plucky tree
It's the plucky ones that will surprise you most
wannabe housewife, foodie, pacifist, amateur chef & tennis player, libertarian, food rights & backyard chicken supporter, former software entomologist @ Apple, angel investor
the last time I saw Steve Jobs
I worked at Apple from April of 1999 through July of 2011. I’ve never written publicly about that experience, but I wanted to share a little moment that will always be with me, even though it’s not of any great significance.
After leaving my job at Apple, I dropped in for lunch one day. I was exiting the main building, Infinite Loop One, and just ahead of me was Steve Jobs, walking with the usual spring in his step that never seemed to go away even as he started looking more frail. Bumping into Steve was a surprisingly common occurrence for such a large company as Apple.
Steve was heading towards a car parked next to the curb with its door open, waiting for him. The car was idling. A family was standing near the Apple sign outside the building, a common site for people to take photos on their pilgrimages to Apple.
20 leopard tricks (and some oldies)
I was inspired by some of the recent postings of iPhone tips and tricks to post some for Mac OS X, most of which appear to be relatively unknown. This list includes the Dock, Application Switcher, Spaces, Screen Capture, Menu Extras, and Exposé. Most of these are new to Leopard, but some are oldies, but goodies that few people seem to know about. In completely chaotic order:
