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Steve Jobs Inspired by 9-Year-Old's iPad Story

18 pointsby rjim86almost 14 years ago

4 comments

DaveMebsalmost 14 years ago
What a ridiculously over-exaggerated title. An iPad helps a girl with albanism to read and Steve responds with a charactaristically short email saying thanks and can I share this with leaders at Apple. There is nothing wrong with his response or desire to share this with others who are likely directly involved with the design and production of iPads, iOS, etc., but it is a far cry from showing any inspiration.
hollerithalmost 14 years ago
Good thing the parents of this vision-impaired 9-year-old did not buy her a <i>Chromebook</i> because (uniquely among browsers of my experience) when you make the type big, Chrome does not "reflow" the text to fit in the window, but rather makes you scroll horizontally back and forth for every line of text.
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hkmurakamialmost 14 years ago
I'm hoping that in the near future, all textbooks can be replaced with these tablets so that kids won't have to break their backs carrying around 5+ textbooks in their backpacks from class to class
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mahrainalmost 14 years ago
Nice, but to get a bit more "meta", this also confirms the "Top 100 leaders" group within Apple, presumably this is "Apple University".