{"id":14251,"date":"2011-03-02T16:57:51","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T23:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=14251"},"modified":"2011-03-02T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T23:59:59","slug":"to-say-the-truth-my-plan-was-to-say-nothing-about-the-ipad-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14251\/to-say-the-truth-my-plan-was-to-say-nothing-about-the-ipad-2\/","title":{"rendered":"To say the truth, my plan was to say nothing about the iPad 2…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…but that was before I saw the new Smart Covers<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Minor upgrade to the product. Major upgrade to the experience. The video samples Extraordinary Machine<\/a>, and that’s just exactly right.<\/p>\n

This<\/em> is egoism in action: Steve Jobs is a spectacular genius at satisfying himself.<\/em> Not everyone loves what he loves, but he never releases a product that is not perfect in his estimation.<\/em> Bill Gates and all of the CEOs of the kleptocracy can say that about not one thing they do in their whole benighted lives…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…but that was before I saw the new Smart Covers… Minor upgrade to the product. Major upgrade to the experience. The video samples Extraordinary Machine, and that’s just exactly right. This is egoism in action: Steve Jobs is a spectacular genius at satisfying himself. Not everyone loves what he loves, but he never releases a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,212,29,379,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-egoism-in-action","7":"category-flourishing","8":"category-group-therapy","9":"category-innovation","10":"category-technology","12":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16387,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/16387\/rock-me-mama-egoism-in-action-the-link-from-art-to-human-values-and-back\/","url_meta":{"origin":14251,"position":0},"title":"Rock Me Mama Egoism In Action: The link from art to human values and back.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Everything is all one thing, so this is a video essay about art about music about morality about song-writing about marriage about redemption \u2013 simple stuff. 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