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  Steve: An appreciation

  2604 readers My son called me from his college dorm earlier this evening to ask how I was doing. As I was out to  dinner, I said, what do you mean?. “Oh, I’m sorry,” he said. “Steve Jobs died.” Moments later, my daughter called and asked the same. That my son and daughter would call me to see

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  Photo-set: The BookBook iPad case from TwelveSouth

  744 readersI’ve posted on Flickr a set of photos of the new and highly anticipated (well, for some people) BookBook iPad case. The case is handmade and (I swear) looks and feels like a century-old leather-bound classic. You can learn more about the company that makes it on their website, TwelveSouth.com. The company has a Nashville

• Happy birthday, iPad

  4001 readersIsn’t it amazing, the iPad just turned two today. After Steve Jobs introduced the first iPad two years ago, I remember seeing a lot of comments that this is just a big iPhone and only a surfing device. Looking at today’s use of the iPad, the opportunities tablets (and especially the iPad being the spearhead of the

• Links for 2011-10-05 [del.icio.us]

  169 readers Doc Searls on Steve Jobs, 1997 | via: DaveNet Quote: "Now Steve is back, and gradually renovating his old company. He'll do it his way, and it will once again express his Art" Steve Jobs of Apple Dies at 56 - NYTimes.com John Markoff's NYT obituary of Steve Jobs: "Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who

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  Thank You, Steve Jobs

  11700 readers Back in 2003, I had the honor of being invited by Quark and Apple to a special event celebrating the release of QuarkXPress 6 for Mac OS X. The event was held at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, and I met Steve Jobs. As I shook his hand, I thanked him for creating the tools that

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  Meeting Steve Jobs Thousands of Times

  1799 readersMeeting Steve Jobs Thousands of Times is an original article from: M-bossed.com — A media blog. ©2009 Ryan McAbee || Although you probably never had the opportunity, like myself, to meet Steve Jobs in person, we still met him thousands of times. We saw his world renowned showmanship (some call it the reality distortion field) at every

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  A+ for Affinity

  2953 readersA+ for Affinity is an original article from: M-bossed.com — A media blog. ©2009 Ryan McAbee || Some things are just meant to be together. Abbott and Costello. Sonny and Cher. Lady Gaga and weird. Jobs and Woz. Each has an affinity or a natural attraction toward the other and together produce better results together than alone. Steve

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  When words CEOs and CFOs use sound too good to be true

  1444 readers[Note: See update at the bottom of this post.] # For many years, I’ve heard radio ads in which the announcer repeated the phrase, “People judge you by the words you use.” The ads touted a program that would help you beef up your vocabulary so that smart guys at the beach wouldn’t kick sand

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  Keynote help: Why Helvetica Neue may be incompatible with Helvetica Neue

  1319 readersIn September, I wrote a post about things one should consider if they are creating a Keynote presentation that will be displayed on an iPad, as well as on your computer. (If you’re not a Mac user, Keynote is software that can be used to create a PowerPoint presentation. That, of course, was a joke — although

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  Tips for creating a Keynote presentation that will be used on an iPad

  1011 readersWhile I know the ins-and-outs of Keynote fairly well, I’m not a designer. Fortunately, I work with some great designers and from time-to-time get asked to provide some technical tips while one of them is working on a project that involves presentations. During a recent project related to some presentations a client’s sales group will be