Allen Paltrow 當年是一個十歲的男孩，被當時的Apple CEO，Steve Jobs邀請參加紐約第五大道Apple Store旗艦店的開幕活動。隨後，他還與家人一起參觀了Apple的Cupertino總部園區。
一個十歲的男孩如何得到Steve Jobs的邀請？除了熱情之外，他還把他的熱情刻到了他腦袋後面。
以下是他在Tumblr寫下的故事⋯⋯
My Experience with Jobs and Apple
我對Jobs與Apple的經驗。
Growing up I was a huge apple fan-boy (fine, still am.) The first NY apple store in Soho opening was probably the coolest thing that happened to me between the ages 6 and 12. For a while I would spend almost every weekend there. Every year for halloween I was a mac, and I made a habit of shaving the Apple logo into my head to celebrate every OS launch.
在我成長的過程中，我是個Apple的超級粉絲（好吧，現在還是）。在我六到十二歲時，紐約第一間Apple Store在Soho開幕是我覺得最棒最酷的事。有一段時間，我幾乎每週末都會跑到那邊去。每年的萬聖節我都會裝扮成Mac，而且每次新OS發佈時，我都會把我的頭剃出一個Apple標幟來慶祝。
My neighbor Brooke mentioned that Steve Jobs, busy as he is, always reads email sent to his public address. I think I was around 10 or 12, and I sent a very enthusiastic and grammatically incorrect message including a picture of my shaved head.
我的鄰居Brooke說，Steve Jobs雖然很忙，不過還是會去看寄到他的公開電子信箱的郵件。我記得我當時大概是十或是十二歲，寄了一封非常熱情，並且文法不太正確的信，並附上我剃頭的相片。
Apparently he forwarded it to the head of Public Relations, Katie, and I got invited to the opening of the 5th Avenue Cube. I can never thank them enough. This was probably the high point of my childhood.
顯然，他把信轉寄到了PR部門的總負責人Katie，之後我接請到了紐約第五大道旗艦店開幕活動的邀請。我會永遠感謝他們，這也是我童年時光的最高潮。
顯然，那個穿著藍色外套的小朋友在說：「我是Apple的超級粉絲！！」。而Steve則回說：「看看那傢伙吧。」
這張相片是David Pogue在店外面拍照。
（註：David Pogue為紐約時報科技專欄作者，以及CBS新聞特派員。）
Allen Plaltrow sporting the Apple logo in his hair at the 5th Avenue Apple store opening in 2006
Apple was my childhood. I know a lot of techies feel the same way. Steve Jobs will be missed. I hope his resignation lets him spend the time with his family that he couldn’t while running Apple.
Apple是我的童年。我知道許多科技人也有相同的感覺。Steve Jobs將會被大家永遠懷念。我希望他的辭職能讓他將以前營運Apple所花費的時間，用來陪伴他的家人。
Follow-up:
追記：
First, a challenger approaches! Apparently the “boy in the blue coat” is none other than Alex Godin, son of Seth Godin, and active in the startup community.
首先，挑戰者出現了！顯然那個「穿著藍色外套的小朋友」是Seth Godin的兒子，同時也在在創業社群中活躍的Alex Godin。
My pic:
His pic (via Seth Godin):
What a small world. Alex, there is plenty of room for Apple fans.
世界真是小啊，Alex。不過這小世界還是有足夠的空間給Apple粉絲的。
Second, to those who wanted to see the Halloween costume I mentioned, here are a few pics. The screen had a plastic bag that you could put candy in, and it would turn on a horizontal axis and empty into a larger bag inside the box.
其次，對於那些想看看我的萬聖節服裝的人，下面是一些照片。在螢幕的部分有個塑膠袋，可以把糖果放到裡面。這袋子還會從水平軸的方向打開，並把糖果倒到裡面一個更大的袋子裡。
現在，Allen Paltrow已經是個十九歲的大學生，就讀於普林斯頓大學計算機科學二年級。
He was the first celebrity of any type that I could recognize.
他是我在所有類型的名人中，第一個認識的人。
Allen Paltrow如此敘述。
via Allen Paltrow | My Experience with Jobs and Apple and Church of Mac/ For Devotees, Apple Is a Religion – WSJ.com
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