For Steve Jobs, it was about the user experience
Since the early ’80s, when we bought our first computer, Apple has been our technology of choice. In fact, we still have our old Mac Plus, with its now-archaic little black-and-white screen. A few minutes, when I asked my wife where we had it stored, the first words out of her mouth were “I just love that thing!”
(The photo below of our old Mac Plus, powered up and ready to go, was snapped in our backyard on my Iphone, then shipped via email to my Macbook Pro for posting here via wireless.) Certainly nothing we envisioned when we first fired that thing up and stared at it in amazement.
What I always appreciated about Apple technology was its elegance. And I don’t just mean the elegance of its visible design, although it certainly had that as well. The external elegance wasn’t misleading; the sleek, graceful lines of Mac products reflected the sleek, graceful way the products actually functioned. What Apple did better than any other technology company, and perhaps better than any other company of any type, was to put the user experience first. And it shows.
Yes, it costs more. I’m not a big car guy. For me, a car serves to get me from Point A to Point B, and I’m perfectly content driving a cheaper form of transportation. In the car world, I’d be a PC. But when it comes to technology, I’m willing to pay more for better performance.
Of course, there was a man behind all of that, a human being: the late Steve Jobs, who passed away yesterday after a years-long bout with pancreatic cancer. That kind of illness is like a bullet coming at you in slow motion, a bullet that you see headed toward your heart but you know you can’t dodge.
Six years ago, after his initial brush with the disease and at a point when he actually did think he had dodged that bullet, Jobs gave the commencement address at Stanford University. He talked about his early success, about his business setbacks, about his college experience. But he also talked, quite elegantly of course, about death. Here’s what he had to say:
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has
been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor’s code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you’d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
This was the closest I’ve been to facing death, and I hope it’s the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.
In other words, if I may be so bold as to paraphrase Mr. Jobs, life is about the user experience.
– Jay Bookman
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Granny Godzilla
October 6th, 2011
8:57 am
“have the courage to follow your heart and intuition”
Jobs had to have gotten that from my mama.
ty webb
October 6th, 2011
9:01 am
RIP Steve Jobs.
USinUK
October 6th, 2011
9:02 am
He was an amazing man – a visionary – definitely the kind that only comes along a once-in-a-generation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jULUGHJCCj4
Normal
October 6th, 2011
9:05 am
Just got back from Mom’s and wanted to share something with you, but first thak all of y’all for your kind words and thoughts…they are gratefully accepted. My wife was with our Granddaughter and they stopped by with our brand new 7 day old Great Grand daughter, Emi. Mom lit up like a Winter Soltice tree (
)… Generation one holding generation five. My Gawd, my goose bumps had goose bumps and my heart nearly burst with the look in her eyes. All in all, today has been a good day…I have a great family and I have the best of friends I have never met! 
Butch Cassidy
October 6th, 2011
9:05 am
I remember my dad bringing home the Mac in 1985. At the time he was working in Aerospace designing missle systems, and used to take the computer with him to the office so that he could show his boss the advantages of actually using computers to help them in their work. It took almost 3 years for the entire engineering department to be outfitted with PC’s. To this day, my dad has been an avid Apple user. That little Mac from 1985 has now morphed into what looks like the bridge of the USS Enterprise in my dads home office, and he’s been retired since 1993.
USinUK
October 6th, 2011
9:06 am
oh, my sweet friend – what a blessing your mom had to see the newest generation to follow her.
Peadawg
October 6th, 2011
9:06 am
I did a presentation on Steve Jobs in 8th grade. I’ve never owned or liked macs, iphones, etc…always a pc guy. But RIP, Steve.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 6th, 2011
9:07 am
Steve Jobs: iThankYou
Jimmy62
October 6th, 2011
9:08 am
Kind of amazing to think that if he had never come back to Apple in the mid-90s, he’d still be a legend, and an important person in the history of our species. But then he impacted the world in new and different ways when he came back, basically creating two separate careers, each with more impact than just about any other single person ever. And lest we forget, he helped create and lead Pixar in the middle.
ByteMe
October 6th, 2011
9:08 am
In general, pancreatic cancer is a death sentence that takes no more than 2 years to kill you once they discover it. Jobs lasted 6 with it, which is just amazing. I’m only sorry he didn’t tell the world how he did that. Hopefully his family will eventually come forward with those details.
