by John Macdonald | Nov 11, 2023 | The250
In the winter of 2003, when I was working with Apple on the iPod, I had a meeting at 2 pm in Cupertino. I left my house at 2:30 am in the middle of a snowstorm to get to the Philly airport for an early morning flight. In normal conditions, it takes me an hour and... by John Macdonald | Nov 10, 2023 | The250
“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?” – George Carlin I couldn’t agree more. More than one passenger in my car has heard me exclaim, “Do you... by John Macdonald | Nov 9, 2023 | The250
Humans run an average of 7 mph and up to 20-ish mph if they’re being chased over a short distance. I assume we’ve been running for our entire existence. Horses run an average of 30 mph. Humans started riding horses around 5000 years ago. Trains... by John Macdonald | Nov 8, 2023 | The250
I finally started putting all the lessons together, as well as learning the last couple during my third semester. It wasn’t perfect, and I still had a ways to go to perfect them, but I cracked 3.00 for the semester with a 3.01. That gave me 2.76 as I applied to... by John Macdonald | Nov 7, 2023 | The250
I learned the most valuable lesson of how I learn during my third semester. This was the most critical semester yet because it was the last set of grades to go into my cumulative GPA prior to major entrance. I had piled up some spectacularly mediocre grades so far.... by John Macdonald | Nov 6, 2023 | The250
I came out of my first full year of college reeling. Even after putting my mind to getting better, I had done worse my second semester. I knew I was in trouble because in the late 80s in Penn State engineering, you applied for your specific major (EE in my case) after...