NPR’s Sam H. Sanders (@samsanders) called the guy who first owned this computer over the weekend. Turns out he hated it. Sam makes these calls so you don’t have to. — tanya b.

— Apple-1 Computer Fetches $671,000 At Auction : All Tech Considered

Photo: Courtesy of Fred Hatfield

Apple pie + pork = ultimate answer to “sweet or savory” conundrum. Drooling yet? Click here for more apple-tastic recipes. — rachel

Photo: Michele Kayal/NPR

Apple Expected To Unveil New iPad

In case you haven’t heard, the internets are a buzz.

When my then girlfriend agreed to be my wife, I told her it was time to have the discussion about her converting. She said, ‘Don’t worry, I’ve already talked to the Rabbi and started the process of becoming Jewish. I know our kids will be growing up in a house without a Christmas Tree and I’m okay with that.’

But that wasn’t the conversion I was talking about. I explained to her that our kids would be growing up in a house without Windows-based PCs. And then I gave her my old Mac Plus and said, ‘Lady, this is your life now.’

— I Made This On A Mac

RIP, Steve Jobs.

newsweek:

In this week’s issue, Cult of Mac’s Leander Kahney collects “The 10 Commandments of Steve.”

More than anything else, Jobs’s genius is in managing the creative process. Here’s his playbook.

 [See it full size]

Great chart! Also worth a look is former NPR designer Callie Neylan’s appreciation of Jobs and Apple: “Apple’s Secret Is In Our DNA” —Wright

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

— Steve Jobs’s Best Quotes - Digits - WSJ / via @jenvalentino (via amzam)

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

— 

Steve Jobs announced his third medical leave in the past decade in January. Our story from January here.

Reblog:

Text of resignation letter by former Apple CEO STEVE JOBS.

(via the Wall Street Journal)

(Source: inothernews)