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Jonathan Ive interviews

September 6th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

It’s a bit dated (2006) but check out this profile of Jonathan Ive, Apple’s chief designer. This man has changed the way that people look at the design of technology products.
Most interesting in the article: the involvement of the design team in low-level fabrication issues - smooth textures, injection techniques, etc.
Who is Jonathan Ive? An [...]

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Oppenheimer and character assassination

September 6th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

Another anecdote from “American Prometheus”…
In the 1950s, at the height of the red scare, Oppenheimer was targeted by the hardline anti-Communist & pro-nuclear establishment for suspicion of being a Communist sympathizer. In his youth, he had been a “fellow traveler” with many Communists and hard-leftists (aligned politically but never a formal member or organizer) during [...]

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Oppenheimer on discipline

August 4th, 2008 | Posted in books

Here’s the first Oppenheimer anecdote from American Prometheus that really grabbed my attention.
In the spring of 1932, Robert wrote his brother a long letter explaining why [discipline and work had always been his guiding principles]. The fact that discipline, he argued, “is good for the soul is more fundamental than any of the grounds given [...]

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American Prometheus

August 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized, books

I recently finished American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherman. This magnificent biography covers the span of Oppenheimer’s remarkable life, from his birth into a prosperous German-Jewish immigrant family in New York and ascent in to the top echelons of theoretical physics, his experiences with [...]

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