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Sculley on Jobs

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:00:31 +0000

John Sculley famously fired Steve Jobs in September 1985, a move that’s pretty universally panned today. Nearly 28 years later, Forbes asked Sculley about it. Here’s the money quote: “He was not a great executive back in those early days.

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The lines between white hat/gray hat/black hat hacking and moral laws

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 10:16:35 +0000

Longtime reader/commenter Joseph asked two questions yesterday: What’s the boundary between gray and black-hat hacking, and is it moral to pick and choose between moral and immoral laws? The first question is easier than the second. So I’ll tackle that

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Steve Jobs and the Commodore PET

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:14:09 +0000

There’s a nasty rumor floating around that in Walter Isaacson’s bestselling biography, Steve Jobs, Jobs alleges that Commodore copied the Apple II when making its first computer, 1977’s PET. Here’s the story of Steve Jobs and the Commodore PET. The

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RIP, Steve Jobs

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:52:02 +0000

Though I’m sure you’ve seen it hundreds of other places, the tech industry lost its most memorable pioneer and greatest marketer today. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died, aged 56, after years of declining health.Mr. Jobs, of course, introduced the first

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And now it’s Apple’s turn

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:13:04 +0000

It’s been a weird month for technology. And as always, Apple had a way to get people to stop talking about anything else, though it’s not the news Apple wanted do deliver this week. I can only think of one

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Creative play with boys

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:30:28 +0000

On Saturday morning, my wife went out for a few hours to run errands and left me home with the boys. And when she came home, I was on the living room floor building a garage out of Mega Bloks

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Well, Episode III could have been worse…

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 03:46:07 +0000

I went and saw Revenge of the Sith tonight. I can say it definitely felt good to see a Star Wars story in the theaters one last time. (This is supposed to be the last time, after all.)

What else can I say? They weren't the atrocities the first two movies were. Overall I still don't think it was any better than the originals, but I do think there was a lot of room for improvement. (Don't worry, there won't be any spoilers here.)

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