The more things change, the more they're different →

Dear reader…you’ll have to pardon my quoting myself in jest.

Sad to see the passing of Ive’s influence at Apple. Events of this magnitude serve as milestone markers in the history of our glorious world of technology. History will write the legacy of Ive’s time at Apple but for me I have deep sentiment and appreciate for his team’s designs.

From my sacred, in perfect condition original generation iMac to countless iPods to the iPhone and more I have benefited from his work.

Apple Leadership

Ode to Sir Jony →

The 90s were a dark time for relatively penniless Apple fans. I was young and the possibility of owning an Apple computer was an impossible dream. Each year that went by found me sliding deeper into a Microsoft Windows-induced technological depression. Oh hi there Windows 95 you look nice but why are you so mean to me? Oops, I made the mistake of buying version A. Curse you, oh failed SDLC dictated by delivering a product whether it’s ready to ship or not! Wait, where’s plug n’ play?

Steve comes back into the picture and randomly brings Microsoft’s money and a relatively unknown Jony Ive with him. My beloved delivery of the newest Mac Mall catalog would later tease me with this crazy computer called an iMac that I wouldn’t be able to afford for a decade. No PS/2 ports, all usb, no floppy drive, crazy cool colors…I wanted it all.

And now the news that Jony is moving on from Apple. Congrats to FT on an awesome, scoop-laden article.

While my head swirls with mixed feelings while I digest all of this I’ll simply leave with quotes from “A Day In the Life”:

“I read the news today, oh boy

About a lucky man who made the grade

And though the news was rather sad

Well, I just had to laugh”

FT Article