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7 February 2007Ok, so things are finally settling down in the recent upheaval in my life. I posted a while ago about some initial issues with my employer (at the time, sorry for ruining the ending), and have started composing a bunch of writings about my quarter life crisis, which ironically but understandably, I didn’t have time to finish / polish off due to the process of going through the actual quarter life crisis.
So here’s the quick deal on the quarter life crisis (I hope to fill in the details later): I got restless at my previous company because I felt my growing curve was plateauing (which is extremely dangerous, NEVER let that happen), and since my goals are not modest, any slowing of my trajectory is very disconcerting. I was also in Germany, and did not want to stay there too long in my mid-twenties because I found I like the US more than I realized, and I wanted to start building the life I want. So I took the plunge, turned down the offer with my old company, sent some emails around, and landed a consulting job in Boston, where my sister was living. I packed all my shit (which is still on a stupid boat, 6 weeks later!!!), moved to Boston, started working, and have been dealing with the unending relocation business.
So, back to what I wanted to say in this post.
There has been a recent uproar among the blogsphere and traditional media about Steve Jobs’ “Thoughts on Music” letter, posted on apple.com yesterday. I don’t need to summarize it, but go to <href=” for the actual thing, which you should read before forming your response, and the Slashdot thread, which is on point as usual. The idea is that Steve Jobs is actually caring about what consumer think and want, and has the balls to stand up to the big 4 labels. He’s also incredibly brilliant by sliding the onus on monopoly abuse away from Apple (which it’s getting in Europe), and onto the big labels, where it should be.
Apple has its fanboys, and its haters, but everyone has a position on it. It forces people to think. It challenges consumers to expect more, and companies to deliver. More on that later.
And to look forward to, here are some posts coming soon:
- Reversing the Adoption Trend: Consumers driving Technology
- Why Microsoft Sucks (almost too easy, but there will be several posts on this)
- More updates on the Quarter life crisis
- The single most important trait/thing in Life
- What if . . . Steve Jobs hadn’t come back?
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