Normal
October 6th, 2011
9:09 am
“life is about the user experience.”
After all my years here, I’m just now finding that out. The good ones always die young. Wire up Heaven, Steve, it’s time they got broadband.
Granny Godzilla
October 6th, 2011
9:11 am
Normal
you’ve been given the gift of a memory for a lifetime.
you are blessed.
Gordon
October 6th, 2011
9:12 am
What a well lived life.
Doggone/GA
October 6th, 2011
9:12 am
Does anyone remember the commercials for Intel that showed their “new” enhanced graphics capabilities, that had (something, can’t remember what) “flying” through the innards of a computer? Kind of neat advertising spot…only thing is, because Intel had not yet actually released that chip to the market yet…the graphics in the ad were done on a MAC!
Call it like it is
October 6th, 2011
9:14 am
It is foolish and wrong to mourn this man who has died. Rather we should thank God that such men live.
larry
October 6th, 2011
9:15 am
“have the courage to follow your heart and intuition”
What an inspiration Steve Jobs was. It doesnt matter if you liked Apple products, you had to admire his business savy. His demanding ways was what brought Apple to the fore front. It wasnt just the user experience , it was putting the latest in front of that user. Even before we even thought about it, it was there. And his timing was impecable . RIP Steve Jobs.
Doggone/GA
October 6th, 2011
9:16 am
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn this man who has died. Rather we should thank God that such men live”
I agree we should celebrate that he lived. I don’t agree that we should not mourn.
kayaker 71
October 6th, 2011
9:17 am
I remember in 1985 when IBM came out with their PC Jr. Screen was b/w and about 10″ wide…. the CPR, keyboard and monitor cost $2,600 and it had a whopping 256K of memory…… total.
godless heathen
October 6th, 2011
9:18 am
My ipod crapped out yesterday. What kind of a coincidence is that?
Normal
October 6th, 2011
9:19 am
Granny G.
Yes indeed!
willie lynch
October 6th, 2011
9:20 am
There are many who operate on a large stage, some don’t deserve to be there (like the subject of the previous thread) and don’t really add anything to the growth of humanity in any tangible way. Steve Jobs is a rare being that was able to change the world through his vision and ability. His place in history is just as noteworthy as many we celebrate as world changers. May God be pleased with his service. I know I was.
Joe the Plutocrat
October 6th, 2011
9:20 am
not a mac guy or a Windows guy, and not one to heap platitudes on those with whom I have no significant relationship; but when I read Jobs comments; “…so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition…” I summoned my 11 year-old to the den, told her this may not sink in; but required her to read it back to me. seems to me that ANYONE can capture technological lightning in a bottle; but at his core, Steve Jobs was much more than an innovator and industrialist. I guess he was that rare combination of plutocrat (top 2%) AND humanist.
jconservative
October 6th, 2011
9:21 am
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.”
Jobs has this thought nailed. We could all use a dose of this thought.
Don't Forget
October 6th, 2011
9:24 am
Steve Jobs – innovation iCon
Mighty Righty
October 6th, 2011
9:26 am
Steve Jobs was a genius who brought much happiness to our lives and will be missed. He was one of the truly great people whose hard work and innovation employed thousands and made all of our lives better. While praising Steve Jobs contribution to the greatness and generosity of this country it is timely to point out how many of his fellow citizens hated his accomplishments and success while benefiting from his genuius. Steve, I will miss you. Rest in peace.
Mick
October 6th, 2011
9:26 am
I was the first on my block to have the apple 11c. Unpacking it was as much fun as getting it. User friendly, that was the apple trademark.
WOODSTOCK MIKE
October 6th, 2011
9:26 am
Steve Jobs – Great man and true visionary
On another note, you liberals must be so proud of your pathetic Wall Street protestors. Are the protestors a bunch of homeless people, they look like they are in desperate need of a bath? Hey when things aren’t going well just start protesting Wall Street, that should really help you out. Morons!!! The good thing is the more these idiots protest the worse the Democratic party looks…
I love the interviews with some of the protestors, talk about clueless, they don’t even know why they are out there in the first place, losers…
carlosgvv
October 6th, 2011
9:30 am
“Follow you heart and intitution. They somehow already know what you truly want to become”. That can be very good advice. Unfortunately, for some of us, the fist of fate twists you life around to make certain that you will never ever be able to attain that dream and condems you to a life of little more than servitude.
