Apple

My first computer was something of the the 386 variety. Actually, it was my father’s for work, but I remember spending countless hours  sitting in front of it learning DOS commands. A few years later I remember dialing into local BBSs when we got a 9600 baud modem. the thrill of seeing someone type back to me.  But the first computer that what  sunk its hooks into me was the Macintosh II. I was in some sort of advanced studies program at school and they were teaching elementary students how to program computers (a novel thing in the late 80s). It was amazing.

In the early 90s I spent weeks at a friend’s house, both of us hunched over his Quadra late into the night as we wracked out brains trying to solve Myst. I remember my own first computer. A PowerMac 8500. I got it new in 1995. It was a window to a whole new world. The burgeoning internet was growing at a rapid rate and it was the key.  The future was literally at my fingertips. Gibsonian thoughts raced through my mind.

I went to college, PowerMac in tow. I stayed up late into the night playing the Mac version(!) of Quake – blown away by what this small machine could do. My first blog (started in 2000) was off of that machine. Hand-coding the bare bones html. The iPod came as well of course. Fed by a college’s massive amount of bandwidth. Then my desktop replaced by a PowerBook, then a Macbook. The iPhone and iPad came along as well. I’ve coded websites, written novels, drafted papers, edited photos, made movies, music, 3D models, and more on Apple devices for most of my life.

These devices haven’t defined me in any way, but instead have enabled me to do and become what I am today.

Thank you Mr. Jobs.

From XKCD, Eternal Flame:

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