Cheat To Win

In regards to your recent iPhone post

me: I can’t tell how much of that is Apple being a terrible company and how much of it is Boston being full of wretched human beings.
Abby: LIFE’S ETERNAL RIDDLE.

Posted on December 5th, 2012 at 3:07PM

Steve Jobs created many beautiful objects. He made digital devices more elegant and easier to use. He made a lot of money for Apple Inc. after people wrote it off for dead. He will undoubtedly serve as a role model for generations of entrepreneurs and business leaders. Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing depends on how honestly his life is appraised.

Yet again, I struggle with posting a Gawker article, but this brings up everything I’ve wanted to say since the hero worship started on Wednesday night. Steve Jobs wasn’t God - he wasn’t even close.

Steve Jobs created many beautiful objects. He made digital devices more elegant and easier to use. He made a lot of money for Apple Inc. after people wrote it off for dead. He will undoubtedly serve as a role model for generations of entrepreneurs and business leaders. Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing depends on how honestly his life is appraised.

Yet again, I struggle with posting a Gawker article, but this brings up everything I’ve wanted to say since the hero worship started on Wednesday night. Steve Jobs wasn’t God - he wasn’t even close.

Posted on October 7th, 2011 at 12:21PM

#Apple #Steve Jobs #Gawker

I’ve never owned an Apple product. Yet here I am, talking on phones, typing on computers, and reading the internet every day. If you like Apple products, fine. They are products. They do not have souls. They are not heroes, and neither is their creator, no matter how skilled he may have been. 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.

I can’t believe I’m even referencing a Gawker article, but this is just perfectly structured. Thank you for stealing the thoughts straight from my brain, Hamilton Nolan.

I’ve never owned an Apple product. Yet here I am, talking on phones, typing on computers, and reading the internet every day. If you like Apple products, fine. They are products. They do not have souls. They are not heroes, and neither is their creator, no matter how skilled he may have been. 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.

I can’t believe I’m even referencing a Gawker article, but this is just perfectly structured. Thank you for stealing the thoughts straight from my brain, Hamilton Nolan.

Posted on October 6th, 2011 at 5:14PM

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#Gawker #Steve Jobs #Apple

Calling the death a “tragic loss” and saying he was “truly devastated by the news,” self-described Apple product loyalist Eric Cavanaugh is treating the passing of the company’s former CEO Steve Jobs as if his fucking dad just died, sources confirmed Thursday. “I can’t believe it,” said Cavanaugh, 28, wearing a saddened expression that would make you think he was mourning the loss of his 61-year-old father, Jack, and not a complete goddamn stranger. “He meant a lot to me, and I’ll miss him. I think I might send an e-mail to rememberingsteve@apple.com [instead of contacting the man he hasn’t talked to in a month who helped him with his homework, paid his college tuition, and has supported him throughout his entire life, loving him unconditionally despite his myriad fuckups].” At press time, Cavanaugh reportedly needs to get his fucking priorities straight.

New game, friends - drink every time someone calls Jobs a visionary.
Source: The Onion

Calling the death a “tragic loss” and saying he was “truly devastated by the news,” self-described Apple product loyalist Eric Cavanaugh is treating the passing of the company’s former CEO Steve Jobs as if his fucking dad just died, sources confirmed Thursday. “I can’t believe it,” said Cavanaugh, 28, wearing a saddened expression that would make you think he was mourning the loss of his 61-year-old father, Jack, and not a complete goddamn stranger. “He meant a lot to me, and I’ll miss him. I think I might send an e-mail to rememberingsteve@apple.com [instead of contacting the man he hasn’t talked to in a month who helped him with his homework, paid his college tuition, and has supported him throughout his entire life, loving him unconditionally despite his myriad fuckups].” At press time, Cavanaugh reportedly needs to get his fucking priorities straight.

New game, friends - drink every time someone calls Jobs a visionary.

Source: The Onion

Posted on October 6th, 2011 at 4:50PM

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#Steve Jobs #Apple #The Onion