If you have not yet read the book iWoz, you have to go out and get this book and read it cover to cover. It is an amazing book and I could not put this book down once I started reading it.
It is an amazing book and I could not put this book down once I started reading it. Woz is an excellent storyteller and his tone of writing is conversational.
Every engineer should read this book. It tells the stories of sleepless nights and how much they are worth. It talks about persistence and passion and how they really make a difference. One of the profound statements that Woz makes is " I chose to be happy ". The book ends with Woz's thoughts on being a great engineer:
Don’t waver.
See things in gray-scale.
Work alone.
Trust your instincts.
One surprising thing in the book is the absence of any mention of the EFF, of which Woz was one of the founders.
Dear Manager,
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for approvimg my request to move my work desktop to a RedHat system. FreeBSD4 sucks donkey balls (as Eric Cartman would say). Linux is so super-sweet (even if it is RHEL)
Now to move my home directory.
Your sincere slave
Raj Shekhar
Almost 2 months back, I got myself an ipod shuffle. After using it for
some time, I am totally in love with it. I can now understand why the
Macheads sell out their souls to Apple - the bargain is well worth it
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I was thinking about why portable devices like ipod and mobile phones
are so close to their owners and I came up with this list.
They are truly personal. You can customize them (think mobile
wallpapers, ringtones, playlists) quite a lot.
The are small and portable (duh!)
They can serve multiple purposes. A mobile phone can also serve as
a watch, address book, radio, m3 player, camera. A ipod can also be
used as a memory stick, FM transmitter and it can also fit in your
car's music system.
These devices become useful as soon as you buy them. You can start
using a mobile phone as soon as you insert your sim card into it
and you can start using your ipod as soon as you transfer music
into it. Instant karma!
They have long battery life.
This list is just something to keep in mind when I am designing my Killer App (TM).
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