How Steve Jobs Changed The World
Today's post has been suggested by Brian Angelo, who writes the blog for The Cake Boutique Shop and has been a friend of mine for over thirty years. Steve Jobs was a visionary and a creative genius; something that the world is truly lacking today. Oftentimes people would equate him with "the other guy" and compare him to Bill Gates of Microsoft, but it was Jobs who helped to create some of the greatest technology innovations of our time. Whether you use Apple products or not, there is no denying that Steve Jobs had an impact on how you see the world. Here is a list of five of those inventions and how they changed all of our lives. You will be missed, Steve. Read more...
Categories: Reader Submitted, Technology Tags: app store, Apple Computers, Bill Gates, iPad, iphone, itunes, microsoft, newton, Pixar, steve jobs
RIP: 5 Things That Became Obsolete This Decade (Part 2)
Since our last publication of this list, people have been writing in and giving us more samples of items that have become obsolete over the last decade. Here are some of their thoughts on what should be on this list. It doesn't seem possible, but each of these five items were viable only ten years ago, yet now they are either gone or in their death throes. See if you can't come up with another five before the end of the year!
Categories: People's Choice Tags: decade, itunes, land based phone lines, mail, music stores, napster, obsolete, pda, post office, postal service, respect around the world, self respect, sending mail, usps
