50. Give Steve Jobs as much authority as he wants in new product development. Let Gil Amelio stick to operations. There's no excitement at the top, and Apple's customers want to feel like they've joined a computer revolution. Even if Jobs fails, he'll do it with guns a-blazin', and we'll be spared this slow water torture that Amelio has subjected us to.
Apparently they listened. And apparently something worked.
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The Newsprint will always remain my writing venture with a more defined topic. Anything I write here will be characterized by a narrow scope.
Yesterday I was invited to join Svbtle, a currently invite-only blogging network. It's a beautiful, simple and minimal platform that maintains complete control over blog design. It takes all the extra-curricular away and leaves only a writing interface, which is something many personal sites need.
So, from here on out, I will use The Newsprint as my linkblog and my techblog and Svbtle as my personal blog. Svbtle will be sparse while The Newsprint will be consistent. This here is my goal, not Svbtle.
To start Svbtle off with a bang, Jaclyn and I wrote out a list of all the places we want to visit for our graduation Europe trip in 2015. If you feel like reading a lengthy list, head on over and check it out.
John Siracusa:
Geekdom is not a club; it’s a destination, open to anyone who wants to put in the time and effort to travel there. And if someone lacks the opportunity to get there, we geeks should help in any way we can. Take a new friend to a meetup or convention. Donate your old games, movies, comics, and toys. Be welcoming. Sharing your enthusiasm is part of being a geek.
Anyone trying to purposely erect border fences or demanding to see ID upon entry to the land of Geekdom is missing the point. They have no power over you. Ignore them and dive headfirst into the things that interest you. Soak up every experience. Lose yourself in the pursuit of knowledge. When you finally come up for air, you’ll find that the long road to geekdom no longer stretches out before you. No one can deny you entry. You’re already home.
John Siracusa is a certified Mac nerd. He writes the longest reviews of software known to man.
But John strays away from tech in this article and touches the hearts of a broader audience.
"Geekdom" isn't about knowing how to build a computer or how to speak Klingon. Geekdom applies to anything — you are a geek by having knowledge and enthusiasm about something you love.
Broken record maybe — "You can do anything you want!" and "You are your own person!". These little quotes have led an entire generation astray. But being a geek about something you love? That's Hollywood right there.