WOODSTOCK MIKE
October 6th, 2011
9:30 am
Steve Jobs annual salary = $1
Man those greedy CEO’s!!!
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
October 6th, 2011
9:31 am
I recently read the book by Frank Luntz titled “Win”. At one point the subject is about Steve Jobs and Luntz was addressing the type of leaders people would like to work for. While Jobs may not have met the description of a fantastic leader to work under, the fruits of his labor was essentially improving the lives of tens of millions of people. By doing so, Luntz listed Jobs as a great leader. I think most of us would agree.
kayaker 71
October 6th, 2011
9:32 am
Before we get all drippy about Mr. Jobs and his contributions to our society, we should look at the big picture. Apple posted profits the last quarter of 2010 of 26.74B dollars. Although Mr. Jobs only took a salary annually of $1, he owns 5.5M Apple shares valued at 1.84B dollars. He travels in a 90M dollar Gulfstream jet. His successor, Tim Cook, was paid a 5M bonus in 2010, his total compensation in 2012 being 59.1M dollars and change. Apple employs 21,600 people at last count who take advantage of good salaries, health care, 401K plans and all of those other evil things that corporations provide for their employees. I agree that Jobs has been a visionary in our society but it was only because he was able to take an idea and run with it. Only in America…….
Joe the Plutocrat
October 6th, 2011
9:32 am
WOODSTOCK MIKE, you are aware Jobs urged young Americans to not “be trapped by dogma” and to not “let the noise of others’ opinions drown our your own voice.” the folks on Wall Street are not trapped by dogma, or the opinions of others, so STFU, this is a requiem for a heavyweight, not KW’s blog
AmVet
October 6th, 2011
9:33 am
You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Brilliant and touching.
We all start out alone. And we all go out alone.
It is what we do in between that matters.
He touched a lot of lives, and showed us what we can be…
Normal
October 6th, 2011
9:33 am
A heavy pondering by Normal…Did Steve Job’s Apple fall from the Tree of Knowledge?
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
October 6th, 2011
9:33 am
willie lynch
October 6th, 2011
9:20 am
I was wondering how long it would be before someone would politicize this article. Now I know – 9:20 AM. Congratulations, you win.
Peter
October 6th, 2011
9:34 am
WOODSTOCK MIKE… Hey the name calling never stops with you, does it ?
How about telling us the positives the Republican’s have done to help America in the last 5 years ?
Aquagirl
October 6th, 2011
9:35 am
Normal, what a poignant moment. It truly is a great day, isn’t it?
On another note
Some threadjackers are sooooooo needy…..Woodstock, it’s sad you only see the great things as a distraction, to be quickly bypassed for your latest dose of rant on an inconsequential topic.
Joe Mama
October 6th, 2011
9:35 am
Mike, if you can’t behave with some decorum while others around you are trying to be polite as they mourn and recall Mr. Jobs and his company/products, then perhaps you should go rage elsewhere.
I won’t post at you again on this thread. Have a nice day.
Tommy Maddox
October 6th, 2011
9:35 am
Steve Jobs is a classic example of American ingenuity and success. He will be missed.
It also makes me wonder how many of those upstanding citizens camped out on Wall Street are celebrating the death of a CEO – and tweeting the same on their I-phones?
Tommy Maddox
October 6th, 2011
9:36 am
Oh – I see Mike already commented re Wall Street. Pardon…
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
October 6th, 2011
9:36 am
Aaaaaaaaaand the partisanship is now off and running at a brisk pace.
Normal
October 6th, 2011
9:38 am
Paul and SoCo from below…
Paul,
thank you and my good vibes go to you and your family.
—————————
SoCo,
The funnies below had your desired effect. Thanks, friend!
AmVet
October 6th, 2011
9:39 am
MIKE, why are you so threatened by them?
Are you a millionaire? A billionaire?
Or are you just one of those who think that the super-rich needs your protection?
Do you honestly contend that our capitalistic system has NOT been horrifically compromised and corporatized?
Millions and millions and millions of working class Americans are fed up with these power brokers of injustice and the steamrolling corporate crime wave.
