Dawn of the Computer Age

Steve Wilhite, creator of the GIF gets a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Impulse Tracker short story

I’ve written a short story while ago that I thought I would share here. If you’re a follower of the blog, you’ll be familiar with some of the themes covered. Enjoy!

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parislemon:

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(1999) Steve Jobs Introduces The World to WiFi

Just look at that response over something we take completely for granted now just 14 years later. 

Love the camera man over-the-shoulder as the way to show it on the big screen.

And the hula hoop — look ma, no wires! — is just a brilliant, Steve Jobs touch.

“All sorts of devices are going to be able to interact with Airport. We’re just going to be there first and best.”

Once a week, Wired.com brings us a historical video from the early days of the digital age.


1993 vs 2013

1993 vs 2013

“The hackers who dominate news coverage and popular culture — malicious, adolescent techno-wizards, willing and able to do great harm to innocent civilians and society at large — don’t exist.”

“Anonymous is an amorphous group of computer-savvy people who sometimes work toward a common cause as so-called hacktivists.”

“15 years ago, Apple killed the Twentieth Anniversary Mac”

Scroll down the page to see a promo video featuring a young, side-burned Jony Ive.

I think the quote at the beginning is wrong though, it should be:

“Good artists copy… great artists steal.” - Pablo Picasso