I was reading some of
Chris Pirillo's tweets.. he's a tech nerd that does a live video tech show, runs some sites, runs a convention, does all kinds of stuff.... recently he's been tweeting about being a 'fanboy' or should I say, NOT being a fanboy.
It's got me thinking, am I fanboy? I'm a pretty die-hard Apple fan... I love Apple products! I stalk the rumor and official sites for updates, new products, gossip etc... I could be a fanboy.
I've not always been an Apple fanboy. Sure my first experience with a computer was an Apple IIc which my mother bought me when I was nine years old. I must have been the only kid in my entire school who was handing in homework that was done in a word processor and printed on a dot matrix printer. HAH.
When Apple announced they were moving to Intel processors, and I had my first experience with a Mac running OS X. I dropped my cash on the bench and forked out for two brand new 15" Macbook Pro's. Revision A, pre-ordered. That was an easy $9k.
I couldn't count the Apple products in this house hold on my fingers. All the iPod's, iPhone's, Airport's, iMac, Mac Mini, Macbook Pro's, etc. Did I mention I have a
Kitchen Mac?
A true pleasure to use. Ironic that during the business week I sit at work on a PC and support a plethora of custom windows applications for an extremely huge government organisation. If only I was able to sit in front of a Mac. WAIT, hold the phone. This
may happen has happened! The CIO recently provided us with a few iMac's and iPhones to commence development on. iPad's to follow. Maybe if we can deliver something decent after proof-of-concept there will be a 'team' for Mac/iPhone/iPad development. My dream come true!
Lets face it, my life is technology, specifically computers. It all started with the good old Atari 2600. DAMN YOU ATARI for getting me in to computers.
I sucked at school. That is, until my mother said "I'll buy you a computer if you do better in your grades at school". Okay I thought. More like "yay, computer games". I got the computer, I did better in school. I bought a modem for the computer, I discovered the internet (before it was all mousey clicky and easy to use).
The rest is history. Talk about a natural progression in to something that I would consider a solid part of my life, and possibly something I couldn't live without. Or at least I don't think I could.
I'm fucked if I ever go to prison. Wait. Do they have computers in prison? Are they Mac's? hah