And frankly, many of us are disgusted at the right wing’s incomprehensible track record of glorifying the wicked and vilifying the weak…
Joe Mama
October 6th, 2011
9:43 am
Ladies and gentlemen, please Do Not Feed The Energy Creature.
Those of you who have been around the internet for a long time should recall and understand that phrase. Other folks are probably smart enough to piece together what I’m talking about.
Normal
October 6th, 2011
9:43 am
As to the Wall Street Protesters, I AM proud of them. What they are doing is America, at her best. Nonviolent protest of a situation they don’t like. That the protest is also eclectic makes it even better. Freedom of Speech and assembly. Way to go, America!
TaxPayer
October 6th, 2011
9:45 am
Woodstock Mike,
There’s an app for you. Angry Birds. Go launch yourself.
Butch Cassidy
October 6th, 2011
9:46 am
Geez Mike,
What do you do when you’re not blogging? Scan the obit’s to find funerals to rant at?
Joe the Plutocrat
October 6th, 2011
9:46 am
AmVet, was it Marx, or Lenin, or Mao who observed that a capitalist will sell you the rope you will use to hang him? let me add a Joe the Plutocrat caveat; the American capitalist will sell WOODSTOCK MIKE the yoke he uses to control WOODSTOCK MIKE. this is not so much an endorsement of socialism or communism as it is a “chickens coming home to roost” moment in the life of American capitalism. love the capitalism, hate the shameless capitalist.
Brad Steel
October 6th, 2011
9:48 am
WOODSTOCK MIKE – your all caps scream-name, superficial pontificating, and men-spirited disparagements are probably not appropriate at an on-line memorial.
Ya think?
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
October 6th, 2011
9:49 am
Well, all I know is if it wasn’t for Steve Jobs millions of people would have nothing to stare at but their navels. Because of him they block out everything else in the world to fiddle for hours with a little device they hold in one hand. They take it to church, to the restaurant, to parties, to work, even to the bathroom. They don’t even know you’re around. They’re in their own little world that he created for them. He’s a genius, all right, but I expect he’s done more than anyone else in history to keep people from talking to each other or look somebody else in the eye.
Nothing against him, mind you. He made millions of people happy. But somehow we’re poorer for both his life and his death.
Have a good Thursday everybody.
kayaker 71
October 6th, 2011
9:49 am
amVet,
“He touched a lot of lives and showed us what we can be”……. Sure he did, and many others before him have done the same thing. Gates is a pretty good example. Changed the world and the way we do business. Given away more money than anyone in history. Ed Whittaker, the previous CEO at AT&T, morphed a small Southern Bell Corp into the largest telecommunications corporation in the world. Ted Turner…. accumulated a fortune of over 4B dollars and gave over 2B to the UN. Bottom line…. these evil corporate heads that you are so fond of vilifying have “touched a lot of lives”.
godless heathen
October 6th, 2011
9:50 am
Wall Street protesters don’t bother me. How they waste their time is not my concern. Just a bunch of spoiled WATBs. Same crowd that shows up at the G-4 summits, global warming conferences, and Grateful Dead tributes. I always wonder how they can afford to live since working for a living never seems to be high on their list of priorities.
ty webb
October 6th, 2011
9:52 am
spare us all the sanctimony…Bringing up Sarah Palin is just as much “threadjacking”, and “feeding energy creatures”…and yet crickets…funny how that happens.
Butch Cassidy
October 6th, 2011
9:53 am
Was I happy about Ken Lay? Yes. Would I mourn the passing of Bernie Madoff, Bernard Ebbers or Jeff Skilling? No. These are examples of what is absolutely wrong with a system that allows the few to be enriched at the expense of the many. However, Steve Jobs was NOT a part of this crowd. Think what you want about the Wall Street Protesters, but do not think for a minute that they are protesting the likes of Steve Jobs.
Normal
October 6th, 2011
9:54 am
Redneck,
Interesting thoughts…
Bosch
October 6th, 2011
9:54 am
I got my first Mac back in 95 when I started grad school – I remember it was like the first time I sent an email- I thought I had made something of myself just because I had one of those things! I remember I’d finish a paper and start to print it and it would take until the next morning to finish printing, but it was still like magic to me! I feel the same about my iPhone.
And I watched that whole speech last night, most of my FB friends have posted it, it should be basic viewing for all humans to see.
