Well aren't we all just perfect when it's not our company, huh?
Spot on.
I'm the person who suggested this story to MR.
Thanks. I enjoyed reading, and listening.
I have met Steve, and talked with him. I met him at Macworld Expo 2000
Thanks. I enjoyed the recollection.
What's that? Got a link handy?
I was impressed and also very happy I met him
charming despite it all.
Another enjoyable recollection. Thanks.
If you read the full length article
For context, I also recommend the sound recordings.
I realize now how fortunate/lucky I am to have met him
I sort of envy you, but don't regret not meeting him. It's nice to read personal recollections.
As someone who knows full-on man love, please know that 'mancrush' is not an insult.
dealing with a bunch of squares
who didn't even understand the big picture like he did and he had to literally bully people into doing what he said because they didn't understand the scope of everything like he did, so they would subconciously doubt/undermine him for being a right brain/left brain individual in a still underdeveloped, all-nerd, all-left-brain scene.
If that's the way it was, I like that.
I have the occasional luxury of doing stuff with a big picture in mind, then letting people enjoy the result. If I was more prominent within my organisation, I'd lose that luxury.
He would sometimes sit in on job interviews just to harass the poor SOB who was applying for a job at Apple, asking them if they were virgins or ever took LSD.
No, yes, no and no (I feel neither harassed nor poor).
Ron Popeil of Ronco fame.
Never heard of him. Maybe it's a UK thing; for me it's "Ronco of Record Selector" fame.
(Some people might say "Buttoneer fame" but I broke too many buttons with that thing.)