So I was inspired today...by one of my favorite companies ever, Apple. Everyone knows that I am a Mac Snob and I truly love my iPod and that in my world, PC is far inferior. Lately I've been angry about the recognition Mac gets as far as common software updates and versions, I am a Mac Rights Activist, and I want to do something about it.
Aside from that though, I ran across a documentary today about the iPod revolution...it's progression and how it came to shake the world. I know Apple's history and it's struggles and such over the years (Pirates of Silicon Vally anyone?), but I haven't really looked into recent history of the company.
This documentary got me thinking about my own future. In 1996, Steve Jobs returned to the company he had founded, but left 11 years earlier. He was re-accepted as a changed man. Those 11 years are my High school years...a sort of hibernating period to find out who I am and who I want to be. The early years of apple are my primary years as I figured out the basics to my life and develop unintentionally into who I am.
When Steve Jobs returned, he shook things up...a lot. Life at the company had been boring, with pathetic advances and measly crap ideas. I'm not going to give you Apple's history in it's entirety...but if you want it, you can ask me later. Basically, I look at myself now as I look at Apple in 1996. I am under new jurisdiction. I have a future ahead of me that is completely new ad untouched. I am cutting loose from the ties of high school and walking into the unknown, and I can be WHAT I WANT to be. I can sketch out a whole entirely new person for myself to be. Nobody has to know of my past, it is essentially obsolete. Sure people knew the company Apple used to be, but think. What first comes to your mind when it is mentioned? iPod, music revolution, superior design and function (maybe not...but it should)
No matter who you are, everyone needs this. To shake free of the stupid choices we made in jr. high, and to just live life how you want it.
For the first time in a long time, I am completely content with who I am and who I am about to become. I am going to make a list of things I wanna be rid of and things I want to take with me n my journey to college, maybe I'll even pick up a few traits.
I love Apple.
Inscription à :
Publier les commentaires (Atom)
1 commentaire:
I am also a Mac snob. It's getting ridiculous, but it's hard to not be condescending when your computer is the pinnacle of technological evolution. And prettier than any laptop on the market.
Enregistrer un commentaire