i seriously think it should be a blind informational day, and what not
On Jul 23, 2008, at 7:22 PM, Janet and Felix * wrote:
Our friend himself does not work for Apple. He could. He's got the
knowlege. Instead he works for a company that encodes films.
Before that he used to write anti-virus software. Anyway, he has
friends he met in high school and/or college that now work for Apple
that he stays in touch with. Friends in prominent positions at Apple.
I asked if I could share what we talked about and he said 'no not
yet'. I'm sorry! It was just some ideas we batted back and forth.
But they could amount to something.
Hey, everything starts with an idea, right?
I suggested maybe some media attention as a carrot to get Apple to
consider a meeting and/or tour. It would surely be newsworthy if
Apple had a small gathering of blind folks touring their facilty and/
or participating in a forum.
But Felix brought up a very good point. About media attention. I
thought it might be some good free publicity, but Felix says NO!
Can't make this public! It could invite radical NFB demonstrators
to come and make a fiasco out of what could be a good thing.
Yikes. So we've got the idea now to suggest making this exclusive
only for current blind Mac owners/users, and then maybe suggest a
reception outside where non Mac users could come to get more
information. Then if anyone made any sort of weird demonstration,
at least it'd be outside.
What do you think? Not that we have any say at all in what Apple
does here! Laugh-laugh! Oh well, I can dream.
Just throwing an idea out there.
Developing concise points for a discussion with Apple, definately a
good ongoing forum here. Someone needs to be a record keeper of
sorts. Save and sort pertinent postings and compile a list.
*smile*
Janet
PS. OFF TOPIC. Felix plays in several blues bands, including one
every Sunday over in the east bay town of Lafayette, 5-8 pm, at a
nice dinner lounge type restaurant called Petar's. It's about 2
blocks from the Lafayette Bart Station. Free. fun place. Every
week they feature a different singer fronting the band, and also
different bass players. Felix and the drummer are always there
every week though. That's one suggestion anyway! but yea, I'm
totally flexible and into hangin' with you and anyone else too from
the list if you're in the SF bay area sometime! That'd be fun! Here
is Felix's My Space, work in progress, but there's a couple videos
anyway.
http://myspace.com/felixbannon
There's a partial gig listing there too. I still have more future
gigs to put up. I do that for him. I like doing it more than he
does. I don't mind.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Discussion about a tour of the Apple facility in
Cupertino
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:33:18 -0700
Ah, yes, now it's my turn to be blonde! lol!
Anyway, I used to take the Millbray route all the time, back and
forth between the east bay and Santa Clara. If you've never been
there, the Millbray station is a very cool structure. It's tres
artsie!
Anyway, to keep this sort of on-topic, what department is your
programmer friend in? Have we got any general sorts of ideas as to
possible discussion topics and how we might approach such?…
As I and others have alluded to, I think diplomacy is really an
important concern here, as there are already people in contact with
Apple on a regular basis, and this sort of thing should enhance a
relationship rather than help it go south! lol! -Know what I mean?…
I think if people really do want to do this, then it might be a
really good idea to outline in writing some very concise points to
touch on.
Anyway, cool beans! and thanks for your notes!… Regardless of this
happening or not, I'd love to catch up witcha both up there and do
coffee / dinner etc!…
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Jul 23, 2008, at 7:06 PM, Janet and Felix * wrote:
Cal Train does go all the way to San Francisco. We've got on it at
the King & 4th Street station, the terminal for Cal Train. The
south end terminal is in Gilroy, south of San Jose. Never been that
far down though. We only rode it as far as Redwood City and back to
San Francisco. Fun train. upstairs and downstairs seating.
Yes, oh yes, I definitely agree, that is faster. Don't bother with
the Embarcadero station and Muni. Just go to the Millbrae Station
just south of the SF airport. And catch Cal Train there. I've
never done that one before. Gotta add that one to my experiences
sometime soon.
Okay!
Janet
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