This ceremony was held in New Orleans, Louisiana; and Jobs was probably traveling from Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California. Although Iowa is not directly between the two, a plane ride (with connecting flights) might take Jobs somewhere over Iowa – of course, maybe it was just a figure of speech

These are examples of what are most likely dissociations, a coping mechanism where the victim creates an alternate reality to retreat to when being disturbed

The most famous disorder associated with dissociations is dissociative identity disorder, more commonly known as multiple personality disorder

Virginia’s constant misspellings – highlighted particularly by this phrase (beleave = believe, possest = possessed, honer = honor, no = know) – indicate that she, like most slaves, had no formal education but rather learned to read and write on her own, as education of slaves was largely illegal. These misspellings are explained by the fact that most of her vocabulary was derived from hearing not reading

For comparison’s sake, the Moto Q is 11.8 millimeters and the BlackJack is 13 millimeters

5 years later, Apple released the iPhone 5, with a thickness of 7.6 mm

From the Creative Think Seminar in July 1982

Some of the most popular smart phones of 2006 were the Samsung Blackjack, the Palm Treo, and the Cingular 8525

Each sported a “mobile browser” with bizarre mobile versions of the Internet. The main draw was email – the phones were not for consumers, but for businesses.