Timothy Martin

Honored and excited to share that I’ve joined the Board of Trustees at the Maryland Institute College of Art as an Alumna Trustee. MICA played such an important role in fueling my curiosity and shaping my creative path. It feels especially meaningful to return to my alma mater as it celebrates its bicentennial. I’m looking forward to supporting the institution, connecting with this amazing community, and helping shape what the next 200 years of art and design education can become.

Time is but a construct of solid aluminum. Can hardly grasp that it’s been 10 years at Apple this month. Very glad I got this opportunity to learn from the best and grateful for all the mentors, co-workers and managers I had throughout the years. Especially proud on how much we’re able to ship with the Podcasts team in the last few years, onward and forward!

This weekend the Verdi Chorus presents A Serenade to Music! With the Fox Singers in beautiful #opera favorites in #santamonica. Joe McKesson aka #OperaJoe interviews Amelia DeCoster, Alexandra Bass, Megan Lindsey McDonald, Jamie Sanderson, and Esteban Rivas of the Fox Singers. A SERENADE TO MUSIC, Saturday, 2/25 7:30 pm https://lnkd.in/e9R47JNN Anne Marie Ketchum, Director!

This is how Virtual Reality looked in 1830! 19th century pop-up books as an early immersive version... 👉 Follow or connect with me for more insights about #technology, #metaverse, and #trends! #virtualreality 🔔 Hit the bell not to miss a post! 👇

[**PERSONAL UPDATE**] After 21 magical years working on digital media and music technology for my favorite company in the world, I recently said a fond farewell to my friends and colleagues at Apple and set off to explore new adventures. As a kid, I was completely infatuated with science and technology, always dreaming about living in the future. So on my last day, when I got into my electric car and it drove itself to the “mothership,” Apple's awe-inspiring spaceship campus in Cupertino, I couldn’t help but reflect with tremendous gratitude on the incredible experience, and a chance to work on all the things I’ve always loved. I can’t properly describe the fun I’ve had, playing in the Apple sandbox during some of the most innovative years in the company’s history. I started my Apple career working on iTunes & iPod, then iLife, and for most of it, helping build creative tools for musicians: GarageBand, Logic Pro, Voice Memos, etc. Along the way, I even got to help produce some of the most iconic ringtones for iPhone. My extended team—who develops and launches music creation apps—are some of the most incredible people you will ever meet. They all play musical instruments and are dreamers, creators, and the most passionate and intelligent people on the planet. It was the honor of my lifetime to work with them, debate ideas and designs, and launch decades of magical music apps into the world. I’m looking forward to seeing all the cool things they will dream up next! And I have to share a special shoutout to Dr. Gerhard Lengeling, my engineering partner and collaborator for the last 20 years—he and his team have built a set of wonderful and beloved creative tools that will go down in history as changing the world for musicians everywhere. And of course, all our work was enabled by the vision and passion of Steve Jobs, who made the bold move to invest in creating world-class music creation apps, and even bolder: making them available to everyone. As a free but quite powerful app, GarageBand has been installed on over a BILLION devices, putting an entire recording studio into the pocket of anyone who wants to have fun making music, wherever they are.  So what’s next? After spending most of my career working to help other musicians realize their creative vision, I’m looking forward to making some music myself! But my biggest new project will be in the world of wine, launching a boutique pinot noir brand in 2023. Following two years being grounded during the pandemic, I’m particularly looking forward to traveling the globe, catching up with old friends, and meeting new ones. You’ll probably find me in Japan at least a third of the year. Still pinching myself after an incredible ride... Now, off to the next one! Xander Soren