Archive for October 2011
Silicon Milkroundabout – A Must Attend Event!
Calling all aspiring Tech Gurus! If you don’t already know about Silicon Milkroundabout, where on earth have you been?
This Sunday, October 30th, will see more than 100+ of the UK’s hottest start-ups decend on the Truman Brewery in East London to offer up over 500 jobs and salaries in excess of £100,000.
Amongst them will be big names such as Shazam, Mozilla and Last.FM, as well as smaller firms such as Songkick – a website and
service that provides personalized news about live music events, Moshi Monsters, Moo, Lyst, Mendeley, Stackoverflow, JustGiving and Just-Eat.co.uk.
Steve Jobs; 1955-2011
On behalf of all staff at Powwownow:
We should celebrate the single mindedness and originality of a man who everybody in the technology industry owes a debt. Without Steve Jobs, several of the most iconic products of the last forty years would not have seen the light of day. In choosing to work up until what he knew would be his final days, he always did exactly what he wanted to do, and on his own terms. The ability to step back and design a complete, innovative solution, to problems nobody knew even they had, marks him out as a visionary in a world where most improvement are merely incremental, and derivative.
With little flair in so many large technology companies, Apple, and indeed Steve Jobs managed to maintain an ethos and corporate culture that made them unique. Apple’s design aesthetic t marked them out amongst the herd, and not just once, but time and time again, led the company to create ground breaking products that were not just functional, but aesthetically beautiful too.
One of the brightest lights in the modern world will sadly shine no more, and so it’s with equal sadness and respect we say; Farewell Steve, you will not be forgotten.