Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Steven Crader

Today is the day the world says goodbye to an innovator, visionary, and a great businessman–Steve Jobs. He needs no introduction, as he is already known by everyone. This isn’t a post on what Steve Jobs has done, but how he has impacted me.

Steve Jobs

My first interaction with an Apple Computer was in kindergarten, where our classroom had Macintosh. As I continued through my school years, I was transitioned to Microsoft Windows. But every once-in-awhile, I had the chance to use an Original iMac. Although I grew up on Windows, I chose to purchase a White MacBook for my first computer for graduation.

As a Computer Engineer, I expect I will study the legacy Jobs’ will leave behind. Below is his 2005 Stanford Commencement Address which I have listened to numerous times because of the great words Jobs shared with the graduates and the world.

Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

Thank You Steve Jobs.

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Background image on Google homepage

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Steven Crader

Dear Google,

Stop copying Bing. Nobody want to see a picture when they visit google.com. Users want to see a white background with a search box and the logo/doodle for the day. Nothing more, nothing less.

Google homepage with artist background

Remember the old saying “Less is more.”, please keep it that way.

Signed,

Your Users

Lisa (lisatickledpink) Hates Technology and Leo Gives Away a Free iPad

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Steven Crader

On Sunday, March 7 Leo Laporte (@leolaporte) and gang decided to they wanted to try and outdo Conan O’Brien by having people follow a random person on Twitter. The lucky person selected by Kevin Rose is Lisa Etheridge. Leo chose to also turn this into a contest by giving away an Apple iPad to one of her followers and he would also send Lisa an iPad for all of here troubles.

When she was selected Lisa had 2 followers. By the end of the recording she was up to 2,467 followers. At the time of this posting she is currently up to 11,089 followers!!!! (31 hours later!!). For comparison, Conan chose Sarah Killen; she had 3 followers and is currently at 18,074.

If you would like to get in on the iPad giveaway, first follow @LisaTickledPink on Twitter and then thank Leo for the chance to win the iPad by clicking here.

Check out the video here:

Update: Leo joined Lisa on KiwiFM in New Zealand this morning (Tuesday). Here is the interview:

Follower updates:

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 20:50 pst
Lisa: 15,177

Sarah: 19,655

Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 22:00 pst
Lisa: 20,291
Sarah: 26,715

I have decided to post a graph of followers over the past month: