Last night there were so many news stories and articles about the 30th anniversary of the Macintosh computer, with some additional talk about the historic 1984 Mac Superbowl ad (why 1984 won’t be like “1984”)
(I’ll confess I watched Dead Poets Society the other night after loving the new Mac ad which uses part of Robin William’s quoting Whitman from the movie –
This morning I woke up to even more stories about Apple and the anniversary. I felt good listening to it all and got a little weepy over the mention of the Bosendorfer piano for some reason, or maybe it was the Schumann that was played…
And 30 years ago, as a final reward for the folks who created the Mac, Steve Jobs bought the team a beautiful black Bosendorfer grand piano. That piano is still at Apple – a reminder that a technically brilliant instrument could also be beautiful – and a pleasure to touch and play.
Anyway, as I got dressed for work I wondered how to celebrate the day and the only thing I could come up with were these:
Heard another story or two on the radio on the way in to work and as I walked toward our store I thought – wouldn’t it have been nice if they used those fancy new LED lights in the window to do something for the anniversary?
and lo and behold, that’s just what was there in the window!
Amazing. There were a few new signs up in the store, we had new BLACK tshirts with a special 30th anniversary logo and lanyards which have the old mac script “hello” on them.
One of the guys brought a special visitor:
As it happened, I worked with a string of customers in the morning who were considering switching from Windows to Mac and it was just a pleasure working with them. I told all my customers about the anniversary and, as I’ve been telling people lately, how this store was the tenth in the whole world to open. Just like that, it felt like the beginning all over again.
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
– T.S. Eliot
