Steve Jobs A Book by Walter Isaacson en.wikipedia.org You'll know it's thereThe Apple Marketing PhilosophyNot just in the detailsAn icon is a symbol equally incomprehensible in all human languagesIf it could save a person's life, would you find a way to make it faster?+31 More Traditional companies are losing because they mismanage software engineersEulogy for Steve Jobs“Design” is now “Product”
Home Star An Article by Geoff Manaugh bldgblog.com I am a sucker for stories in which seeds of cosmic revelation are found hidden inside everyday materials, especially when those materials are architectural in form. In this case, it was “the imprint of a rare solar storm” that left traces in the rings of trees cut into logs by Vikings and used to build cabins 1,000 years ago on the Atlantic coast of Canada. …While there is obviously more to say about the science behind this discovery—all of which you can read here—what interests me is simply the idea that astral events, cosmic storms, stellar weather, electromagnetic pulses from space, whatever you want to imagine, leave traces all around us. That in the depths of our buildings, in our walls and floors, even in the wooden dowels of mass-produced furniture, there can be evidence of immensely powerful and beautiful things, and I would like to remember to look for that again. It’s been a miserable couple of years. melancholytime