{"id":326,"date":"2007-04-19T22:21:07","date_gmt":"2007-04-20T05:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.red-sweater.com\/blog\/326\/saying-goodbye-to-apple"},"modified":"2007-04-19T22:26:06","modified_gmt":"2007-04-20T05:26:06","slug":"saying-goodbye-to-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/326\/saying-goodbye-to-apple","title":{"rendered":"Saying Goodbye To Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buzz Andersen has written an emotional and truthful announcement of his departure from Apple<\/a>. Congratulations, Buzz! Best of luck to you. You’re going to do great things.<\/p>\n

\nI got to know Buzz online, through his blog and through occasional chat sessions on IRC. As it happens, I moved away from San Francisco just before I got to know a number of people online who I wanted to meet there. But since I visit often, it came as no surprise that I ran into Buzz one day at a cafe in San Francisco’s Mission District. I was sitting with my coffee when Buzz sat down a few chairs away. I recognized his resemblance to an online photo and introduced myself. He snapped this photo<\/a> of me. Afterwards, we walked down to Mission Street, caught a large street protest, and then I took him to my favorite thrift store.\n<\/p>\n

\nI was relieved that Buzz didn’t hold any personal grudges against me. After my public critique<\/a> of his decision to bow out of an interview with Cocoa Radio<\/a>, he would have been entitled to. He was feeling the pressure of forces inside Apple. I was feeling feisty, probably partly because I had felt similar pressures as he was then responding to. My provocative post was sassy enough to warrant a vendetta, but Buzz showed no signs of holding one. I was grateful for that.\n<\/p>\n

\nA lot of the themes in Buzz’s blog entry hold true for me as well. The desire to work for such a great company contrast with the lure of indie-freedom. Most people think I’m being dramatic when I say that I have regular dreams about my time at Apple, but it’s true. I have at least one dream per month. Surreal dreams about fantastic Apple office buildings, where my old co-workers behave somewhat more like characters from Twin Peaks. I’m always pleased in my dreams to be back in the comfort of my Apple life. These have become a regular staple in my subconscious life. A replacement for the “showing up to school naked” dreams of earlier years. That company put a spell on me, and it’s not likely to wear off any time soon.\n<\/p>\n

\nI’m sure it’s true for Buzz as well. As he pulls away from the safety and comfort of that great Cupertino establishment, he isn’t leaving Apple behind. He’s taking a little piece of it with him, to share with the rest of the world. Good news for the world.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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