Steve Jobs

Death's a bitch. He called it "the single best invention of Life." I am not mature enough to understand this.

Like millions of others, he inspired me. He made me want to be a creator. To create something that disappears into people's lives.

Read this somewhere on Twitter:

If you want to honor Steve, don't mourn. Do your best work every day. Live your life to the fullest. Never settle. His spirit lives on.

I want to honor him.
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Is there something wrong with me if I laughed more at this video than at the last 4 episodes of How I Met Your Mother combined? Probably not.

Still can't stop chuckling.

All things Apple

Apple haters, refrain from this post.

Apple announced a new iPhone today. Finally.

It's called the iPhone 4S. Some quick thoughts:

1. No iPhone 5 :(
2. Another 'S' iPhone? Really? I thought we were done with that stupid naming scheme.
3. On the other hand, it has the exact same upgrades as the iPhone 3GS- Better processor, better camera. better software, cool voice stuff.
4. Siri seems smart. Only if it gets Indian accents. Apple seems to be confident about this. From their site- "Siri makes phone calls, sends messages, schedules meetings, sets reminders, and more. How much more? Just ask, and Siri tells you that, too." This is not voice recognition, this is AI.
5. They have still managed to squeeze a better battery life. I pity humanity for battery technology.
6. This definitely has the best phone camera out there. It has a bloody 'image signal processor' built into the A5 chip! Also, real 8 megapixels.
7. Apple is quitely moving to Bluetooth 4.0 from Bluetooth 2.1 in its devices. It completely skipped 3.0. Apparently, Bluetooth 4.0 is a very low-energy version of 3.0. Classic Apple.
8. Also, there is no mention whatsoever of the processors in the specs page of the iPhone and iPod touch. No dual-core, single-core, GHz. It's the damn specs page, Apple. They really doesn't want to let us care these meaningless numbers. So different from Samsung and the other guys. It may also be that they don't want to highlight the iPod's year-old processor.
9. Why does Apple have to be awesome in everything it does? Just look at the iPhone's site. Awesome web design. Beautiful HTML5 animations.
10. Today, Apple's site seems to be down and shaky for too long. Apple has launched products before. Never has this happened. No-Jobs effect? Too soon to judge.
11. Say what you want, but at this moment, this is the best phone out there. May be an incremental upgrade to the legendary iPhone 4, but this has more than one can want. Let's make a list inside a list about the features:
• So fast that you can forget words like lag and stutter. From what I've heard, these words are remembered in dual-core Gingerbread phones. iPhone==stable.
• Best battery life.
• Best screen. I am so glad they didn't blow it up to 4 inches. 3.5 seems perfect.
• Gorgeous hardware.
• Fastest, clearest camera with 1080p video. My laptop can't even play such a high-res video properly.
• iOS 5 with free iMessage (Haha BBM), PC-free features and everything just integrated within. Also, 5,00,000 apps. 5 Lakh.
• iCloud with the most extensive and simple cloud services. Syncing and backup galore.
12. Actually, now that I think about it, the only disappointment is the lack of a new external design. Nothing thinner, bigger, weirder. Is it really a big deal or people (read: me) have started expecting more than ever from Apple?
13. I will buy this phone in 2011 with my saved money. There. I said it.

Update: Read this article. This may be the reason for Apple's 'underwhelming' announcement.