Steve Jobs and big foot prints on the sand

Jobs was not a very public figure, so aside from the Apple roll out clips, the Stanford commencement and several other things we don't know much about how he was as a person, but he was an artist of multiple dimensions in the evolution of personal computers. He had ideas and then produced products that implemented them, that were marked by stellar design and available at prices that were within reason. Apple gear was never cheap, still isn't, but considering the tech, the design and the build quality, LOTS of people were willing to pay more.

The legacy will continue at Apple, but the modest roots of what was earlier this summer the most valuable corporation on the planet will be a little more remote than they were before today.

I'm still enjoying my new MacBook Air--almost as much as I did my Macintosh 512K Enhanced, vintage March, 1985. It was the fonts that lured me in. I loved the fonts--even before I started real estate. I was an aspiring graphic artist in addition to being a scientist and illustrator of crustaceans. I did some work when I was employed at a small publishing house running a HUGE Xerox machine. I did graphics---BY HAND--paste up. The Mac was the future and I saw it. Paid $1800 for a Mac, external floppy drive (single sided back then--400K!!!) and an Imagewriter I---9 pin printer that made the fonts look pretty darn good.

In today's $$ that was like $6000, but it was worth it. The enthusiasm for Apple products is still there. When you go to the Apple Store in SLO you see--young people and really old people (like me). Not a lot of middle aged types. The old folks there still have some passion left--it's very cool!

Had an interesting "discussion" at a meeting today that crystallized some  thoughts on the real estate industry and where it's headed and where it should be headed instead. More on that with the next post.

Steve is probably devising something totally new in another dimension right now!