Tag: Apple

College Weekend, Home – Saturday

Yesterday was finally able to watch the September Apple Keynote. New Apple Watch 8, Air Pods (2nd Gen), and iPhone 14.

Tim Cook at Apple HQ
Able to watch the 90-minute recap in two tries.

After the 10-11AM President’s session, we had a lazy Fall afternoon. Midday, we walked next door to the Mall’s food court.

Just for kicks along the way, made an inquiry at the Apple Store.

Hotel next to busy road
Made an appointment for later. Luckily, our hotel is a 5-minute walk to Apple Store.
iPhone 14 case
This photo means exactly what you think it means.

Made a bee-line from the Apple Store to the President’s House for an invitation-only function.

College president’s house sign
Figment. A gift from a retiring College administrator. She worked in a Disney Store back in the day. HUGE Disney fan. Downsizing her life and possessions.
6-second video: Interesting book. Interesting fireplace.
Book entitled Grasp
One-word book titles generally do well commercially.
Book introduction page
Pretty good teaching-wisdom.
Book chapters page
Compelling chapters.
Sun shining through big tree
Walking to off-campus dinner.

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Got Music?

Apple Music personal list
All the music i own. These 122 CDs have been downloaded to Apple Music. Then donated to Goodwill.
  1. Brad Paisley: 6 Albums, 93 Songs
  2. Carrie Underwood: 4 Albums, 53 Songs
  3. Chris Tomlin: 9 Albums, 107 Songs
  4. Dan Fogelberg: 17 Albums, 172 Songs
  5. Disney: 31 Albums, 511 Songs
  6. Elvis Presley: 2 Albums, 38 Songs
  7. Have A Nice Day (70s): 7 Albums, 84 Songs
  8. Jimmy Buffett: 30 Albums, 359 Songs
  9. Led Zeppelin: 10 Albums, 81 Songs
  10. Motown (‘59-71): 1 Album (really it’s 4 albums), 104 songs
  11. The Shanghai Restoration Project: 1 Album, 15 Songs
  12. Soundtracks: 4 Albums, 58 Songs
  • 12 Categories
  • 122 Albums
  • 1,675 Songs

If someday i find myself in assisted living without an Apple Music annual subscription, these 122 albums on an iPhone should help pass the time.

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Market to our human spirit

Steve Jobs narrates…

Market to the human spirit.

Be amazed and be amazing.

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Organize to maximize

Roy Disney magic Kingdom statue bench
There’s probably a story coming about this location. In case there isn’t, the gist is that the fence used to be in front of the bench and Guests had to climb over it.
Empty produce shelves
Empty produce shelves to start St Patrick’s day (yesterday).
stocked produce shelves
Four hours later, empty shelves are back to normal.
"Disney" home office
Setting up Cheryl’s new iMac last night.

Organize to maximize.

Be creative in your pursuit of excellence.

Be flexible too.

i missed an opportunity last night while helping Cheryl set up her iMac.

Awoke at 3:00 AM this morning and sleepily wrote some notes…

In hindsight:

notes to self bout apple training
Last night i neglected purpose versus task. Awoke at 3:00 AM and realized this. Climbed out of bed to type an email to myself so i wouldn’t lose the idea.

Here’s the reality check. Our son (19) was in the next room and i guarantee he would see the way i did it last night and the way i should have done it as vastly different. He also knows that last night’s approach is a poor alternative to delivering over-focused, intentional training.

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Couldn’t decide

Couldn’t decide.

The iPad Pro 12.9″ seemed bigger than i wanted. And i didn’t take my 12″ MacBook, nor my small hiking backpack to compare against my current arrangement.

On Apple’s website in November, i was convinced the 12.9″ was the ticket.

Both of my Macbooks are from 2015, out of Apple Care warranty, and only 500G.

Looking to add a 1T, highly portable, latest features, device as my go-to travel tool.

The 11″ iPad Pro looked great too.

Then last night, the crazy idea.

One of each.

Not ruling it out, and yes, it is crazy.

i always have a backup device.

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