I am nearly positive that Apple's priority will not be making their chip platform compatible with other operating systems. Why? Because that has never been Apple's priority. Apple has maintained its pristine hardware/software environment by limiting its responsibility. I love my MacBook Pro for many reasons, one being that I can run many operating systems on it.
Apple has already made its own processors and it knew when to outsource and expand. I am disappointed that it is limiting its vision and going backwards.
Wow. I can totally relate to your description of your days. I was recently diagnosed (am almost 40) and suddenly my whole life made sense. But, I had been clinically depressed for almost 25 years and nothing really "fixed" that. I am telling you, I spent a lot of time in meditation, ate healthy foods (even went vegan for a while), took every antidepressant you can find, and the older I got, the more I really needed to know the answer because it was affecting every aspect of my life, especially my work.
I started Adderall about a year ago and the difference is astounding. Dr.s use Adderall as a diagnostic. If you respond well (and they check your pulse and heart rate in addition to your feedback), then chances are that you have ADD and can be treated. That was the case for me. I got a second opinion, too. I didn't want to be "swayed" by any drug-related euphoria, so I took myself off and went to another Dr. - same diagnosis. I even had to take my school records, get family feedback, etc.
I never felt like I could do grad school because of this, but now I know I can. As a kid, I had psychiatrists wondering why I had so many problems focusing in school when my "scores" were so high, but all they told my folks was that I was bored and needed a challenge. I ended up majoring in Math, loved it, found it challenging, but still had a horrible time focusing - just exactly like you mentioned with the 5 minute or 30 second days.
I am in the process of a move right now and am in between jobs, so I cut way back on the meds. But I know that when we've relocated and I am working again, they will make a huge difference. I intend to finish that master's I started 6 years ago and know that I have something that finally works for me. Please go to the Dr. No matter what anyone says, it can close a lot of gaps and answer so many questions in your life. Good luck!
PS - I am an educator and am very comfortable working with kids with ADD. Many teachers aren't but many are. The importance of that skill is determined by the Principal (and many of those were poor teachers to begin with). So it is a dice toss about what kind of teacher your kids get. All I can say is that I wish someone had encouraged my folks to consider meds when I was in school. While I ended up getting my Math degree, I was in therapy every week so as not to "sabotage myself". I truly believe medication would have made a huge difference in the development of my confidence, success in school and self-esteem in general. Some kids have to take meds. I always knew I was intelligent and could never understand why I couldn't translate that into my life on a regular basis.
I remember when the Apple G4 and G5 were not allowed in some countries because they were considered "supercomputers". I think that qualifies as "shaking the world".
Jobs canned clones and has made a concerted effort upon his return to legally develop and limit development of Mac OS to run exclusively on Apple Hardware. While often vilified, this was a brilliant move on his part to provide tighter data security for computers on the internet.
Complain about the restrictions, but know that Apple software is designed for, and runs perfectly (and incredibly securely) with Apple hardware. Microsoft (as a software company) is tasked with developing for every sundry component of a PC (self-built or otherwise) and is concurrently expected to maintain airtight data security. This is a very tall order that even open source has not been able to solve.
I am not pro-proprietary, but I am pro-data security.
Jobs is a visionary and many of us are hoping that his successor has at least half of what he brought to the table.
This is why I recently did quit. I am working on my skills and fortunate that I can get by for now. This post (along with its interesting comments) is extremely timely (and validating) for me.
http://positivesharing.com/2006/03/how-not-to-lead-geeks/
I sent this to my ex-boss once - I don't think she read it.
By the way, there are many websites dedicated to this subject if you do a search for something like "how to manage geeks (programmers, technical people, etc.).
How about if you teach a little of the content and make your expectations and lesson parameters clear BEFORE you put the kids on the machines?
WRT layout, teach from a machine set up to project behind you so you can see your screen and the students' screens at the same time. In addition to allowing you to be "Big Brother", it also allows you to see when a student is having problems and assist them in a timely manner.
I don't know if you work in education or not, but I have worked with teachers who are self-proclaimed Luddites while concurrently being lauded for their excellence in teaching and refusing to attend tech professional development during their normal workday (?!?!). I agree with your comments 100%, but my post was coming from more of a "we have to start somewhere" place...
As a (Math, Programming) teacher and also (later) a Technology Director in both public and private schools, I will say that, in my 10 years of experience, many excellent educators and administrators (veteran or brand new) are not as computer literate as some of their students, and are therefore either a) easily convinced by the student that what they are doing is "for a project" or "to maintain the computer's antivirus, etc..." or b) not comfortable enough with technology to confront the student on inappropriate use and/or set firm limits on computer use in the classroom or lab. Neither do most of these excellent educators get much (if any) paid training time to learn about more about educational uses of technology, learn how to "really" use tech in their classes, and feel comfortable enough to know what the kids are doing and call them on it if it is off-task.
I love this question, think it is both timely and newsworthy, applaud what armorer did to help the students in his fiancees class and his desire to know what more he (and all of us) can do to help kidsâ(TM) education during tough economic times (which is usually the case in public education anyway). While I still believe that monitoring, teaching a class with computers, and computer maintenance (from an IT perspective) is much easier using labs with all of the screens facing the same direction, I think the real issue here is how to help educators confidently monitor their students when they are using computers, set clear limits on computer use in class, use more and more technology themselves, and effectively incorporate technology throughout their curricula so that students understand that the two arenâ(TM)t separate anymore.
Regarding internet access, most teachers want to use computers to help students (appropriately) access the wealth of information online. It is the IT Directorâ(TM)s role to make sure that firewalls and content managers are adequately configured for this.
