Kadian's Apple Genius

By Kadian Harding

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Kadian first fell in love with Apple as a nine-year-old when he acquired his first iPod touch. He loved the aesthetics of this Apple product, its intuitive interface which allowed him to access a whole world of knowledge. He purchased his first MacBook Pro by shoveling snow and by selling his old train set, keyboard and other beloved items on Amazon. Kadian was renowned for his evangelical pursuit to convert everyone, even strangers, to Apple products. By fourteen, he had built an impressive amount of knowledge which never ceased to amaze the staff at Apple stores. On 2 August 2012, Kadian was due to fly to the USA where he had been hired to install 30 iMacs and a network for City Bikes at their retail stores in Washington DC. Starting June 2011 Kadian Harding, then thirteen-years-old, produced 17 Apple product video podcasts. His knowledge was developed by watching every YouTube video by and about Apple ­marketing releases, product presentations, magazines, documentaries­ going back all the way to the 1970s. His grasp of the fundamental vision that makes Apple so special was exceptional for his age. When we watched these videos after his death we were deeply moved to see all the characteristics of the Kadian that we knew: his charm, his confidence, his generosity, and his ability to relate to others. Kadian was equally in love with bicycles, the freedom that it gave him as well as the ability to interact with the wider world. Indeed, when we read Steve Job's autobiography ­ which Kadian had been encouraging us to do for months ­we read that Jobs believed that computers were the bicycle of the mind and that he had wanted to name the first Macintosh computer "bicycle." On 25 July 2012 Kadian was cycling in the British countryside when his brakes failed coming down a hill, he was struck by a truck and died instantly. For more information about the Kadian Project and how you can contribute to making it a safer world in which to ride a bicycle, please go to www.KadianProject.com. Thomas Debora and Sam Harding, October 2012.

Episode Date
How to Make Space on Your iPhone
Apr 22, 2012
iPhone 5 Predictions
Apr 22, 2012
How to Make a Movie iTunes Friendly
Apr 22, 2012
Why Apple Just Started Using 4G LTE
Apr 16, 2012
Mountain Lion, iPad 3, and 25 Billion Apps
Mar 04, 2012
iPad 3 Rumors - Why I Prefer iOS
Jan 23, 2012
My Square Music Thingy
Jan 03, 2012
iMac 27", G Drive and CS5
Dec 30, 2011
2012 Predictions
Dec 14, 2011
My Thoughts On Ultrabooks
Dec 14, 2011
iPhone vs Android
Oct 26, 2011
iPhone 4s Unboxing
Oct 15, 2011
iPhone 4S Review
Oct 15, 2011
How to Make a Song on Garageband
Aug 30, 2011
iMovie Effects 1
Aug 23, 2011
Epic Fight II
Jul 05, 2011
Kadian’s Limp
Mar 22, 2011
MacBook Pro Unboxing
Feb 21, 2011
Kadian Gets Some Food
Dec 07, 2010
Finn and Kadian Have Fun Jumping around Shepherdstown
Dec 05, 2010
The Evil Blanket
Dec 05, 2010
Kadian Gets Up
Dec 04, 2010
Life In Technicolor
Nov 13, 2010
Liver Song
Nov 13, 2010