Today the new iPhone was released. My friend Mary is responsible for the servers that handle all the downloads for everything at Apple. She hasn't been to bed in about 2 weeks. She was hoping for a quiet night last night so came to my daughter's gig. For just a little bit she forgot about work and laughed at "The Homework Song" which mentions her son. Then she went back to work at Apple and probably hasn't seen her family since.
I am hoping this phone is going to do some great thing since Mary isn't getting to be with her family for all this time. I'm hoping that the time she doesn't get back will be well spent.
Creating world peace would be nice.
Probably not.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Save the World not the Phone
That's the mantra of Silicon Valley. It's the mantra of California. We all follow our dreams to become the person we want to be. That's the reason we are all here. For some it's about getting rich, for others it's about reinventing ourselves, for starry-eyed dreamers it's about changing the world.
It would be so great if all of us would focus on the dream of making the world a safe place to grow up in. A world where no one dies of preventable diseases, or giving birth, or from bombs falling or soldiers bullets. A world where you are not hungry or thirsty because everyone has enough. A world where no one tries to kill you because of your skin, your age, your religion or your politics.
Instead we have incredible intellect creating the next great phone app.
It would be so great if all of us would focus on the dream of making the world a safe place to grow up in. A world where no one dies of preventable diseases, or giving birth, or from bombs falling or soldiers bullets. A world where you are not hungry or thirsty because everyone has enough. A world where no one tries to kill you because of your skin, your age, your religion or your politics.
Instead we have incredible intellect creating the next great phone app.
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