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"Technology alone is not enough. Technology must intersect with the liberal arts ..." That leads dry, and not in a good developer dry way. Is this what Think D

by lloydde 10y ago

"Technology alone is not enough. Technology must intersect with the liberal arts ..." That leads dry, and not in a good developer dry way. Is this what Think Different looks like today? I liked last year's rainbow colored hello world https://web.archive.org/web/20170208203426/https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170208203426/https://developer... 2014 also looked to be a dry spell with an overly marketed message https://web.archive.org/web/20150302042653/https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150302042653/https://developer... EDIT: removed bombed joke.

omni 10y ago
> I'd also like to think that "liberal" there is to Bretix and Trump supporters know this event might not be for them. Bad Joke. "Liberal arts" is a term, it's not trying to say "art created by liberal people" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_arts_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_arts_education
- lloydde 10y ago
  It was a bad joke, though reality is often worse like how French sounding brands like French's Mustard declined in the US during the US Iraq war https://news.virginia.edu/content/study-tracks-us-boycott-french-sounding-products-during-2003-iraq-war https://news.virginia.edu/content/study-tracks-us-boycott-fr...
jmduke 10y ago
> That leads dry, and not in a good developer dry way. Is this what Think Different looks like today? This is a quote from Steve Jobs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlI1MR-qNt8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlI1MR-qNt8
- HugoDaniel 10y ago
  It could be a sign that apple is aware that it needs to return to their origins
  - lhnz 10y ago
    That could be a bad sign. People are looking around the company and seeing rigidity in thought. It is becoming aspirational.