Oct 06 2011
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“Because I had  dropped out and didn’t have to take the normal  classes, I decided to  take a calligraphy class.   I learned about serif  and sans-serif typefaces, about varying the  amount of space between  different letter combinations, about what makes  great typography great.   It was beautiful, historical, artistically  subtle in a way that science  can’t capture, and I found it fascinating.
None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life.    But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh   computer, it all came back to me.  And we designed it all into the Mac…
You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them  looking backwards.  So you have to trust that the dots will somehow  connect in your future.  You have to trust in something — your gut,  destiny, life, karma, whatever.  This approach has never let me down,  and it has made all the difference in my life.”  (Steve Jobs)

“Because I had dropped out and didn’t have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class. I learned about serif and sans-serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can’t capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac…

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”  (Steve Jobs)