“What do you think?” I said to the man as he analyzed the car in my driveway. He was doing this for the past half an hour‚ asking every question there was to know about the car. I knew everything about the cars that I dealt with and I answered every question more confidently than the one before. This chat went on for another fifteen minutes and by this time I knew in my head‚ if he didn’t like the car‚ he would probably have already left. Finally‚ he said to me in an eager tone‚ “What’s your final
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Elon Musk‚ a very famous engineer and wealthy businessman‚ is the founder‚ CEO‚ and CTO of SpaceX; co-founder‚ CEO‚ and product architect of Tesla Inc. (LaMonica); co-founder of Zip2; and founder of X.com‚ which merged with Confinity and took the name PayPal (Hardy 17). Elon Musk was born in Tshwane‚ a city in the South Africa‚ to his father who was an engineer and his mother who was a model and dietitian. After getting a personal computer at the age of ten‚ he designed a science-fiction-inspired
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Alexander Calder was an American artist best known for his different and innovative sculptures and artwork. Alexander Calder was born in Lawnton‚ Pennsylvania on July 22‚ 1989‚ to a family of artist. His father Alexander Stirling Calder and mother Nanette Calder were both recognized artists for painting and sculptures such as the; Cure for a Really Bad Headache and Seated Nude. At a very young age‚ Alexander Calder was very talented with his hands and would build mechanical toys. At the age of 17
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It was the summer of July 30th‚ 1875. Henry Ford’s 12th birthday. Ford was a smart boy for his age. He excelled in advanced mathematics‚ understood many scientific concepts‚ and could convince anyone if he tried. On the behalf of this‚ he was a hardcore advocate of science. On this particular day‚ he discovered something phenomenal‚ something beyond this world‚ something he could not believe himself‚ like it was a dream. After his 12th birthday party ended‚ Ford headed off to the junkyard. This
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A quote Steve Jobs said to Stanford Graduates in 2005. “Your time is limited‚ so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” Here is how I interpret what Steve Jobs was saying: Don’t drink just to make your friends‚ partner or anyone else happy‚ because then you’re just living someone else’s life. Don’t go places your friends’ want you to just to please them‚ because then you’re living someone else’s life. Don’t act a certain way and do things just because your friends want you to just so they
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Apple Board of Directors decided to hand over the reins of Apple Inc. to Timothy Donald Cook better known as Tim Cook‚ then Chief Operating Officer(COO)‚ and make him the new Chief Executive Officer of the company. Jobs resigned from the post of CEO and was chosen to be the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Tim cook was also inducted in to the Board. The decision taken by Jobs was not because of any pressure or due to declining sales or problem with the company but because he was suffering from
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In this book‚ Steven Johnson is talking about the control that mass-media is having on people. Everything moves around mass-media‚ internet‚ games and all that includes this industry‚ taking over the idea of „brainwashing”. First of all‚ he’s describing his favorite game from his childhood‚ that his dad bought him when he was nine. The game was called „ American Professional Baseball Assosiation” (APBA)‚ it was a baseball simulation. A company in Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania‚ had analyzed
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Business Makers: Roy Donahue Peebles Roy Donahue Peebles was born March 2‚ 1960 to a car mechanic and public servant. Peebles grew up in Washington‚ D.C. After his parents divorce‚ at the age of eight he moved to Detroit for six months with is mother. Eventually he moved back to Washington‚ D.C. with his father. In high school‚ Peebles worked as a Congressional Page. After graduating with the class of 1978‚ He enrolled at Rutgers University where his major was medicine. While in college Peebles
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Film director and producer‚ Ridley Scott‚ in his Apple advertisement‚ “1984‚” revives George Orwell’s dystopia to introduce Apple’s new product‚ Macintosh‚ as an icon of technological freedom. Scott’s purpose is to persuade the audience that Apple’s new product symbolizes a revolution in the technology industry as it would individualize technology from IBM’s industry. He adopts a revolutionary tone in order to appeal to individualistic characteristics in the public or future buyers. Scott’s initiates
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Passion is a wierd thing; it’s not something you have control over. For some it may be drawing‚ for others it maybe studying‚ but for me‚ it comes down to three things: sports‚ computers‚ and music. Growing up‚ I was always fascinated by computers‚ at the young age of 4‚ I discovered how to use a computer and at 5‚ I started playing video games. When I was half-way throught kindergarten‚ my family moved back to Taiwan from Japan. In Japan we didnt take naps‚ but it is required in Taiwan. Growing
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