Into The Unimaginable

So, it’s been awhile. I’ve been in Cali for over 2 weeks now, and I have to say I am having the time of my life. Apple is the most wonderful company to work for. How do I describe it? The atmosphere, the people, the FOOD.

I’m living in an apartment in Sunnyvale, California with three other interns. It’s a nice apartment. Close to things, short hop from Apple, and everyone is super-nice.

Apple is pretty cool. The entire feel when I’m at work makes me think to myself…I would love to work here. This is a place where I could see myself actually enjoying what I do for a living. Think about it. Getting paid to sit in my office, thinking of new ways to do this or that, writing code. That’s what I do in my spare time, anyway.

As many know, yesterday was the WWDC Keynote in San Francisco. While I didn’t get to see it in person, I got to watch a live feed at Apple’s campus in the Apple cafeteria, Café Macs. It was really cool. There was a ton of engineers and employees and we all were there to see Steve Jobs do his thing. I do have to say the best part was the Steve Ballmer reference (See WWDC Keynote webcast for reference).

So, as for Leopard, yes I had seen it. Could I tell you? NO. NDA. Non-Disclosure Agreement. Yep. Sorry. Yeah, I know. It hurts. But now you’ve seen it and we can be friends again. But yeah, I know some people were a little “eh” about it, being mostly comprised of features that were either expected or already talked about. But I mean think about it…those features are still really awesome. Really intuitive. Really revolutionary for the Mac platform.

On the developer side of Leopard, I think everyone will be happy. Everything has been given a serious tune-up. Core Animation and Objective-C 2.0 are two things I am loving as I tinker with them in my off time.

On a personal note, this past weekend a group of us interns went to Monterey to the Aquarium. It was really fun. We got to see sea otters, penguins, jellies, and a bunch of things I can’t really describe. We saw Cannery Row, which the aquarium is situated on. I got this weird vibe from the Aquarium, and couldn’t figure it out, as if I’d seen or been there before. Then it hit me…ever seen Star Trek IV? You know, the one with the whales? Well, the scenes of the Aquarium there take place in Saucalito, but is filmed in the Monterey Bay Aquarium! Yeah. I realized it when I got home. It looks a little different now, as 20 years have passed, but it’s still cool.

Well, that’s the past 2 weeks in a nutshell. Or perhaps a seashell. Whatever.