webOS was my first introduction to mobile computing so it'll always hold a special place in my heart.
Didn't some of the members of the webOS team join the Android team after HP shut down development? I could be wrong, but I remember something like that happening.
Same here. webOS was my first love in mobile computing. Although I've become a huge proponent of iOS, I still think webOS does some things better than any other mobile OS and I believe it had a profound impact on the nascent trajectories of both iOS and Android.
Most of the key webOS team members were actually picked up by Google when Palm was being acquired by HP, most notably UX design guru Matias Duarte. He is to mobile software what Jony Ive is to mobile hardware. He was responsible for Helio's OS, Danger, webOS, and Android Gingerbread and beyond. Plus, you gotta love a guy who's primary goal is "to make people smile."
If you help doctors, researchers, and others working on life-threatening problems get relevant information they need faster, then you are indirectly helping with these efforts. Not everyone can be the person on the frontline of these critical efforts, but if you can improve their working conditions then surely you've helped out a bit?
These are precisely the people that should not be having emails deleted automatically. "Wait which kidney was I supposed to remove" let me check that email... oops
This idea would only be good for spam "buy now before its too late" type emails (ie non-important information) which is not a problem that really needs solving.
Yeah, you're right. I was responding to the general problem of finding stuff in your inbox as restated by others - not the suggestion of self-destructing email. Sorry I was unclear.
It's worth keeping in mind that the people you grew up studying are invariably selected/memorable for their contributions and that it's very hard to identify the same people in your milieu.
Kind of like saying "50s music is better" or "19th century novels are better" - you're benefiting from history's sorting process.
I feel we're not benefitting enough from this sorting process, really! I wish our education would try to give a more comprehensive perspective on what human nature can potentially achieve – that is useful and meaningful!
"could easily be tweaked slightly for any job/industry."
I disagree. This can work well for an intern position because whatever this guy wrote in the email, is a greaet pitch to be an intern. But if I am looking for a specialist in a particular niche/industry, at best I would be impressed by such email but will not hire him just because he talks straight.
You're right, I should be more clear. What I meant by that is that there's no clear explicit reason why he's interested in investment banking rather than marketing, consulting, publishing, advertising, whathaveyou.
In my opinion, the best thing this guy shows is competent business writing skills, which is a strong predictor of the ability to learn whatever field an intern will be joining.
That reminds me of the old joke about medical school: half the things you learn are wrong, and half you forget - you just have to hope it's the same half.
