An Admirable Attitude
When I saw the demo of Apple’s new iBooks application, I thought it looked just like Delicious Library, but I figured Apple must have struck a deal with Delicious Monster’s Wil Shipley in order to make that happen.
Alas, they did not.. But Shipley isn’t terribly upset about it.
As a creator, part of what I seek is recognition, immortality. I don’t work for Apple, or Google (I’ve been offered jobs & buyouts) because I want the fame myself. It’s my shot at immortality. My designs are my children. So it stinks when I feel like Steve might get the fame for my innovation. I lose my children, as it were.
But your children aren’t really yours. They have lives of their own. So when your designs do change the world, you have to accept it. You have to say, ‘Ok, this was such a good idea, other people took it and ran with it. I win.’”
Now that’s an attitude worthy of admiration.
Dissecting Time
You can think of periods of time as a hierarchy:
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Millennium
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Century
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Decade
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Year
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Month
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Day
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Hour
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Minute
- Second
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Minute
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Hour
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Day
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Month
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Year
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Decade
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Century
As time goes forward, changes in periods of time cause changes down the hierarchical chain; an hour doesn’t change without a minute and second changing too, just as a year doesn’t change without a month, day, hour, minute, and second changing along with it.
When we talk about hours, we know that each hour is made up of 60 minutes— minute zero to minute 59. When the clock ticks and that 59 turns to 00, we’ve entered a new hour. Similarly, when 23:59 turns into 0:00, we’ve entered a new day. This works the same way all the way up the chain. Read the full post
