I'm in Champaign too. It's not a bad little city. Downtown Champaign has some nice spots. I grew up here, attended UIUC, and had the good fortune to intern at Apple while Jobs was at the top of his game.
One of the best parts of interning at Apple was their tradition of each top exec giving a small lecture to the current crop of interns. Not just Jobs, but guys like Phil Schiller and Jonathan Ive. It was fantastic.
They'd each do an informal Q&A after their speech, and I remember one of the kids jokingly asking Steve if he could be a dancer in a silhouette iPod ad. Steve turned on some music and had the guy come down in front and demo his dance skills, sagely advising him afterwards to stick to his day job. It was great.
I have a stupid Steve Jobs anecdote of my own, which I wrote when he retired from the CEO position: https://plus.google.com/102623420630486053048/posts/fTYoDEFV...
One of the best parts of interning at Apple was their tradition of each top exec giving a small lecture to the current crop of interns. Not just Jobs, but guys like Phil Schiller and Jonathan Ive. It was fantastic.
They'd each do an informal Q&A after their speech, and I remember one of the kids jokingly asking Steve if he could be a dancer in a silhouette iPod ad. Steve turned on some music and had the guy come down in front and demo his dance skills, sagely advising him afterwards to stick to his day job. It was great.