What boils my blood

For some, Apple is always doomed. In the old days, because they were too small, dwarfed by Microsoft. Then, a decade ago, it was because the iPod boom would surely prove fleeting and soon go bust. Now, it’s because they’re too big, doomed by their success and the company’s institutional hubris. ~ John Gruber

What sometimes (often) boils my blood is the way Apple haters attack the company. When the company was struggling they were dismissed as an also-ran whose products were crap that no one would buy. Now that Apple is a success -- from seemingly producing better product that people are buying -- they are an evil corporation supported by millions of fan boys. I have a word for that.

Jealous - feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages

The race to the bottom

The race to the bottom by Seth Godin (Seth's Blog)

The race to the top makes more sense to me. The race to the top is focused on design and respect and dignity and guts and innovation and sustainability and yes, generosity when it might be easier to be selfish. It's also risky, filled with difficult technical and emotional hurdles, and requires patience and effort and insight. The race to the top is the long-term path with the desirable outcome.

I love the way this man thinks.

Sunrise

This is one of a series of HDR images I processed earlier this week. I wanted to test out a project a very geeky HDR project1 I had completed. I find that the early morning light is sometimes ideal for HDR so I hopped in my car thinking I would head over to the old mill house in Kingston. But as I drove I looked at the sky and decided that Carnegie Lake might be better. I wanted to capture the sunrise. I’m not sure I captured what I saw but I enjoyed the process. Maybe tomorrow I’ll go back and try it again.


  1. I programmed my Raspberry Pi single board computer to do auto-bracketing. You can see the some of the other photos here