With all of the craziness we’ve experienced over the last year, soon to be “topped-off” by the upcoming election, how nice it will be to get 2020 “in the books!”
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Path of the Wright Brothers
Having just wrapped-up The Wright Brothers by one of my favorite authors, David McCullough, many parallels stood out between Orville, Wilbur and myself, as the movement of our family during my formative years followed the path of the Wright family.
First Flight – colorized photograph by John T. Daniels at Kitty Hawk in 1903, one of the most famous photos of all time.
Angela Ahrendts – A Shinier Apple?
Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts talks about the positive and transformative power of human energy.
Continue readingIs BlackBerry on the Ropes?
When I visited Muncie from Texas in the summer of 2002, I ventured into an electronics store near the Muncie Mall. Looking through their selection of PDAs and smartphones, a salesman asked if he could help me find something. I asked where to find their BlackBerry devices and he had never heard of BlackBerry devices! At that time, BlackBerry was the sole choice of business professionals, at least in the DFW area, and it’s no secret that “Middletown, U.S.A.” may be more than a little behind the times.
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When what is now Old was New
Orwell’s 1984 prediction now seems like ancient history, but the Apple ad that played on the topic of the novel, was aired only one time and that was during the Super Bowl of that year, is still the most influential TV commercial in history!
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Neil Armstrong in LEM, July 20, 1969. (NASA/Newsmakers)
Flags have been at half-mast with the passing of astronaut Neil Armstrong this week, which brought back fond memories of the summer of 1969. Looking back, I recall the enormity of the achievement as it marked the victorious end of Kennedy’s space challenge in which he vowed to “put a man on the moon by the end of the decade”. The awesomeness of the feat has faded considerably over the decades since.
Continue readingSXSW – 2012
SXSW 2012 in Austin is underway!
Website: sxsw.com
Interactive conferences: March 9–13
Film: March 9–17
Music: March 13–18
Steve Jobs, 1990 Interview – PBS NOVA
This interview was conducted on May 14, 1990 for the PBS series, NOVA. It is one of the few interviews he ever allowed. It was recorded with Sony “betacam” technology.
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