I wish Tim did ask that, because we'd have more coherent product lines and wouldn't think its OK to charge over $1000 for what should be a $500 iPhone.
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Jony Ive Still Asks 'What Would Steve Do?' Despite Jobs' Warning
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These things are not mutually exclusive. They are infact inclusive. Unique ideas CAME FROM Job's way of thinking, instead of everything being mass produced by corporate ideology. There is not a shred of that left at Apple today.
So infrequently that I actually forget which side the power button is on.
Up until "last week" (under Tim for 14 years), we did have an option with a screen size under 5"
As it should be
It's nice to have options
People, and their needs out of a phone, are different
Ives' concerns about unfettered AI are particularly relevant on this 50th anniversary of the Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA. Then, pioneering molecular biologists actually paused their work to convene and discuss the new technology's implications and develop appropriate ground rules for how to move forward safely. Now, there's much handwringing about AI — and even a set of 23 Asilomar AI Principals — but no one is taking caution seriously. Back in 1975, there wasn't much money to be made soon with recombinant DNA, so the go-slow approach was favored by the mostly-academic researchers. Now, there's still not much money in AI, but soaring stock prices means there's no time for cautious, principled approaches among the business-minded.
The iPhone 16 Pro? Please share with me a comparable phone that’s $500. I would like to save some money. I’d appreciate your recommendations.
Sadly, my institution has installed new security software (or was it the latest, forced Office downgrade?) that has rendered my aging-but-otherwise adequate 2018 Mini troublesome at login. For the last two weeks, entering my password too often results in an interminable spinning of the wheel, necessitating a hard shutdown and restart — sometimes more than once.
Jony left Apple in any significant capacity like 6 years ago… of course there have been improvements.
Forstall’s design language is so dated and cheesy. That glassy look, and having everything mimic some real life counterpart doesn’t age well.
What? No examples of these supposed post-Ive “design language improvements”?
How about those iMacs with white display bezels or that oh so bold MacBook Air M2 redesign that nobody needed or asked for? Guess I must have missed all those Red Dot Design Award press releases.
It spoke volumes that his role wasn’t replaced but split between Hankey and Dye, the former of which also left the company to join up with Ive again.
Let’s be honest, Apple hasn’t been a design-led company since his departure in 2019. It used to represent something different in the tech space and attracted and retained talent accordingly.
The photo realism was great, luscious glowing aqua buttons, beautiful app icons. But I agree, the direction he took things tried to make computer screens into something they just aren't (leather, felt, linen...), and that's when it went off the rails.
I think most people would be totally cool with glassy and gooey aqua UI today.
I wish Jony Ive had asked himself that question before eliminating Apple-pioneered skeuomorphic design and replacing it with Microsoft-pioneered flat design.
Glad he and the other's left Apple when they realized what Tim was up to.
A sane Steve wouldn't done what he did either, but the guy was sick.
Hope next CEO can restore some of the soul that the company have lost.
A sane Steve wouldn't done what he did either, but the guy was sick.
Hope next CEO can restore some of the soul that the company have lost.
I found this to be an incredibly interesting interview, including some quality tunes, but particularly his concerns about the unintended consequences of the products he helped produce. It’s a comment and line of thinking you can only really make after you leave Apple. I wonder if he felt those concerns at the company as well? It seems to be quite a powerful worry, as he explicitly mentions it has impacted what he has made, designed and worked on since leaving Apple, and will into the future as well.
That's an interesting question. Which happens more? Charging the mouse with the USB port in the wrong place, or restarting the Mini with the power button in the wrong place? 🤔
This is a thing with me. I can't see any other place the USB port could go but the bottom.
This. Being smart enough to steal from someone else doesn't make you as smart as the person you've stolen from. Sorry but I can't abide the bloke.