Transitions and Blogging
July 21, 2008
I realize my blog has been pretty quiet recently. As Josh attested to (he’s also a part-time specialist at Apple), transitioning into a new job at Apple tends to cut down on the blogging. Just over a week ago, I started work at the Apple Store as a part-time specialist. Because of our company policy, I can’t go into details about much of what happens at work, but I can say that it’s been pretty fun. Hours have been pretty long recently, but what I noticed today is that the day seems to fly by pretty quick. I’m getting to know some of the people better who I’m working with, and I’m starting to have fun. It’s really not like any other retail store I’ve worked at before. Perhaps it’s just because I love everything I’m selling…I’m sure that has something to do with it.
When I worked at Wal-Mart (yes, I did say Wal-Mart) as a freshman in high school in the Electronics Department, it’s not like I was feeling really passionate about selling stereos, phones or video games. It was a pretty depressing place to work, actually. When I worked at the Champion-Hanes outlet as a junior in high school, it’s not like I was really passionate and excited to fold the t-shirts and sweatshirts with those little plastic folding boards. But now I just spend the day talking to people about Apple products and why I love them. That’s about it. So I think it’s a great job for me right now - even though it’s taking up a ton of my time and affecting how often I’m able to blog.
Anyway - there’s been a lot going on recently: moving and getting settled, GA, a trip to Mexico, working at Apple, Sarah’s parents have been here, I’ve been updating the portfolio on my Cleave Design site, we’re leaving on Wednesday for Spokane (my sister is getting married!)…so, I apologize I haven’t really been writing anything of substance for awhile, but I hope to change that in a few weeks.
Tags: Apple, Blogging, Jobs, Moving, Retail
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Adam Walker Cleaveland: I am a 28 yr old 
July 21st, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Spokane has been sunny but extra warm lately… be prepared.
July 21st, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Drop a line if you’re stopping by our bend of the NW!
July 21st, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Enjoy your return to the Great Northwest. You’ve been missing out.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:00 am
>Other organizations, such as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, are funding projects to analyze how growing up in the Information Age has changed the ways today’s youth view, use, and interact with technology in order to develop new methods of capitalizing on technological tools as academic resources.
>An independent funding organization, the MacArthur Foundation has launched a $50 million digital media and learning initiative to investigate the role and impact of digital technology in the lives of young people.
This quote is from another website, and I don’t know if I would put it in this thread, or in the Presbyterian thread just below. It seems to fit either place?
Apple stores seem to fit in the “gray space” that is part retail (selling stuff), part teaching people (like the clinics at Home Depot teaching you how to lay tile) and part evangelizing well-styled technology. I would suspect a newbie employee does one of these three well, and learns the other two, possibly somewhat mechanical at first. But, eventually he (are there many she’s?) gets the zen of Apple and it just flows.
How much of this “pte” (peddle/teach/evangelize) morphs into the Presbyterian space, or the Emerging space?
July 24th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
ahem …. Full time specialist
July 25th, 2008 at 6:58 am
What’s up with blog software nowadays - comments disappear into the ether? Both here and Jordon Cooper’s blog!
Do any of these blogs have a “cache” that initially collects the comments? or do they just lose them? It’s kind of annoying - about one in ten disappear!