Curtis Rivers
October 6th, 2011
9:54 am
Thank you, Jay. I work with at-risk kids and youth, largely Hispanic. I am on Facebook with many of them. I shared your article, asking them to read it. I read Jobs’ speech some time ago, but his death has made it even more meaningful, and I hope our kids will read it. It made a difference in my life when I first read it. I hope it will make a difference in theirs.
Rightwing Troll
October 6th, 2011
10:00 am
I’m with redneck on this one. Our lives are not necissarily better or richer because of the technology, just the opposite. Tweeting and Facebooking are considered a “social life”, every mundane useless personal matter in some folks lives becomes a status update or is communicated to the world in fewer than 140 characters, anonymous blogs have replaced constructive debate on any matter, not just politics, we’re fatter and lazier and more entitled than ever… I could just go on and on.
Now PIXAR, there’s something we can be thankful for.
kayaker 71
October 6th, 2011
10:01 am
Butch,
They are not protesting Steve Jobs because he gave them the I Phone upon which they can twitter away their very lives. For Christ’s sake, Jobs was worth nearly 2B dollars when he died. Is this not the very things that they are ranting about? The hypocrisy is just amazing.
sue kelly
October 6th, 2011
10:01 am
Nihilsim pours thru my veins. However, I find his take on death being a motivator to do what you want inspirational.
AmVet
October 6th, 2011
10:02 am
Joe, along those lines…
Capitalism will always survive, because socialism will be there to save it. ~Nathra Nader (Ralph’s father)
Bosch
October 6th, 2011
10:02 am
Taxpayer
I LOVE that game!!!
Normal
You are indeed blessed and I know many of us here feel the same way “best friends we’ve never met”
Joe Mama
October 6th, 2011
10:03 am
T. Webb — “spare us all the sanctimony…Bringing up Sarah Palin is just as much “threadjacking”, and “feeding energy creatures”…and yet crickets…funny how that happens.”
I’m not obliged to call out every instance of jackassery to please you, sir.
If someone says something you don’t like, then man up and say something about it yourself instead of waiting around for someone else to do it.
Have a nice day.
Bosch
October 6th, 2011
10:05 am
“Is this not the very things that they are ranting about? ”
No kayaker actually it’s not, and your level if intentional projection and attributing your own twisted logic to others is simply amazing to me – now….speak to my hand.
Don't Forget
October 6th, 2011
10:05 am
Woodstock Mike and others making comments about greedy CEO”s and all the money they make. I for one have no problem with the wealth that Jobs and people like Gates have made. They EARNED it! It’s the CEO’s who THINK they have similar talents but do NOT and yet expect that kind of compensation that bother me.
philosopher
October 6th, 2011
10:06 am
It is not foolish to mourn the life of another human being. Each life is a gift to others and when lost, mourning is proof that that gift was loved, appreciated , and will be missed. Even the Son of God mourned the loss of His friends.
Butch Cassidy
October 6th, 2011
10:07 am
kayaker 71 – “Is this not the very things that they are ranting about? The hypocrisy is just amazing.”
It seems you’re confusing the protest over the giveaway of America to a select few because of the size of their wallets with a fundamental hatred of anyone who ever succeeded. The latter is absolutely NOT true. Being that I live on the lower East Side, I have had more than a few opportunities to speak with the protesters one on one, so I think I have a unique perspective on what they are truly upset about, and it’s not i phones and Apple computers. Now, how many of the protesters have you spoken to?
ty webb
October 6th, 2011
10:07 am
“If someone says something you don’t like, then man up and say something about it yourself instead of waiting around for someone else to do it.”
hence, my post directed at your sanctimony.
beau
October 6th, 2011
10:08 am
peadeawg’s still rocking his member’s only jacket.
AmVet
October 6th, 2011
10:08 am
…these evil corporate heads that you are so fond of vilifying have “touched a lot of lives”.
Alas, 71, only in your parallel reality have indicted any of those men. I’ve always admired the self-made Ted Turner.
And to my knowledge, he has always run ethically sound, legally compliant organizations.
The men I indict are the ones who apparently think that adhering to the rule of US law is optional.
And you are smart enough to know that, yet you rely on silly misrepresentations. And you choose to turn a blind eye to the endless number of men who run organizations defined by malfeasance, criminal negligence and shocking lack of ethics.
I’ll stand with the protesters, not the modern day Robber Barons.
