thank you steve jobs

Mar 3

thank you steve jobs It was great seeing the great Steve Jobs last night (on the news). Back doing what he seems to do best - showing off/selling his latest creation (or recreation). Looking so frail, it has to make you wonder if this might be his last presentation, and just how Apple will transition without it's creator.

I've been a Steve Job's fan since purchasing his first Mac in '84 - gosh has it been 27 hears! Steve's combination of out of this world creativity, business acumen, attention to detail, and acceptance for nothing (or very little) short of excellence is impressive. Thank you Steve for the wonderful products, but even more for being an amazing role model.

I hadn't been interested in the Ipad previously, but after seeing his presentation, it seems like the perfect way to display our creativity at the next trade show (if it's available in time).

Robin Wade

Robin Wade Furniture is a celebration of nature—a melding of a forward thinking commitment to the environment and a quiet, harmonious design aesthetic. From his "slow studio" in North Alabama, award-winning wood artist Robin Wade designs and crafts one-of-a-kind handmade furniture. Years before a piece is ready to enter a client's home or a gallery, the process begins—naturally—with the tree. Sustainably harvested, each specimen of hardwood is flitch sawn into natural-edge wood slabs, debarked by hand with a draw knife, and stacked to dry, usually for years, before the final cure in the kiln. From here, Wade and his team use both hand and power tools to bring Wade's vision to life, and then finish each piece with a hand-rubbed oil blend. Each organic furniture creation by Robin Wade Furniture balances the raw, natural beauty of environmentally, locally sourced hardwoods with minimally invasive, clean lines—a juxtaposition Wade calls both rustic and modern. “I haven’t yet found a better artist than nature,” he says.

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thank you steve jobs

making two natural walnut timber tables

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