{"id":4215,"date":"2014-09-01T23:07:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=4215"},"modified":"2014-08-19T23:10:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T23:10:58","slug":"linked-retail-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/09\/01\/linked-retail-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: Retail Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/articles\/the-mothership\">via McSweenys<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I\u2019d noticed that in my store, only Managers, Creatives, and Geniuses have their face on their employee key cards. Everyone else\u2019s card is white. How do you get your face on your key card? You get it by visiting Cupertino.Managers, Creatives, and Geniuses, the senior positions in the store, are flown on the company\u2019s dime to Cupertino for training, Apple finishing school, if you like. You\u2019re paid salary to take classes and partake in tradition. It makes the pilgrimage seem that much more of a reward.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I do totally know the feeling. In a few years, I\u2019ll post my employee key cards which you can only get by going to Cupertino. I have the files but can\u2019t share them at this time. They are truly a big deal both for fans of the company and the remote employees. They mean basically nothing but it\u2019s a rite of passage and is a big moment for all of us that ever worked for that fruit company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via McSweenys: I\u2019d noticed that in my store, only Managers, Creatives, and Geniuses have their face on their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-10-17T19:30:06Z","apple_news_api_id":"2d432bf2-2917-429c-93b3-d90135f9fb70","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-10-17T19:30:07Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ALUMr8ikXQpyTs9kBNfn7cA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-15Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2505,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/06\/08\/i-dont-care-about-apples-new-campus-but-you-must-watch-this-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":4215,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 I don&#8217;t care about Apple&#8217;s new campus&#8230;but you must watch this video.","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Everyone is fired up about the Steve Jobs appearance at the Cupertino City Council to present plans for Apple's modern, spaceship-esque campus that will become their new HQ. 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A gradient?\u201d \u201cNo!\u201d the Art Director is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6370,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/11\/16\/linked-a-few-quick-thoughts-about-thursdays-mac-event-in-cupertino\/","url_meta":{"origin":4215,"position":4},"title":"Linked: A few quick thoughts about Thursday\u2019s Mac event in Cupertino","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via Six Colors: As for the Mac Pro, iMac, and Mac mini? Bupkis. Seems like we\u2019ll get more new Macs in the spring, and I\u2019d expect the rest of the line to be refreshed then. This was never going to be a great time for a Mac Pro update, given\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5055,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/02\/linked-work-hard-anywhere-mobile-app\/","url_meta":{"origin":4215,"position":5},"title":"Linked: Work Hard Anywhere (mobile app)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via WHA: A collection of work-optimized spaces in the palm of your hand. Mobile. Easy. Constantly updated by your fellow entrepreneurs, freelancers, and creatives. I downloaded this and added \/ updated a lot of areas local to me. 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