The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: My Personal Review of this Blog

Did you see that Oxford comma on the title? AWW YEAH! Just kidding, I am here to do a review of my past posts and discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of this blog.

THE GOOD: My first post

My blogpost entitled "Apple is not overpriced" is the strongest blogpost I've ever written here. The purpose of that blogpost is to serve as a counter strike against http://thejeremydefect.wordpress.com/. His inflammatory and downright ridiculous claims outraged me. I believe that I am inclined to defend Apple, not only because I am an Apple user, but because I know that what he's saying is not right. My first blogpost exhibited a lot of examples that counteracts thejeremydefect's claims, which I think was awesome.

THE BAD: My second post

The post where I introduced this blog seemed lackluster to me. I was awesome on the first post then all the gains I've made as a blogger probably was cancelled out by that second post. I just don't feel that it is worthy of being in this blog. Anyway, I don't think it's crap, I just thing it can be better.

THE UGLY: Improvements

Based on the comments that I've read from my classmates, I think that the overarching goal of this blog, which is to tell stories about Apple and anything related to it is working. I learned that a lot of people were not familiar with Steve Jobs' involvement with Pixar and my readers were happy that they were able to learn new information from my blog.

My biggest problem ofcourse is grammar. Well, I can't make an excuse anymore. I should be able to write seamlessly with proper grammar. I've been in school for more than 12 years now and I should be able to write as a 12th grader. Perhaps more practice can help me eradicate my grammar problem.

I am planning to shift away from Steve Jobs in my next post and start talking about the iPhone 4s and Siri. Although I do not own an iPhone, I will do tremendous research in order to satiate my readers' desire for Apple news and reviews. I, ofcourse, will also give my take on the Apple products and connected software. APPS YAY!

MOE-TI-VA-SHUN

That is something that I am in dire need right now. For the next 6 weeks, I will try to get as inspired as I can in order to give good content to this blog. I would not let my quest to go to college hinder my writing of this blog. I hope I will be able to write better and cover more interesting topics.

You got a friend in me, you got a friend in me: Steve Jobs Tribute pt. 2

Steve Job's career in Apple came to an abrupt end in 1986 after he was ousted as CEO. However, Steve did not completely stop from exercising his vision. Even though he parted ways with computers for a while, he entered another industry: the film animation industry.

Steve bought the computer animation division of Lucasfilm in 1986. Under his management, the newly independent company became known as Pixar Animation Studios. Steve Jobs served as the Chairman and CEO.

Under his management, Pixar Animation Studios became a staple of every kid's life. In 1991, Pixar partnered with Disney to produce one of the greatest titles of all time: Toy Story 1. With only 30 employees and limited equipment, they were able to produce a world-class film that captivated everybody, regardless of age, sex, color, and language.

The company went on to release more memorable films such as Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo, Monster's Inc, The Incredibles, and Cars among others.

Steve finally left the company after Disney bought Pixar for $7.4 billion dollars. This deal made Steve the largest single stockholder of Disney Corporation, his stake in Disney is twice the size of his stake in Apple Computer.

Steve's legacy in Pixar is unparalleled. Not only did he change the computer industry through his previous work in Apple, he changed how people view animated films through Pixar. He gave us the opportunity to go on an adventure with Buzz and Woody, help Marlin find Nemo, and cry with Mr. Fredricksen as he remembers his life with his wife.

Steve Jobs: a radical, an inventor, and a visionary pt. 1

"Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being," Cook, 50, said in the memo. "Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple."

-http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/

As I am reading this from the Apple website, I couldn't help being emotional. One way or another we have been influenced by Steve's vision whether you are a computer user or not. This post will not be about Steve's personal life; it will be about his contributions that affected everybody's lives one way or the other.

I would start with the introduction of the friendly-user interface. Before the advent of the desktop and icons, there was the command module. If you are using windows, click the start button, go to run, then type cmd, then hit the enter key. You will see a window called the command prompt. This is how computers worked before. You are given a monotonous screen to type up your complicated line of commands just so that you can use a specific function of the computer. That is why a lot of people at that time were alienated from technology because they cannot cope up with the complications of the computer at that time. Steve Jobs invented a user friendly interface that would allow people to use the computer with ease. It is called the Macintosh computer.

To support his idea of a friendly user interface, he introduced the thing you use to move the pointer in your keyboard, the mouse. Prior to the introduction of the mouse, people were navigating through their computers using a cursor and arrow keys. A cursor is that little square thing that blinks on the command module. You can never see that thing anymore, the blinking line you see when typing anything on a word-line is called an insertion point.This also led to the birth of the desktop. No, not the immobile computer, but the thing that has the icons that you can click to launch a program without going to the start menu.

His worked inspired other companies to create a user-friendly environment for their computers. Virtually everybody got rid of the old code format after the introduction of the Macintosh.

On the next post I will talk about the downs of his life, and his eventual role in Pixar. (Yay! Monster's Inc.)