I am Sitting here with my iPad realizing that again, a lot of time has passed since my last post. Recently I made my first Apple purchase, the iPad I am using to create this post. I am convinced, on the eve of the Facebook IPO that the digital world is in the middle of a revolution. The pad that I am using is what has really brought this fact to life.

I am learning the web all over again. So a quick note to Steve, wherever you are, for the first time I have bought into it.

For our clients, we want you to know we are working and making progress. We will ensure that your business has he tools needed to compete in the new digital age.

As for a final thought. I don’t think I will use my iPad to make many posts. While it is great for many things, typing is not one of them.

I often joke with people that I am the biggest Apple fan without having ever owned an apple product. Looking back on all of the gadgets and gizmo’s I don’t think an Apple product has ever been in my possession.  It has taken me awhile to write about Steve Jobs passing.  Since “The Day After” a sign has hung on my door that simply says “Think Different.”

The Tech world in general is such an odd place, so much innovation, yet so many players with a lack of imagination.  Steve Jobs was one of the few leaders of his time that didn’t stay tied to a defining product, but continued to push for something new.  Something better.  Aside from making web stuff my day job is with the JC Penney Company, and our new CEO, Ron Johnson, was formerly with Apple.  The mixing of the two events has given me the nudge to look deeper into the past of Steve Jobs, and Apple.  That look back has carried some revelations about what it means to Think Different, as a manager and as a business owner.

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