Tag Archives: steve jobs death

spiked apples

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Dave

The love of money? Or just the love of risk? Even these pseudo quests for spirituality seemed ennobled by a higher calling: rising to the top of the food chain. And mining is high risk, environmentally contentious and prone to … Continue reading →

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think different: aren’t i wonderful?

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Dave

His “reality distorted field.” A ruthless, obsessive, perfectionist nature. A productive narcissist bordering on the psychopathic? All the hallmarks of the admired American business leader. The good, the bad and the ugly. The closed ecosystem which will likely permit Android … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Art Spiegelman, art spiegelman maus, Foxconn factory conditions, foxconn factory problems, Hans Jurgen Syberberg, Steve Jobs, steve jobs death, Steve Jobs FBI file, tim cook apple, walter isaacson | Leave a comment

the anger management chip ( on the shoulder )

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Dave

Although Steve Jobs was worshiped deity on his death,and not dragged through the streets of sirte and paraded on a car hood like a felled prize stag such as Gaddafi, there are some weird and perplexing connections between such powerful … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged Bill gates, james fallon, Joseph Beuys, michael kraus, peter goodspeed, Steve Jobs, steve jobs death, walter isaacson | Leave a comment

i-surrealism: mad mac

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Dave

It is a new nature, a new Spinozian episode that re-designates an entire material world of objects, which includes the individual in bone and flesh, both determined and transformed by technology. So, there is no significant or gaping difference between … Continue reading →

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theory of the middle class : a few bad apples

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Dave

Jonathan McIntosh:We will miss Steve Jobs. We will not miss his pioneering of closed systems, monopolies, predatory business practices, slave labor, worker suicides and locked devices…. Apple products. iwant, iwant, iwant, idesire, idesire,….the epitomy, the sweet spot of American middle … Continue reading →

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final sale: everything must go!

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Dave

Just make sure you win the last game.Under new management. Oh yeah. Remember: nice guys finish last. Wailing not whining. Its called the wailing wall; a cry of anguish of the forsaken, and not a whining of the comfortable piqued … Continue reading →