The iMac changed personal computing as did the iPhone and the iPad.
It could be argued that the iPad was an incremental step, and perhaps it was but I'm expecting a Big Bang in the near future.
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Ex-Apple CEO John Sculley Believes 'Innovation Lull' Will End, Smart Watch Likely Key Product Focus
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The iMac changed personal computing as did the iPhone and the iPad.
It could be argued that the iPad was an incremental step, and perhaps it was but I'm expecting a Big Bang in the near future.
If Apple didn't innovate under Scully, he might be the best person to see history repeating itself, and talk about it.
But Apple did innovate during his reign. They did the Newton, from whence came the mobile/tablet app business, which led to Hawkins doing the PalmPilot, which Jobs thought about buying before deciding to roll his own.
Apple also created the first PowerBooks during Scully's era, which changed the laptop computer market (they all copied Apple's form factor).
All good and true except maybe for the imac reference but still lots of good and interesting stuff being done during earlier periods.
You're so right. We all know anybody over the age of 25 is, by definition, a hopeless, out of it, moron.
Important to know the age of anybody with any ideas. It's not the ideas that count, it's the age of the source of the ideas.
Yeah, that came kinda out of left field, but aside from his ability, or lack thereof, to be the visionary to run APPLE, I believe Sculley is correct in the above assessment of the current state of innovation. We've become so jaded about the great things that have come our way, in the last dozen or so years, that we now seem to expect miraculous new technologies to come down the pipeline with uncanny regularity. I believe that for a little while anyway, we'll have to settle for incremental improvements.
But there is no doubt that sooner or later, great things will come again, and not necessarily just from APPLE.
Not really. I will quote wikipedia today as my dictionary:If you are talking about the denotative meaning of the word, I was unable to find, in any definition, the requirement of "commercial success".
If you are saying that in your opinion, innovation per se is not enough without the commercial success of the innovation...that's a different story. It is your opinion, however, not the word's definition.
Invention is the idea, the product, whereas innovation requires a result.
If you are talking about the denotative meaning of the word, I was unable to find, in any definition, the requirement of "commercial success".
If you are saying that in your opinion, innovation per se is not enough without the commercial success of the innovation...that's a different story. It is your opinion, however, not the word's definition.
Sorry, I still don't see where innovation, in it's denotative definition, says anything about "commercial success", as was the heart of my original reply post on this subject.
The Wikipedia quote suggests that innovation refers to the use of a novel idea, invention, etc., while "invention" refers to the the creation of a novel idea, method etc.
I never questioned, once again refering to my original reply, that there was not a difference in the denotative definitions of the two words. What I challenged then, and challenge now, is that the denotative definition of "innovation" requires "commercial success" to be inherent in it'e definition. I don't see anything in the Wikipedia quote above that challenges that assertion.
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And to also be fair, under Steve Jobs it wasn't just 'innovation' but huge amounts of restructuring that took place such as slimming down product lines, outsourcing production into China etc. The return to profitability had as much to do with innovation (aka standing out from the pack) as it did with restructuring the organisation so that it was focused and streamlined.
What are you all on about, apple are innovating all the time, new retina macs, ipad mini, iCloud etc. There has only been an industry wide slow down in tech. You can't make something new from tech that is the same as last year, you can only refine as apple have done.
For those that get bored with their iOS device. Apple don't want you, seriously if you are bored of iOS you really need to calm down and go and find something with flashing LEDs all over it. It's an os not an entertainment park or roller coaster.
Scully is a very good innovator and was ahead of his time, Newton was the forerunner to all this tech now. It was very user friendly and only killed by Steve because he felt it was an apple success at the time that he wanted to reinvent.
Yes apple developed great products with him they just didn't see the need to push forward relentlessly. Remember this was the time of windows just exploding and everyone made a computer out of anything in a back room and sold it. Apple could not make grey boxes like everyone did. Steve only saw that with help from Ive.
They made the colourful white and blue iMac and the rest is history.
Apple are still the only company making quality industrial design in tech, I still think it is Ive not jobs who is responsible for success, the same way woz was the creator of the modern computer but jobs claimed all the glory.
For those that get bored with their iOS device. Apple don't want you, seriously if you are bored of iOS you really need to calm down and go and find something with flashing LEDs all over it. It's an os not an entertainment park or roller coaster.
Scully is a very good innovator and was ahead of his time, Newton was the forerunner to all this tech now. It was very user friendly and only killed by Steve because he felt it was an apple success at the time that he wanted to reinvent.
Yes apple developed great products with him they just didn't see the need to push forward relentlessly. Remember this was the time of windows just exploding and everyone made a computer out of anything in a back room and sold it. Apple could not make grey boxes like everyone did. Steve only saw that with help from Ive.
They made the colourful white and blue iMac and the rest is history.
Apple are still the only company making quality industrial design in tech, I still think it is Ive not jobs who is responsible for success, the same way woz was the creator of the modern computer but jobs claimed all the glory.