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Tag Archives: Apple
In Praise of Apple Music’s Playlists
Paleo Retiree writes: I signed up with Apple Music warily. I’d read the bad reviews, and I’m one of those people who think that Tim Cook hasn’t got a creative bone in his body. But, hey, I’m immersed in Apple’s … Continue reading
Linkage
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Hazing? Or just normal behavior among teenage boys? I have this sense that higher education is a testing ground for policies the PTB would like to apply to all of America — perhaps the world. Elite … Continue reading
Why Do So Many People in Trendy Coffee Shops Use Macs?
Paleo Retiree writes: Whenever I enter or pass by an upscale or hipster coffee shop these days, it’s not at all uncommon for every single person I see there who’s on a computer to be using an Apple product. Does … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Humor, Personal reflections, The Good Life, Trends
Tagged Apple, coffee, computers, trends
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Design Coincidence?
Paleo Retiree writes: On the top: the design for Apple’s new headquarters. On the bottom, the headquarters of Britain’s GCHQ, an intelligence agency that does electronic surveillance and is said to have links with PRISM. Are giant circles the shape … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Commercial art, Photography, Politics and Economics
Tagged Apple, architecture, surveillance state
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Linkathon
Paleo Retiree writes: Fair to say that docs about food topics are one of the most vital cultureforms around these days? Is Apple going to hell? I wrote about some of my own misgivings about Apple’s direction here. “Birth tourism” … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Demographics, Linkathons, Movies, Music, Science, Sex, The Good Life
Tagged Apple, Audio Connoisseur, demographics, Thucydides
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Why “Follow Your Passion” is Bad Career Advice
Blowhard, Esq. writes: In his 2005 Stanford commencement address, Steve Jobs said, “You’ve got to find what you love…. [T]he only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal reflections, The Good Life
Tagged Apple, bad advice, career, graduation speeches, Steve Jobs, work
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