Apple...

I saw the new (CNN) Steve Jobs movie last night with my wife & daughter. It was a fairly concise overview of ways that Apple affected my life from the mid-1970s to the present.

Apple (Jobs) turned up in places where I didn't really notice it up until the early 1980s, but the movie reminded me that Steve and I were influenced by early HP desktop computers and by Xerox desktop computing metaphors. We both were hooked on technology at an early age, and sent on lifelong career paths. And I sense that we both were profoundly affected by our children...