Apple!

The legendary Apple Man, Steve Jobs, passed away a few days back. I need not elaborate on why he was legendary and how he was driven by the passion to create beautiful things. While reading the news about his demise, a recent incident came to my mind.

Me and Shruti had gone out on a trip with my friend Mukta, Atul and their son Vedant, who is roughly 2.75 years old. Vedant was getting restless while we were driving to our destination and he started asking for "Tom n Jerry". I sat wondering how my friend was going to handle this demand, when she took out her iPod Touch and casually handed it over to her kiddo. I was scared that he might simply throw it out, bang it, etc etc. But to my amazement, he quickly turned it on, flipped (or rather swyped) through the menu's and started watching Tom n Jerry in a second!

I was amazed by his ease of handling the iPod. I mean, I understand that kids are far more better at picking up new technology, as they are open to explore things, but this was still a surprise for me. I turned to Mukta and asked if she had taught him to do it. But she replied in negative and told me that he had simply seen her do it a few times and then one day, picked it up and simply managed to start it on his own. And once he had done that, now he is able to play games on the iPod, along with watching videos. All this, from a kid, who does not understand the language at all!

Now, that is what an intuitive UI is!!

Hats off Sir Steve Jobs, RIP...