Who you choose, is your call…
Trotsky Foxtrot
October 6th, 2011
10:08 am
I was struck by Steve Jobs’ statement: “No one wants to die”. One can’t help but be struck by the naivete of that statement, the naivete — in the best sense — of this modern man, this optimistic American man of success and science who left such an imprint on the world. Of course, we can point out that, on the contrary, the world has all too many Mohammed Atta’s and Eric Harris’s and others who clearly do want to die — the newspapers are full of stories of people who not only want to die, but to take out one or two others with them when they go — and brackets out the reality of “hopelessness”, which proliferates in this same world that Steve Jobs thrived in. It takes for granted a world that is inherently lovable and good, and overlooks a vision of existence in which a person can just as much hate the world — the this-worldly one — as embrace it.
But still, I want to cling to the vision that Steve Jobs articulated.
TaxPayer
October 6th, 2011
10:08 am
Ditto Bosch’s 10:05. U dont Get It, k71.
Bosch
October 6th, 2011
10:09 am
Rightwing Troll
Without PIXAR we would not have Toy Story, and without that movie we would not have had millions of children screaming with delight upon receiving toys from that movie, yelling “I got a
Buzz and Woody!”
philosopher
October 6th, 2011
10:12 am
@godless heathen: Please allow me to remove your home, your job, and your ability to feed and educate your children. Let me call your education loans due while you have no job and no prospects of getting one anywhere in the foreseeable future. Please, please let me do that…I want to hear you call yourself lazy and wasting your time! I, for one, thank God for a country in which we can protest as loud and long as necessary to bring our issues to the attention of the people who have no clue what it means to be in need….and who have no intention of helping….eventually, though, someone is going to have to listen and make some changes…something that couldn’t happen if we just shut up and sit down while the “haves” continue to have and care nothing about how their greed impacts others.
kayaker 71
October 6th, 2011
10:13 am
Bosch,
Yes, a Woody would be nice.
Joe the Plutocrat
October 6th, 2011
10:13 am
Redneck C, and of course, he never did figger out how to transmit beer through the internet and wireless devices; so it seems to me you have touched far more lives and will die a far richer man. this Bud’s for you!
TaxPayer
October 6th, 2011
10:13 am
“I got a buzz and woody!”
So much room for reinterpretation.
Dave R.
October 6th, 2011
10:13 am
Imagine what today’s world would be like, not to mention Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, if not for the incompetent marketing knuckleheads at Xerox and PARC.
ty webb
October 6th, 2011
10:14 am
“Yes, a Woody would be nice.”
you know, they make a pill for that?
Steve - USA
October 6th, 2011
10:14 am
Butch Cassidy@10:07
Anyone can look at the posted minutes on their web site and clearly see that they are against capitalism to the extent they don’t even want to buy sleeping bags because it will contribute to corporate profits.
It is enjoyable though to read the usual suspects who have railed against CEO’s and corporations suddenly praise Steve Jobs and try to take the position that “we didn’t mean Jobs when we painted all corporations with our broad brush”.
RIP Steve Jobs…..a legendary capitalist.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
October 6th, 2011
10:14 am
Bosch
October 6th, 2011
10:09 am
“Toy Story”. ONe of the classics. Our boys have virtually every original “Toy Story” toy available. My boys even wore custom made Buzz suits one Halloween. Great memories of my children because of an animated movie…..go figure!
Peadawg
October 6th, 2011
10:15 am
“I got a
Buzz and Woody!”
I screamed that just the other night.
Normal
October 6th, 2011
10:15 am
Thanks Bosch and happily returned
kayaker 71
October 6th, 2011
10:16 am
ty webb,
Yep.
AmVet
October 6th, 2011
10:16 am
heathen, your self-imposed ignorance regarding who those protesters are is not terribly surprising.
For gawd sakes man, DO NOT inform yourself about the makeup of the THOUSANDS of protesters in various US cities from a WIDE variety of backgrounds, OK?
It would conflict terribly with what you desperately want to believe.
Normal
October 6th, 2011
10:18 am
A buzz and a woody? Merlot and viagra?
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
October 6th, 2011
10:18 am
AmVet
October 6th, 2011
10:16 am
Same could be said about Tea Partiers, could it not?
