Monday, Monday
Whoa. It sure is hard to get started on Mondays! Not so much because I'm tired from the weekend or whatever... just that there is so much to do!!!
Let's do a quick weekend recap:
Saturday April 8th:
Saturday's highlight was a visit from Grandma Walker! She came over for a few hours in the afternoon. That was fun. :-) Then in the evening, we went out to see a friend perform at a local coffee house. We hadn't seen him or his family in a while, so it was nice to catch up with them. :-)
Sunday April 9th:
After sleeping in a bit (thanks to some tired chitlins) we got busy! It was a very nice day, so we played outside - a lot! In fact, I got a sunburn!! (I know it was at BEST in the low 50s, but there was still a lot of sun!) Our oldest niece, Karis (20), came over for a visit. She got to tell us that she was accepted at Wheaton College and will be heading there in the fall! Nice! After Karis went home, we actually went out to her house! We did some errands and then stopped by Jen's brother's house for a while! That was very nice, since we very rarely get to see them - even though they only live about 25 minutes away from us.
After we put the kids to bed last night, we watched Pirates Of Silicon Valley, a movie about Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and the start of the computer revolution. Interesting. Told kinda like a documentary. We both thought it was really cool.
Funniest line of the movie was when Steve Jobs realized that Bill Gates had stolen their operating system, and branded it as their own, he confronted him in a losing battle. With nothing more to say, Jobs said to Gates as Gates was leaving, "You know we're better than you. Our stuff is better." To which Gates replied, "You don't GET IT! That doesn't matter!!!"
That is just too funny! And very true. Both guys were right. Apple is way better, but that doesn't matter. And Gates has proven that. You don't actually need to have any original thinking or even a decent product. You just have to create demand for your product, and then meet the demand.
Fascinating movie.
And now we get to Monday. It's been a day of answering emails, making lists, and setting up appointments for the week! That's so crazy. It always feels more productive when I can actually get right into design work on Monday mornings, but often that doesn't happen. :-)
There's your weekend recap... more later.
[Posted from the HOME OFFICE in Palmyra, NY.]
Let's do a quick weekend recap:
Saturday April 8th:
Saturday's highlight was a visit from Grandma Walker! She came over for a few hours in the afternoon. That was fun. :-) Then in the evening, we went out to see a friend perform at a local coffee house. We hadn't seen him or his family in a while, so it was nice to catch up with them. :-)
Sunday April 9th:
After sleeping in a bit (thanks to some tired chitlins) we got busy! It was a very nice day, so we played outside - a lot! In fact, I got a sunburn!! (I know it was at BEST in the low 50s, but there was still a lot of sun!) Our oldest niece, Karis (20), came over for a visit. She got to tell us that she was accepted at Wheaton College and will be heading there in the fall! Nice! After Karis went home, we actually went out to her house! We did some errands and then stopped by Jen's brother's house for a while! That was very nice, since we very rarely get to see them - even though they only live about 25 minutes away from us.
After we put the kids to bed last night, we watched Pirates Of Silicon Valley, a movie about Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and the start of the computer revolution. Interesting. Told kinda like a documentary. We both thought it was really cool.
Funniest line of the movie was when Steve Jobs realized that Bill Gates had stolen their operating system, and branded it as their own, he confronted him in a losing battle. With nothing more to say, Jobs said to Gates as Gates was leaving, "You know we're better than you. Our stuff is better." To which Gates replied, "You don't GET IT! That doesn't matter!!!"
That is just too funny! And very true. Both guys were right. Apple is way better, but that doesn't matter. And Gates has proven that. You don't actually need to have any original thinking or even a decent product. You just have to create demand for your product, and then meet the demand.
Fascinating movie.
And now we get to Monday. It's been a day of answering emails, making lists, and setting up appointments for the week! That's so crazy. It always feels more productive when I can actually get right into design work on Monday mornings, but often that doesn't happen. :-)
There's your weekend recap... more later.
[Posted from the HOME OFFICE in Palmyra, NY.]
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