 2011, 09:08:05 AM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on October 07, 2011, 06:36:15 AM
I kinda feel awkward that they were playing Ray Charles...
like he's gonna raise a stink about it?
Has nothing to do with Ray really, Apple's beating us over the head with the whole blind usability angle, which is crap (as I am doubtful you could go through the setup/configuration without touching the screen at some point).
Quote from: Darren Dirt on October 06, 2011, 12:35:05 PM
http://gawker.com/5847338/steve-jobs-was-not-god
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/jobs-looked-to-the-future.html
"It would be fascinating to know what Mr. Jobs would make of the outpouring of grief flooding the developed world after his death on Wednesday. While it?s certain he?d be flattered, his hawk-eyed nature might assert itself ... His impatience with fools was legendary, and the amount of hagiography now being ladled onto his life with abandon would undoubtedly set his teeth on edge."
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1582b.html
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1583.html
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1600.html
Quote from: Mr. Analog on October 07, 2011, 09:23:36 AM
Has nothing to do with Ray really, Apple's beating us over the head with the whole blind usability angle, which is crap (as I am doubtful you could go through the setup/configuration without touching the screen at some point).
Actually dating back to 2010 iPhoen has been the most accessible smartphone, and most popular for those vision impaired
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/a-blind-users-profound-review-of-the-iphone/63400/
The core system has voice over prompts with a different touch screen mode that lets you scan the screen with your finger and have it read to you, then you need to hold to tap or something where normal mode would be a single tap.
The UI and even 3rd party APIs support this natively, all first party apps and core OS menus should support voice over (speak what is on the screen).
The new siri feature will make natural voice input possible.
App to read money
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/an-iphone-app-helps-the-blind-identify-currency/
App that tells you what color something is
http://kottke.org/10/09/iphone-a-revolutionary-device-for-the-blind
maybe Steve Jobs *was* a "god" ... to some entities:
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/scocca/2011/10/steve_jobs_dead_the_machines_regret_the_bio_expiration_of_apple_.html
*swoosh*
There are some features that a blind person could use for sure, they show a bunch of stuff with "regular people" using it (at which point I was like "hey, that's pretty cool I bet that would be handy for...") and then they show a blind person (at which point I was thinking "oh well there ya go") then I realized they were playing a Ray Charles tune ...
There's a point where you realize when something is patronizing, and it's right there.
Quote from: Mr. Analog on October 07, 2011, 11:46:36 AM
*swoosh*
There are some features that a blind person could use for sure, they show a bunch of stuff with "regular people" using it (at which point I was like "hey, that's pretty cool I bet that would be handy for...") and then they show a blind person (at which point I was thinking "oh well there ya go") then I realized they were playing a Ray Charles tune ...
There's a point where you realize when something is patronizing, and it's right there.
I suppose, but then again Apple likes to note things with music and he is basically the most known blind singer...
One of Mozilla's Blind from Birth accessibility testers raved about the 3GS and how it guides you to whats on screen and next to your finger etc.
http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/06/22/my-first-experience-using-an-accessible-touch-screen-device/
Like I say generally I like Apple's advertising but this one just... I don't know it bothered me
Quote from: Lazybones on October 07, 2011, 12:28:07 PM
I suppose, but then again Apple likes to note things with music and he is basically the most known blind singer...
...hey now...
(http://newyork.diarystar.com/images/stevie-wonder11.jpg) (http://www.google.com/search?q=stevie+wonder) (http://www.superiorpics.com/wenn_album/Andrea_Bocelli_-_Sing_at_Last/andrea_bocelli_001_112006.jpg) (http://www.google.com/search?q=Andrea+Bocelli)
(http://myplay.com/files/imagecache/photo_135_square/files/artist_images/dxc__gx668601.jpg) (http://www.google.com/search?q=Ronnie+Milsap)
:cough:
I said most, not only.
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Ray+charles+&word2=Stevie+wonder
Quote from: Lazybones on October 07, 2011, 08:11:12 PM
I said most, not only.