Trotsky Foxtrot
October 6th, 2011
10:18 am
kayaker : “these evil corporate heads that you are so fond of vilifying have “touched a lot of lives”.”
Again, I’m astonished by the right’s fixation with the wealthy and successful as “evil”.
Why this fixation people? Why do you keep insisting on seeing the wealthy as “evil” ?
Those of us on the left are not subject to this tendency. We’re quite interested in the wealthy and successful and are very interested in their success. Indeed, we realize that their wealth is the expression of a complex process that had many contributors and actors. It was not possible without the labor of countless thousands of workers and technicians, nor the body of scientific knowledge that it was based on.
What we want to do is to help them to use their wealth to ensure that all those who contribute to the society in which their success was possible survives. We want to spread their thriving among more people, not less.
Butch Cassidy
October 6th, 2011
10:18 am
Steve -USA – “It is enjoyable though to read the usual suspects who have railed against CEO’s and corporations suddenly praise Steve Jobs and try to take the position that “we didn’t mean Jobs when we painted all corporations with our broad brush”.”
I’m glad you picked upo on that, becuase the reality is that not ALL corporations are painted with the same brush. Do I have a problem with the founders of Home Depot making a healthy profit? Absolutely not, they deserve EVERY penny. Do I have a problem with the likes of Bob Nardelli taking away almost half a billion in compensation simply for showing up to run the place? ABSOLUTELY YES! There is a difference, learn how to recognize it.
Bosch
October 6th, 2011
10:19 am
Just read a quote from Obama about Steve Jobs…(paraphrasing) “one of the greatest attributes to Steve is that most people heard about his passing on a device he invented.”
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
October 6th, 2011
10:19 am
ty webb
October 6th, 2011
10:14 am
Is the company that makes that pill considered an evil, greedy corporation, or a good corporatin?
Joe the Plutocrat
October 6th, 2011
10:19 am
kayaker71, I think you’re missing the point. most Americans do not view ALL CEO’s and corporations as “evil”. this is the meme of the petulant, neo-cons. most Americans simply lament the fact that SOME corporations and CEO’s are evil. it is one thing to profit from innovation, vision, or just plain hard work (Blank/Marcus, Jobs, Cuban, Gates, Buffet, Sam Walton), but it is the essence of “evil” to either inherit wealth (Trump) or assume the role of CEO of an already established enterprise (ExxonMobil, Home Depot, Delta Airlines, Bank of America) and eliminate jobs (outsource/offshore), while accepting 700 times the income of the rank and file workers who actually produce the goods and services.
Peadawg
October 6th, 2011
10:20 am
“A buzz and a woody? Merlot and viagra?”
Nope. Merlot and Jay’s wife.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!
Atlas Shrugging
October 6th, 2011
10:20 am
Nice try Jay…Mr. Jobs was definitely a “maker”, 21,000 jobs ..no pun intended. However, as you should well know by now your DEM-wit and REP-ugnant bloggers can go from zero to hate in 5G time.
Joe Mama
October 6th, 2011
10:20 am
Ty Webb — “hence, my post directed at your sanctimony.”
Hence your whining. Grow up.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
October 6th, 2011
10:20 am
Bosch
October 6th, 2011
10:19 am
But the message, in many cases, was broadcast over the internet, and we all know Al Gore invented that.
kayaker 71
October 6th, 2011
10:21 am
Open borders admitting all immigrants…… free college tuition…… forgiveness of all debt…… restoration of a living wage regardless of employment….. universal single payer health insurance…..One Trillion invested in infrastructure……. Who the hell is going to pay for all of this?
RW Dude
October 6th, 2011
10:22 am
As for the customer experience, Apple stores are about the best retail customer experience I’ve had. Twice I have taken an out-of-warranty (WAY out of warranty) laptop in to see if anything could be done to squeeze a little more life out of it. They fixed it FREE both times, and I still use it.
Bosch
October 6th, 2011
10:22 am
Peadawg
I hope Mrs. Peadawg was around to enjoy!
Joe COOL
October 6th, 2011
10:24 am
“Again, I’m astonished by the right’s fixation with the wealthy and successful as “evil”. ”
Why? Every CON pundit get on tv or radio and repeats it over and over, therefore the idiots can regurgitate it.
Funny how they dont have any Dems saying it, but its a steady phrase they use. Its outta the Dick Morris “politics for idiots” playbook.