25 10 / 2011
The computer world as we know it today: How it all began - innovation, competition and cheating as well…
A must watch for anyone who is interested in technology, or just business, or even if you are not. A rare documentary where a few boys challenged the likes of IBM (which was way bigger then), and pulled it off with sheer grit and a desire to excel. The stories you always wanted to know…but beware, it isn’t a fairy tale!
Grab your popcorn and have a seat. This is a 3 episode (which has been cut down to 6 parts per episode on youtube) film and first premiered on PBS in June 1996. Around 3 hour of computer history that you must know.
You may have always thought that windows was copied from mac, but even mac wasn’t original and was an offspring of a research project at Xerox - a company which had built something so great, that it didn’t have the slightest of idea as to how great it was, and just threw it away. Even DOS wasn’t original, and was just an opportunity presented to Bill Gates, which he grabbed with both hands. For all this, and much more you shouldn’t be reading this anymore, and watching the video instead…!!!
And don’t forget to thank me for showing you this… ;)
06 10 / 2011
RIP Steve Jobs! The visionary, the rebel, the legend…
Even though I have never used an Apple product (and haven’t been a great fan either, owing to the high price points), but Steve Jobs has always been an inspiration, a guiding light, and I feel a great loss today. The gap created will not be filled for a very very long time.Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
“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. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
“Steve Jobs”