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Spotted this awesome video on 248am.com
It is basically a time lapse video taken across the UAE.
The passing of Steve was obviously not something unexpected, recent pictures gave me the opinion that his situation was dire and his life would end before the end of the year. The pictures reminded me of those that I took of my dad roughly 4 months before he passed away, it was when his internal organs started to give up.
On October 5th, when the news became public a lot of people reacted while some did not know how to as they just could not fathom the idea he was gone from the world let alone Apple, permanently. And no matter whether you adored him or hated him, there was no denying that he had a major effect on the world. From his pioneering days at Apple, then his visionary steps at NeXT while simultaneously changing the animation world with Pixar, to eventually leading the biggest rebound in the tech industry - it was a lot for one man to achieve in a lifetime. But the reason I would like to thank Steve is not because I loved watching Toy Story, The Incredibles, Cars, Wall-E or I have been able to get my work done with an Apple machine without having to troubleshoot a problem all the time. No, the reason why I admired him was because of the way he could sell an idea or a vision.
Long before I could own an Apple product as I could not personally afford one, I kept up to date on the technology at Apple through the keynotes or what some people refer to as "Stevenotes". It was only in 2004 when I started working and my good friend Jimmy brought me a Mac Mini, my first Apple machine, from the US did I realize what I was missing.
So I think my first keynote was in 2000 when he introduced the G4 in the end. It was his way of discussing not just technical specifications, in his presentations but a logical flow of why they were building what they did. It also showed me literally how presentations were meant to be made and used. Today, I personally think that I would not be a decent trainer or have the public speaking skills, which I use everyday in the work I do, if I had not watched those presentations and this is what I would like to highlight. Every person in the world will have someone in their life inspire them or guide them directly or indirectly. The point is you have to realize this first and make the most of it, second is to thank that person if you can - have gratitude. CH Sent from my iPadOr even an amateur videographer? Then you gotta check this out!
It works with DSLRs and the iPhone too!
CH
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