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...three primary authors: Jonathan Ive, the brilliant, soft-spoken V.P. of industrial design; senior V.P. of hardware engineering Jon Rubinstein; and, of course, Jobs himself, official purveyor of the vision thing, who delivered his basic concept in one pithy sentence: "The iBook is something you'd throw in your backpack...
From that single idea--a machine for the backpack, not the briefcase--a thousand developmental insights were launched. In this second Jobs era, says Ive, Apple products are designed "holistically," each aspect of development altering every other as the project evolves, the design group producing first sketches, then computer work-ups and finally physical prototypes in a perpetual rondelet with the software guys, Rubinstein's hardware jocks and Jobs, who was a continual presence during the iBook's 18-month gestation...
...Chauncy St. resident reported seeing a man in his 20s, about 5'4", running through Cambridge Common and Harvard Square with a silver handgun, which he took out of a backpack. The man reportedly fired one round into the air. A .45 caliber shell casing was recovered at the scene...
...adults lament the growing intensity of kids' summertime pursuits. "I like the era of America when kids had summer off," says Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University in Philadelphia. "They could stare at the clouds, run, jump, explore, do the roller coasters and Ferris wheels, fall in love, backpack, hang out." Creativity, he argues--that intangible, untestable good--is enhanced by allowing adolescents to pursue their own interests...
...needs 24 hours' worth of clothing, toiletries and snacks in carry-on bags, in case the unthinkable happens. Yes, it's a lot to carry, but kids make excellent porters. Kyle McCarthy, editor of Family Travel Forum, an online newsletter, says anyone over age four can handle a bulging backpack plus a kid-size rolling suitcase (Fisher-Price and Kelty K.I.D.S. make nice ones). And even two-year-olds can manage a fanny pack around the waist. To keep suitcases neat, pack complete outfits in tidy bundles or zippered plastic bags, which can be reused for wet bathing suits...