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Ray+charles+&word2=Stevie+wonder
forgot about good 'ol googlefight.
good old not always accurate googlefight http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=bill+gates&word2=steve+jobs
Quote10 years ago we had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope, and Johnny Cash - Now we have no Jobs, No Hope, and No Cash :" (
^ a comment from that time in 2007 when Jobs and Gates were interviewed in 2007 at "D5" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Z7eal4uXI)
Jobs appeared again in 2010 at "D8" -- and was visibly less healthy :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEJB6mHAydI
Steve Jobs: An animated life (those wacky Taiwanese animators)
http://twitter.com/#!/NMAtv/status/121753814750605312
https://www.google.com/search?q=no+hope+no+cash+no+jobs+please+don't+die+kevin+bacon
A Sister's Eulogy for Steve Jobs
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/mona-simpsons-eulogy-for-steve-jobs.html
insanely thought-provoking and greatly touching.
so the "first draft" of the Aaron Sorkin biopic has been leaked on the fob wide web...
http://www.funnyordie.com/pictures/58a52edd85/the-first-few-pages-of-aaron-sorkin-s-steve-jobs-biopic
creepy resemblance is creepy...
(http://starcrush.com/files/2012/12/All-About-Steve-Jobs-Sundance.jpg)
http://starcrush.com/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs
http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/2012-12-04/ashton-kutcher-is-an-uncanny-ringer-for-steve-jobs-in-first-official-photograph/
I recognize the white books with the rainbow-coloured band on them on the bookshelf in the left picture, but I can't remember what manuals those were for... Pretty sure those were the Mac manuals, weren't they?
Quote from: Thorin on December 06, 2012, 01:01:22 PM
I recognize the white books with the rainbow-coloured band on them on the bookshelf in the left picture, but I can't remember what manuals those were for... Pretty sure those were the Mac manuals, weren't they?
idk.
It's an Apple manual of some kind, but I can't tell which one...
I had one for Apple Basic that had a similar design, it was coiled not bound though.
Quote from: Mr. Analog on December 06, 2012, 01:17:08 PM
I had one for Apple Basic that had a similar design, it was coiled not bound though.
I'm betting those are hard boxes with coil bound manuals inside. or even binders. Seen a lot of old software packages and manuals come like that.
I had binders as well, and a hardware manual.
I think we sold everything back in the mid 90s (after I got my PowerBook)
Quote from: Darren Dirt on December 06, 2012, 12:56:35 PM
creepy resemblance is creepy...
(http://starcrush.com/files/2012/12/All-About-Steve-Jobs-Sundance.jpg)
http://starcrush.com/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs
http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/2012-12-04/ashton-kutcher-is-an-uncanny-ringer-for-steve-jobs-in-first-official-photograph/
so here it is March of 2013, and I guess since it's taking
forever for a serious Jobs biopic to be released, guess what Funny Or Die decided to do?
Spoiler
if you guessed "cast Justin Long (aka 'I'm a Mac') in a
fake trailerACTUAL feature-length comedy film (http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/03/steve-jobs-funny-or-die/)" you're right!
Spoiler
smarty pants.
Spoiler
and no, I'm not talking about this: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/76bca2a346/steve-jobs-action-movie-jason-statham
Spoiler
apparently "based more on a cursory reading of Steve Jobs? Wikipedia page. We did take some dramatic license with the story, but not as much as Argo" ;D
Also starring the fat guy from "Lost". As Woz. Not joking.
Now there's a quality film idea
The Steve Jobs Story, starring Troy McClure
Quote from: Mr. Analog on March 20, 2013, 02:36:19 PM
Now there's a quality film idea
The Steve Jobs Story, starring Troy McClure
I just read about Sorkin's concept (http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/11/aaron-sorkin-steve-jobs-biopic/), and presuming it's not a disinfo joke, I am actually now less interested in it* :( especially in contrast to the FoD "iSteve" film 8)
* "this entire movie is going to be three scenes, and three scenes only, that all take place in real time." http://www.thedailybeast.com/videos/2012/11/15/aaron-sorkin-spills-secrets-about-jobs-biopic.html
I just dislike the whole cult of personality, I love Apple products but I hate their fans.
Kind of like religion I guess :)
Quote from: Mr. Analog on March 20, 2013, 02:49:20 PM
I just dislike the whole cult of personality
or maybe things grew so big because (and not that the public would ever know this for
sure) of not just a personality cult but something far more ... villainous, like http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/11/bahnhof/
The guy made Woz cry.
He was not, by all accounts, a nice man.
Quote from: Mr. Analog on March 20, 2013, 02:59:00 PM
The guy made Woz cry.
He was not, by all accounts, a nice man.
Hence the Real Life evil lair (http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/11/bahnhof/) theory -- every wealthy villain needs one! ;D