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Only Steve could glue me to the screen for 20 mins to watch a city council meeting. It's like listening to PT Barnum read the J Peterman catalog.

• phillco 15y ago
  I laughed when he projected the estimated percent increase in trees. I hope this filters into future presentations. "We're here to announce the iPhone 5, but first...we've been really, really happy with the growth of our tree population here at Apple."
  • sjwright 15y ago
    Lots of apricot trees... perhaps the odd McIntosh Apple? [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McIntosh_%28apple%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McIntosh_%28apple%29
    • latch 15y ago
      I grew up in Ontario, where McIntosh are king (and deliciously awesome!). I was surprised, when I moved, that a lot of people didn't know that the MacIntosh computer was actually named after this apple (trademark, or something, prevented them from using "McIntosh")
      • officemonkey 15y ago
        It was probably the trademark for McIntosh amplifiers (http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/us/Pages/Home.aspx http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/us/Pages/Home.aspx).
      • rbanffy 15y ago
        "Macintosh" was also chosen because it's acronym-proof
        • tcdent 15y ago
          Still doesn't stop people from writing MAC instead of Mac; its an abbreviation, not an acronym!
          • rbanffy 15y ago
            Things like these help separate the clueless from those you should pay attention to. It's a Good Thing.
      • numbsafari 15y ago
        Also, McDonald's like to sue people for using Mc-, kinda like Apple likes to sue people for using i-.
• joubert 15y ago
  The power of leading your presentation with a story.
  • mashmac2 15y ago
    Exactly. I recommend reading Resonate by Nancy Duarte (from the company that did Al Gore's slides).