Speed of Life

by Gregg Chadwick    Gregg Chadwick The Station Agent (detail) 54"x54" oil on linen 2014 Private Collection, Los Angeles, California Featured at the LA Art Show 2015 -  LA Convention Center and illustrated in the catalog. January 14-18, 2015 In his biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, biographer Walter Isaacson describes the unveiling of the iPhone on January 9, 2007 at Macworld in San Francisco: "Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything," Steve Jobs said. "Today we are introducing three revolutionary products," Jobs continued. "The first one is a widescreen iPod with touch controls. The second is a revolutionary mobile phone. The third is a breakthrough Internet communications device ... Are you getting it? These are not three separate devices, this is one device, and we are calling it the iPhone." In my paintings, I have often depicted communication devices. From phone booths in Tokyo and New York C...

Full Text of President Obama's State of the Union Address ( as provided by the White House) Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Our Constitution declares that from time to time, the President shall give to Congress information about the state of our union. For two hundred and twenty years, our leaders have fulfilled this duty. They have done so during periods of prosperity and tranquility. And they have done so in the midst of war and depression; at moments of great strife and great struggle. It’s tempting to look back on these moments and assume that our progress was inevitable – that America was always destined to succeed. But when the Union was turned back at Bull Run and the Allies first landed at Omaha Beach, victory was very much in doubt. When the market crashed on Black Tuesday and civil rights marchers were beaten on Bloody Sunday, the future was anything but certain. These were times that tested the coura...

photo by Jim Wilson/The New York Times Apple chief executive, Steve Jobs, unveils the iPad. Price Starts at $499: 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB Wi-Fi $499 $599 $699 Wi-F 3G $629 $729 $829 Here's the link to Apple's official iPad page: Ongoing commentary at Brad Stone's Bits Blog Specs: Half an inch thin. Weighs 1.5 pounds. 9.7-inch IPS display — super high quality, great angle of views, Mr. Jobs says. Full capacitive multi-touch screen, same as the iPhone — “super responsive, super precise,” Jobs says. The iPad is powered by Apple’s own custom silicon, Jobs says — a 1 GHz A4 chip,, 16 GB of memory, 32 or 64 Gigabytes of storage. There’s Wi-Fi, 802.11n, and the latest Bluetooth. 3G wireless on the most expensive model. Accelerometer, compass, speaker, microphone.