Allan Deonarine

Apple homepage remembering Steve Jobs

The recent passing of Steve Jobs, Apple and Pixar CEO, got me thinking of the first computer I ever used. An Apple computer. I was in 3rd grade. The teacher was asking some sort of question that I got right. The reward was time on the class computer. I had never touched a computer before, but I was able to use it without any instruction. That is the core of Apple. Designing technology that was easy to use as well as a powerful tool. The intersection of technology and liberal arts. I spent the rest of lunch time playing Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?

I'm not going to go into my later love/hate relationship with Apple's products and decisions over the 20 years subsequent. That's a post for another time. As for Growing Up Geek, I think I may continue this series in the future.