It’s an exciting time in Silicon Valley and SF right now because all of the venture capital is no longer being poured into the type of crypto scams that bankrupted Silicon Valley Bank.
Weekly SF AI Event Calendar: https://lu.ma/genai-sf
Investors are reinvesting into the startup market specifically for AI software which introduces its own ethical challenges like any movement does.
it's nice to see people building and investing in real product again with real use cases that aren't based on some academic whitepaper and utopian pipedream that someone conjured up while they were smoking peyote at burning man.
If an Apple veteran comes along after 20 years of not sharing about experiences on the Apple Design Team for NDA (or other reasons) and decides to open up and volunteer knowledge, they aren't here to get into a design competition with you and contribute to your culture of shut up.
Let them share what they know.
You might actually learn something in the process.
Every organisation needs design, some just know they need it more than others do. Companies hire me because I understand this just a little better than the average person.
The only person the Democrats seem to be social distancing themselves from is the only black woman at their protest.
Ignore the fake news going around saying that iPhones made in U.S. could cost $3,500 as tariffs pose an existential threat to Apple, it's all clickbait.
play with art deco, glass vases and roses
Regarding Studio Ghibli, Breaking the Rules (and Making History)
Keynote mishaps, action figures and adapting to change
https://skeuomorphic.design/p/regarding-studio-ghibli-breaking
I'm not going to sit here and get sanctimonious about people stealing artistic styles from design firms they like while my own work has permanently influenced the field of application design because others 'borrowed' signature styles and design patterns of mine to inform their design process.
Imitation is the best form of flattery, great artists steal and the best designers I know are just a little better at rule-breaking.
iTunes Music Store launch, studio Ghibli style
When you see this picture, if you don't see someone who understands the unique challenges that go along with building public infrastructure better than the average person, you haven't been paying attention.
This was fun to make.
Jake Knapp's 'sprint' is modeled after the Design Sprint process used at Apple but repackaged for small startups who don't have access to huge engineering budgets.
Now we can tell the story (using Studio Ghibli) about how aqua was stolen from Apple when Aqua buttons started showing up on car radios, laundry machines without anybody to tell them they couldn’t, and nobody to tell them how horribly executed it was.
GarageBand announcement with John Mayer and Steve Jobs reimagined in the style of studio Ghibli
My friend Blade Olson and team launched DJ with Apple Music today.
Congratulations to everyone involved.
https://music.apple.com/us/curator/dj-with-apple-music/1798261090
Mac OS 10.0 Members Exclusive:
The Parts They Don't Want You to Remember About Apple's Greatest Turnaround
What it felt like to be on Steve's winning team after he gutted the company
https://skeuomorphic.design/p/the-parts-they-dont-want-you-to-remember
The origins of Dashboard widgets and Apple News dates back to a prototype I designed using QuickTime and LiveStage Pro by the codename: Miller (circa 2000)
My critics are always people who have something to gain by preventing the public from having key takeaways about Apple's biggest turnaround success story. There are simply people who don't want you to know how being on Steve's winning team felt.
Many of whom were laid off in '98 when SJ gutted the company, streamlined the product line and eliminated beige and the printer division.
Every great student who truly learned something great from their deceased mentor would want their life to be a reflection and a tribute to the wisdom that was passed along during their short time on earth.
There's never an excuse to be unkind to people.
You never know when someone might be grooming their profile to kill themselves.