Adam Kazwell is...somewhat concerned

Who knew Burger King was so cool

What can you get Subservient Chicken to do?

Or if manipulating a chicken doesn't get you excited (impossible, I know) there's always Subservient President (try typing "do a magic trick" or "find weapons of mass destruction")

Dodging volcanos, varmints, and visas

The orignal plan was to head to Costa Rica and hike along the base of the Arenal volcano. Instead we had to deal with varmints wandering the streets and Brazillian border guards in search of our non-existant visas.

And if you don't believe all that, well...here are some pictures of birds that prove nothing.

Wanna put a dent in the universe?

Just create products that mother necessity.

They were also inventions intended to mother necessity - and reasonably so. That's how all radical innovations work. (Less forward marketers, including Bill Gates, wait for necessity to mother invention, and the best of those invent and implement beautifully, even though that beauty is rarely appreciated.)

Who's best at doing this? Snoop Jobby Jobs, of course. See the comments below from the article linked above from 1997. Most of them have withstood the test of time.

These things I can guarantee about whatever Apple makes from this point forward:

It will be original.
It will be innovative.
It will be exclusive.
It will be expensive.
It's aesthetics will be impeccable.
The influence of developers will be minimal. (read: Konfabulator)
The influence of customers will be held in even higher contempt.
The influence of fellow business artisans will be significant, though secondary at best to Steve's own muse.

Sure beats "Where's Waldo"

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