The guy in the first picture, next to Tim, looks like Jean-Claude Van Damme in one of his mullet movies.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook in Davos for World Economic Forum, Does Education-Related Interview
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Why. They all poop and pee like we do. Lol
I wouldn’t feel inferior. I’d try my hardest to make as much connections as possible. Lol
He’s talking to them about “the best selling iPhone everyday since it’s release.”
Why? I'm betting you can bring more value to someone's life as a person than Tim can with a phone.
[doublepost=1548218428][/doublepost]Tim practicing his conversation points before the meeting:
"Okay, Tim," talking to self in mirror. "Let's practice this again. Don't be nervous. Believe it and they'll believe it."
"Hi. I'm Tim. iPhone Xr is sales have been amazing. People love it."
"Hi. I'm Tim. We have exciting products in the pipeline!"
"Hi. I'm Tim. iPhone Xr is sales have been amazing. People love it."
"Hi. I'm Tim. We have exciting products in the pipeline!"
"Hi. I'm Tim. That poop emoji is amazing. People love it!"
"Ah! Screwed up again. Damn you Jobs! Why did you leave me here alone!!?"
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Hey, anybody get tired of reading negative comments shoehorned into any thread which concerns Apple or its CEO?
Yeah, me neither.
The "in before <blah, blah, blah>" posts are getting a little old, especially when said behaviors don't actually pan out. (I don't mean to pick on you three, it's just an easy example.)
Of course, one might want to turn my criticism around on me. So how 'bout everyone calls it even and we stop with the mental masturbation, m'kay?
Thanks.
"The XR has been the number one selling phone every days since it's release." He's just going to walk around saying that at Davos.
Out of all German newspapers... I cannot believe he gave Bild (German tabloid, similar to UK daily fail) an interview.
Probably because he would be sitting next to world leaders, presidents, CEO:s of global corporations, etc and feels he would have very little to contribute to the discussion.
I feel the same. Just being in the general vicinity of that meeting would make me want to run home and hide under my bed.
Hey, anybody get tired of reading negative comments shoehorned into any thread which concerns Apple or its CEO?
Yeah, me neither.
Well, he talks a big humanitarian game but then still employs people at super low wages in shady work places to maximize shareholder profit. Right? Its all bleeding heart with this guy until it comes to his company. The its crickets. If the Koch brothers or Amazon does this then they are mean spirited, evil capitalists. But not Apple. Just saying.
The "in before <blah, blah, blah>" posts are getting a little old, especially when said behaviors don't actually pan out. (I don't mean to pick on you three, it's just an easy example.)
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Of course, one might want to turn my criticism around on me. So how 'bout everyone calls it even and we stop with the mental masturbation, m'kay?
Maybe you’re in it for the mental masturbation but I don’t know what forum you’ve been reading not to see the constant Tim sucks comment regardless of the topic. Or Apple qc sucks or how could they design such trash, etc. Some of us are tired of it and speaking out. Because it ALWAYS pans out.
It's not really possible to have a "world economic forum" with a bunch of CEOs and bankers. Business consists of a lot more than that. Where are the employees? The consumers? The average citizens? Davos is more of an ego trip for the supply side than anything else.
Since when in the history of the world has civilized discourse decided the fate of the puppets - on the puppet-masters made the decisions. Then, periodically, things like the French Revolution happened.
Why are so many people against Apple (or other CEOs) traveling to be physically present for any conference? Or the previous thread that pounded on Apple employees for traveling to China so often on United? Protesting against the private jets makes partial sense - but, so do politicians all over the world. Not everything can be achieved by conference call or video chats.
The same people that spout their BS about "free speech" are the same ones that are anti gay marriage, anti-immigration, and anti anything that doesn't align with them. At the same time, the people that fight against hate speech and freedom of people with their bogus "noble" agenda will also trample over a majority of the population just so that the small minority get what they want. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Interesting. You seem to have an opinion about politics but seem to want others who you don’t agree with to NOT voice their opinion about politics. Last time I checked, averyone can have a voice. CEO’s, celebrities, politicians, pundits, bloggers, IGers, and keyboard warriors...
However from my experience (admittedly anecdotal, as is yours)...we proposed a purchase of 100 iPads for education to our purchasing and IT (all IT purchases had to be signed off by IT Dept). We had a detailed plan about use case, app purchases, how it will be managed, etc, etc. Purchase was approved. When we opened the box we had 200 ANDROID tablets. Unbeknownst to us, IT had the ability to change the purchase order as long as it would a “comparable option”. Many of the apps we planned to use were not available on android. Alternative apps were substandard or non-existent. The Macs we used in the classroom (we had convinced them to get us MacBooks and apple TVs for many of the classrooms) would have no continuity nor would the Androids connect with the aTVs. WE researched a lot and tried to make it work even trying to use a good docs and Dropbox as an option but the friction was prohibitive. When we asked the IT leadership directly why they made the change if purchasing had approved their answer was “it was cheaper and androids can do anything an iPad can do”.
Rant complete.
[doublepost=1548261402][/doublepost]Well, can’t argue with your comment about the price, since there are a lot of cheaper options.
However from my experience (admittedly anecdotal, as is yours)...we proposed a purchase of 100 iPads for education to our purchasing and IT (all IT purchases had to be signed off by IT Dept). We had a detailed plan about use case, app purchases, how it will be managed, etc, etc. Purchase was approved. When we opened the box we had 200 ANDROID tablets. Unbeknownst to us, IT had the ability to change the purchase order as long as it would a “comparable option”. Many of the apps we planned to use were not available on android. Alternative apps were substandard or non-existent. The Macs we used in the classroom (we had convinced them to get us MacBooks and apple TVs for many of the classrooms) would have no continuity nor would the Androids connect with the aTVs. WE researched a lot and tried to make it work even trying to use a good docs and Dropbox as an option but the friction was prohibitive. When we asked the IT leadership directly why they made the change if purchasing had approved their answer was “it was cheaper and androids can do anything an iPad can do”.
Rant complete.
The Everyone Can Create program sounds like a better idea than Everyone Can Code (perhaps the coding program can be included as a subprogram), since not everyone is inclined or wants to code. The general concepts behind learning to code is a good idea, and perhaps some general teaching with robotics is a good intro to programming, and for those who enjoy the process of building and figuring out how things work, they can further pursue this.
The largest segment of the United States economy is the consumer segment. Consumers are the drivers, not the passengers. We just live in a society that loves to focus on individual personalities as the primary difference makers, and the media constantly reinforces that type of dynamic.