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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000096.txt from 2007/01
From: Philip McKenzie <philclimb1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:30:34 -0500
steve jobs may have missed with this bit of innovation. very expensive pho=
ne, otherwise essentially free, low capacity ipod, a distant also ran to wh=
at the same company alos produces. the argument though is about pressing f=
orward with pieces of technology that really matter to users. if this fail=
s because it does plenty but not well enough, then it will at least set the=
direction for the next attractive combination of technology. =0A=0Athe ep=
isode made me think that had steve jobs played the oboe or bassoon as a you=
th, he still would be where he is now but his instrument and its reeds woul=
d have had an innovator's touch added by now that would have lowered the co=
st, allowed itto play in tune without missing notes, and made reed anxiety =
a mere mention in grout's history of western music.=0A=0A =0APhilip McKenzi=
e=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: herb fawcett <herbgosia@as=
tound.net>=0ATo: "doublereed@-----.org>=0ASent=
: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:01:17 AM=0ASubject: Re: [DR-L] Quote of th=
e Day=0A=0A=0AYeah, what the heck is it with the camera deal? I like havi=
ng a camera in=0Amy glove box for those embarrassing moments in traffic tha=
t might involve=0Aone's insuror, but that stuff in California is usually fa=
tal anyway. Picking=0Aone's nose with the wrong finger in traffic can arous=
e the ire of some=0Ahomicidal freaks. The phone/camera is useful in such ci=
rcumstance, because=0Athe phone itself rarely works.=0AHerb=0A=0A=0AOn 1/9/=
07 6:04 PM, "Kevin H. Moore" <oboetools@-----.com> wrote:=0A=0A> I wo=
nder how long it will be before they realize that all we REALLY want to=0A>=
be able to do with a damn phone is make a call from wherever we need ... N=
OT=0A> just the places it likes!=0A> =0A> just my two cents -=0A> =0A> Kevi=
n=0A> =0A> ----- Original Message ----- >=0A>> =0A>> "The new iPhone does p=
ractically everything but tie your shoes."=0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> ------------=
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