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I am nearly positive that Apple's priority will not be making their chip platform compatible with other operating systems. Why? Because that has never been Apple's priority. Apple has maintained its pristine hardware/software environment by limiting its responsibility. I love my MacBook Pro for many reasons, one being that I can run many operating systems on it. Apple has already made its own processors and it knew when to outsource and expand. I am disappointed that it is limiting its vision and going backwards.
Isn't this in keeping with the findings of the Miller-Urey experiment? Lightning makes things happen. Pretty cool, if you ask me.
Wow. I can totally relate to your description of your days. I was recently diagnosed (am almost 40) and suddenly my whole life made sense. But, I had been clinically depressed for almost 25 years and nothing really "fixed" that. I am telling you, I spent a lot of time in meditation, ate healthy foods (even went vegan for a while), took every antidepressant you can find, and the older I got, the more I really needed to know the answer because it was affecting every aspect of my life, especially my work.
I started Adderall about a year ago and the difference is astounding. Dr.s use Adderall as a diagnostic. If you respond well (and they check your pulse and heart rate in addition to your feedback), then chances are that you have ADD and can be treated. That was the case for me. I got a second opinion, too. I didn't want to be "swayed" by any drug-related euphoria, so I took myself off and went to another Dr. - same diagnosis. I even had to take my school records, get family feedback, etc.
I never felt like I could do grad school because of this, but now I know I can. As a kid, I had psychiatrists wondering why I had so many problems focusing in school when my "scores" were so high, but all they told my folks was that I was bored and needed a challenge. I ended up majoring in Math, loved it, found it challenging, but still had a horrible time focusing - just exactly like you mentioned with the 5 minute or 30 second days.
I am in the process of a move right now and am in between jobs, so I cut way back on the meds. But I know that when we've relocated and I am working again, they will make a huge difference. I intend to finish that master's I started 6 years ago and know that I have something that finally works for me. Please go to the Dr. No matter what anyone says, it can close a lot of gaps and answer so many questions in your life. Good luck!
PS - I am an educator and am very comfortable working with kids with ADD. Many teachers aren't but many are. The importance of that skill is determined by the Principal (and many of those were poor teachers to begin with). So it is a dice toss about what kind of teacher your kids get. All I can say is that I wish someone had encouraged my folks to consider meds when I was in school. While I ended up getting my Math degree, I was in therapy every week so as not to "sabotage myself". I truly believe medication would have made a huge difference in the development of my confidence, success in school and self-esteem in general. Some kids have to take meds. I always knew I was intelligent and could never understand why I couldn't translate that into my life on a regular basis.
I remember when the Apple G4 and G5 were not allowed in some countries because they were considered "supercomputers". I think that qualifies as "shaking the world".
It's all downhill from here...
Jobs canned clones and has made a concerted effort upon his return to legally develop and limit development of Mac OS to run exclusively on Apple Hardware. While often vilified, this was a brilliant move on his part to provide tighter data security for computers on the internet.
Complain about the restrictions, but know that Apple software is designed for, and runs perfectly (and incredibly securely) with Apple hardware. Microsoft (as a software company) is tasked with developing for every sundry component of a PC (self-built or otherwise) and is concurrently expected to maintain airtight data security. This is a very tall order that even open source has not been able to solve.
I am not pro-proprietary, but I am pro-data security.
Jobs is a visionary and many of us are hoping that his successor has at least half of what he brought to the table.
This is why I recently did quit. I am working on my skills and fortunate that I can get by for now. This post (along with its interesting comments) is extremely timely (and validating) for me.
http://positivesharing.com/2006/03/how-not-to-lead-geeks/ I sent this to my ex-boss once - I don't think she read it. By the way, there are many websites dedicated to this subject if you do a search for something like "how to manage geeks (programmers, technical people, etc.).
How about if you teach a little of the content and make your expectations and lesson parameters clear BEFORE you put the kids on the machines? WRT layout, teach from a machine set up to project behind you so you can see your screen and the students' screens at the same time. In addition to allowing you to be "Big Brother", it also allows you to see when a student is having problems and assist them in a timely manner.
Beautifully stated. They have mine, too.
I don't know if you work in education or not, but I have worked with teachers who are self-proclaimed Luddites while concurrently being lauded for their excellence in teaching and refusing to attend tech professional development during their normal workday (?!?!). I agree with your comments 100%, but my post was coming from more of a "we have to start somewhere" place...
Pimped-out Mac Pro
As a (Math, Programming) teacher and also (later) a Technology Director in both public and private schools, I will say that, in my 10 years of experience, many excellent educators and administrators (veteran or brand new) are not as computer literate as some of their students, and are therefore either a) easily convinced by the student that what they are doing is "for a project" or "to maintain the computer's antivirus, etc..." or b) not comfortable enough with technology to confront the student on inappropriate use and/or set firm limits on computer use in the classroom or lab. Neither do most of these excellent educators get much (if any) paid training time to learn about more about educational uses of technology, learn how to "really" use tech in their classes, and feel comfortable enough to know what the kids are doing and call them on it if it is off-task. I love this question, think it is both timely and newsworthy, applaud what armorer did to help the students in his fiancees class and his desire to know what more he (and all of us) can do to help kidsâ(TM) education during tough economic times (which is usually the case in public education anyway). While I still believe that monitoring, teaching a class with computers, and computer maintenance (from an IT perspective) is much easier using labs with all of the screens facing the same direction, I think the real issue here is how to help educators confidently monitor their students when they are using computers, set clear limits on computer use in class, use more and more technology themselves, and effectively incorporate technology throughout their curricula so that students understand that the two arenâ(TM)t separate anymore. Regarding internet access, most teachers want to use computers to help students (appropriately) access the wealth of information online. It is the IT Directorâ(TM)s role to make sure that firewalls and content managers are adequately configured for this.