Just my *OPINION* on Apple over the years.

1)      OK, sorry, Hope the following doesn’t rub anyone the wrong way.

2)      I apologize in advance if I get my facts wrong; I think that the “gest” of what I am saying is accurate, at least from My Perspective.

3)      Jobs Created Apple

a)      Made pretty fonts (Stanford Speech)

4)      Jobs ousted

i)        Company almost disappeared

ii)       Made their own O/S

iii)     Made their own hardware

5)      Jobs back

i)        FIRST GLIMPSE of Mac Marketing Machine – “A5 chip so powerful, they can’t sell them outside the country because they can be used for smart bombs.” Or some derivative of that. Sure you can say this was Meme but the reality is that companies push Meme or we never hear about it. (Just my opinion)

ii)       Attempts to fix their O/S – has trouble.

6)      §  Creates the Cat line of OS’s Total reboot on their O/S

i)        Hardware is insufficient and cost prohibitive to continue in house

7)      § APPLE now uses the same hardware that everyone else does.  But doesn’t even use the good stuff, Where is the Mac with the i7 Extreme Edition?

i)        Ultra-portable and lightweight devices emerge

8)      § New OS for portables, iOS?

9)      § Apple Marketing in full swing.

a)      “No one has ever done this before” meaning NO ONE at Apple ever has before. Tablets and Touchscreens go back to late 70’s?

i)        Cut and Paste on mobile devices, RIM did that since Jump Street.

ii)       Ability to resize windows from any corner, Windows 3.1 did that right?

iii)     IOS 5 brought the “Notification” pull down; I have had this since Android 1.6 (My first droid device, 3 years ago?)

b)      I love how Apple says they are the first for so many things when in reality they are just re-treading things.

i)        Desktop Products are being molded to fit closer and closer to the new “mobile” iOS.

c)       Jobs gone

i)        No more direction from the real Genius behind the company. (His passing is sincerely a loss for us all, he drove Apple and made the market more competitive, it is a shame he is gone before he grew old.)

10)   §  They will execute his “5-10” plans , probably poorly

i)        Portable devices and desktop will merge together, “Ultra-Laptops” which are really tablets big enough to house robust laptop components but still skinned like an iPad.

11)   § Everyone will follow suite. (Toshiba, Sony, etc…)

i)        When this well runs dry, Apple will be gone. Or at least take on a form that none of us will recognize.

b)      I know I sound angry, and I am a little. Apple marketing is awesome. They convince people that they have done something FIRST and BETTER than anyone else could have ever done it. The reality is that in years past hurdle costs and economic feasibility of certain products simply wasn’t what it is today. They are not innovators, they are clever opportunists.

You know....what if.....

Much like so many of us are participating in Twitter these days what if there were ;one day;  a "market place" for labor that we all participated in? I know we do now but we don't really, we look for a job and conduct ourselves under the banner of a company. In my example you know, you tweet about what it is you do, a continuous stream , a sort of , "letting your little light shine" if you will. Then a third party, some independent body would come in , evaluate you , then "verify" you. "This person is who they say they are." Then people could conduct business with you with confidence. A BBB for the new age of technology. No more traditional companies, no more "big bidness" making selfish decisions for itself. No more of the nastiness we all as worker bees hate without looking you in the face and telling you why these changes are needed? People working together , doing business. What if.....

Random Thoughts.....

Are cities becoming a series of systems meant to keep a labor force under control and plentiful? Really seeing the worst of big business these days. So many heads have rolled simply to increase profits by a few percent. Now we are NOT talking about changing the ink color on a PNL Statement from Red to Black, we are talking about incrementing the % Profit positivly to improve stock holder returns, in the short term.

I am glad to see Obama attempting to stimulate small business. Small business it seems will be the salvation of the US Economy. Who else is hiring?

Topic: Social Networking and Interpersonal communications
My Disclaimer, This is really a quick dump of a steam of thoughts that are going through my mind as I write this out. I typed up a quick timeline and then just let the words come out on their own. Still in draft form.
Evaluate Communication
• The Message (What is being conveyed?)
o Types of Messages
 Verbal - this is spoken word.
 Non Verbal – this is traditionally considered to be body language.
o Content
 Implied messages vs. Literal Messages - What does the message say vs. what it was intended to say? Is the audience bias enough to miss the real meaning of the message or could the message have been framed better as to not have the meaning misconceived?
 Tone – this is the overall feeling of the message. The position the message seems to come from.
 Accuracy of content – the accuracy of the content here is referring to the validity of the message content. Can we trust the message for instance?
 Relevance to subject matter – Relevance here really is the message as it relates to the overall exchange.
o Audience
 Intended - this is the recipient of the message that was originally intended by the author of the exchange or the original construct the message exists within.
 Unintended – This is the receiving group that is in possession of the message as a result of some unforeseen circumstance.
o The environment the message exists in
 Setting of the exchange
• Face to face etc….
o The players in the exchange
 Players in the communication exchange
• Relationship between the participants
• How does this fit into typical Maxims and norms
• Are these players engaged in an un-natural exchange
o The delivery method employed
 Sending and receiving messages
• Sending
• Receiving
• Barriers
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