Well, that wasn't the best day I've ever had

[selenay]

RIP Steve Jobs. It's hard to explain to non-geeks how much he changed things, but he made a huge impact on the computing world and it's going to be a slightly duller place without him. His core ideas - computers should be easy to use and look good - are the reason that so many iDevices do so well and keep people coming back. Thankfully those ideas have finally started to filter into other companies, but Apple still tends to do them best.

Just think what we'd be using if he hadn't inspired the things that he did, not just the lack of Apple products but also the way that our PCs, music players, phones and tablets might have been. Clunky. Ugly. Painful to set up and use. The territory of geeks and hobbyists, rather than the almost ubiquitous gadgets that our mothers and even grandmothers happily use.

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It wasn't Steve Jobs' death that made my bad so bad, although I'll admit that it wasn't great news to wake up to.

Nope, the news is that Project Doom is going even further off the rails. We had to pull our release, it's not going to be released over my vacation either, because we found some rather large issues with the data source. The distressing part is that this is the one part of Phase I that we thought had no problems.

*sigh*

So, er, we're now waiting for confirmation on what the right data is and then I can start working out how to use it.

I am so incredibly ready for my vacation now. I just have to get through tomorrow...

Comments

[onyxlynx]

Exactly; a world in which MS/DOS was the cutting edge.

Once upon a time, I learned programming languages and owned a share of IBM, and computing was time-consuming and trial and error. And yes, one could get pre-packaged programs like WordPerfect, but Oy!

I learned most of the graphic design I do on Macs.

[fyrdrakken]

And by now you're hopefully out of there -- enjoy your vacation!

[sugoll.livejournal.com]

I am, in a way glad - at least you no long have to worry about making the vacation decision. In fact, you can argue that it would be irresponsible not to take it, now...