This postHo, hum, what shall I write about today? I want to write about Douglas Callister’s devotional address yesterday, but I’m tired and won’t be able to do it justice. (It was amazing, though. Stay tuned.)
Ah, yes, I know: earlier today I read Who Is Jonathan Ive?, a Business Week article on “the man behind Apple’s design magic.” Quite inspiring, at least for me. Apple really does have style and taste and a refined sense of aesthetics, which is in stark contrast to pretty much the rest of the manufacturers out there. Being a bit of a designer myself, it’s a standard I feel good rallying under. In fact, as I look back on my computer history (with PCs running DOS, Windows, and Linux), I shudder. I could never, ever, ever go back to a non-Mac. Ever. Period. The Mac has everything good I’ve needed from computers, and very little of the not-so-good (like viruses, etc.). It has a beautiful interface, it’s built on Unix and thus gives me all the under-the-hood power I need as a geek, and there’s that whole sense of community to boot.
Speaking of Apple, there’s a really good article over on Daring Fireball about iPod pricing. (And speaking of iPods, I’ll probably be buying a new 30gb one soon — my old 20gb died four or five months ago, and I miss having music at home. I would’ve bought one about twenty minutes ago, but apparently they’re not in stock yet.)
Anyway, getting back to the Ive article, I’m thinking that industrial design is something I want to start looking into — not as a career, of course, but as a side hobby. :)
