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2012-10-05 08:03 pm
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Сегодня годовщина со дня смерти Стива Джобса

Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs; February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields. Jobs also co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar.

Надо же, мою жизнь тоже ухитрился изменить, даже после своей смерти.
Спи спокойно, дорогой товарищ.
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2012-09-03 10:27 pm

Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is a writer and biographer. He is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. He has been the Chairman and CEO of CNN and the Managing Editor of Time. He has written biographies of Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs.

Я закончила читать вчера биографию Джобса. Уже купила биографию Эйнштейна того же автора. Если она на меня произведет хотя бы малую часть того впечатления, что биография Джобса, придётся купить все остальные книги данного писателя. 

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2012-08-28 09:26 pm
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Steve Wozniak

А вот ещё одна легендарная личность

Stephen Gary Wozniak (born August 11, 1950), known as Steve Wozniak or Woz, is an American computer engineer and programmer who founded Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne. Wozniak is the inventor of the Apple I computer and its successor, the Apple II computer, which contributed significantly to the microcomputer revolution of that era.
http://www.woz.org/

Этот человек мне очень интересен. Почитаю его книгу для начала.


Net worthincrease US$100 million (2012)
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2012-08-28 12:41 am
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iPod

Продолжаю читать книгу про Джобса. Речь теперь идет об iPod'e. Который я никогда не держала в руках. Что, скажите мне, стоящая вещь?[Poll #1862854]
 
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2012-08-26 03:40 pm
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Jonathan Ive

Sir Jonathan Paul "Jony" Ive, KBE (born February 1967) is a British designer and the senior vice president of industrial design at Apple Inc. He is the lead designer and conceptual mind behind many of Apple's products, including the MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, iPod, iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad.

Хотя все знают, как выглядят вышеозначенные продукты Apple, всё же я решила сохранить одну картинку под катом





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2012-08-24 06:01 pm
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Tin Toy

Tin Toy is a 1988 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter. The short film, which runs five minutes, stars Tinny, a tin one-man-band toy, attempting to escape from Billy, a destructive baby.
Academy Award

1988 - Best Animated Short Film


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2012-08-24 05:39 pm
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Luxo Jr.

продолжаю читать биографию Стива Джобса.
Luxo Jr. is a 1986 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter. The short film, which runs two minutes, revolves around two desk lamps: a larger lamp and a smaller lamp.
In 1986, Luxo Jr. received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film.