Apple

Like a lot of other people in the tech. community, I've spent a fair amount of time reading about Steve Jobs this past month. Steve had some really incredible quotes, but some of the stories I read left me feeling especially inspired. Here are my favorite five:

Steve Jobs on the original iPod

When engineers were working on the very first iPod completed the prototype, they presented their work to Steve Jobs for his approval. Jobs played with the device, scrutinized it, weighed it in his...

I grew up in the PC world. They did what I needed them to do and there usually wasn't a problem I couldn't handle. I defragmented my hard-drive, did error checking when necessary, and if my computer was really acting up, I just re-formatted the hard drive and put on a fresh installation of Windows. To a certain extent, I was satisfied. 

MacBooks were always around but I thought three things: overpriced, underpowered, and the applications I need aren't there. I eventually learned that the...

I'm not a big proponent of Flash. So when Steve Jobs wrote his open letter to Adobe, I was in full supportof the move. Flash is CPU intensive, a RAM hog, and crashes frequently. With Applebeing the king of controlling the experience, it made very little sense for Apple to allow Flash to be on the iPhone/iPad. It's not personal, it's a strategic business move. Or is it? 

Steve Jobs is no stranger to grudges and controversy (see Jobs vs. Gizmodo) and when I found out via TWiT...