On this tragic day, the United States of America lost thousands of people.  I just wanted to give my respects to all those who lost their lives that day and the families who have been impacted.

10 years have passed since this tragic day and it feels like it was just yesterday.  I remember I was in the 5th grade when all this had happened.  I was called out of class and was rushed home by my mother in fear of another attack.  At the time, I lived very close to New York City and I was able to see the smoke and everything happen.  It was very frightening.  Although i was young, I will never forget this day.

Again, my thoughts and prayers go out to all who have been impacted.

My questions for you:

If you could have prevented 9/11, what would you have done?  What were you doing when you found out about the attack?

This is a special addition because Hurricane Irene hit New Jersey. I pretty much just show what I did all weekend and pulled an all nighter. (Almost did).

Please keep your thoughts to those who have lost their lives to Hurricane Irene and for those who lost all their belongings. New Jersey had awful flooding, especially up North.

Due to not getting enough footage of Hurricane Irene, the other video that I was going to create as I mention in this video will no longer be created.  Sorry to get everyone’s hopes up!

Someone please answer Alyssa’s crazy question

Today was a very interesting day. New Jersey had an earthquake! This is something that you don’t feel everyday! First it was a bad winter, then flooding, now an Earthquake, next a huge hurricane…what’s happening! 2012?

I never got much footage of my day, but some footage is better then no footage! Today was a good day but a boring one. We went to the Apple Store for a short while and I’m happy that I didn’t go in debt. The day basically consisted of me waxing my car and attempting to start a business! More details to come tomorrow!

If you are a technology blogger and would like to show off your work, you can now feel free to do so with my blog.  Anything you blog about you can blog about on this site.  If you wish to just cross post from your site then go for it!  As long as all content is yours then there is no problem.  If you wish to be a blogger on my growing tech site, please send me an email:  steve@techjohnson.com

I bet you don’t party like I party! I really wish I got some storm footage for you but the weather decided to change its course. Very disappointing! Sucks for the people who went to see Ke$ha in New Jersey!

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The 12th edition of the dictionary just proves to all of us that technology and social media have greatly impacted the English Language. Winning this new update has got to be the word ‘retweet’. Who would have ever thought this word would make it to the dictionary in such a short amount of time. Retweet is the act of resharing a message on Twitter. Sexting and woot were bound to be a part of the dictionary at one point or another.

Are you a dictionary user? Are there words that you wish to see in the dictionary that just aren’t there yet? If so, please leave them in the comment section below and explain why you think they should be in the dictionary.

According to Barnes and Noble’s website, the official Steve Jobs biography will be available on November 21, 2011. This biography will be titled “Steve Jobs: A Biography”. Before this release date, there were rumors of the book being released on March 6, 2012. Since it’s being released on November 21, 2011, this is a HUGE stepping point in terms of the release date.

This book isn’t the longest book in world at only 448 pages but it is based on over 40 interviews. Not only is it with just Steve Jobs and someone else, it has interviews with his family and friends. This biography was approved by Steve Jobs but he had no control over the contents. Very interesting. The Apple CEO had this to say about the biography:

I’ve done a lot of things I’m not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was 23 and the way I handled that, he said. But I don’t have any skeletons in my closet that can’t be allowed out.

Below you will be able to find the full description of the biography.

Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues this book chronicles the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

It is also a book about innovation. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the 21st century was to connect creativity with technology, so he built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.

Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits and instead encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly even foes, former girlfriends, and colleagues he had once fired or infuriated. “I’ve done a lot of things I’m not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was 23 and the way I handled that,” he said. “But I don’t have any skeletons in my closet that can’t be allowed out.”
Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. Likewise, his friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.

He was not a model boss or human being, tidily packaged for emulation. Driven by demons, he could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple’s hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is thus both instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.

What do you think about this? Will you be purchasing the biography of Steve Jobs? Leave your comments below.