Is it just me, or does anyone else read the name of Jony's firm as LovePorn when they first see it?
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Jony Ive Writes Touching Letter About Steve Jobs a Decade After His Passing
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This is a lovely and touching piece of writing and it’s all the more touching for its lack of euphemistic fluff words:
”Steve's last words to me were that he would miss talking together. I was sitting on the floor next to his bed, my back against the wall.
After he died, I walked out into the garden.”
I also love the fact that he was driven and didn't give a crap about what the touchy-feely crowd thought of him. Something you don't see with most CEOs more concerned about their image and whose butt they need to kiss to keep the twitter mobs happy.
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It’s a tribute from a friend who obviously loved him. Jobs was a human who had people who cared about him. Why is that so unbelievable?
That's an odd comparison... I'd like to hear more.
I hear people complain about headaches all the time. Is that what we're getting at here, or is it something more or different?
I remember when MacRumors wasn't so negative, but then again, that's the way everything has become. Relax, his best friend passed away (yes, I'm using passed away instead of died, shoot me). He can remember him however he wishes, and some online trolls who can't find joy in anything aren't going to matter to him, so you might as well save the effort on typing, because no one else wants to hear it either. The only thing that's messed up is putting this behind a paywall.
Ha ha ha good lord this is ridiculous.
Billionaires talking about other Billionaires.
By most accounts, not the worlds best human being, but yet he made the world a better place for humans. Irony is pretty well... ironic sometimes.
By most accounts, not the worlds best human being, but yet he made the world a better place for humans. Irony is pretty well... ironic sometimes.
In retrospect, considering the intellect, creativity, and discipline of these two partners, Apple’s success was utterly inevitable.
Sounds exactly like someone who doesn't have a clue wtf he's blabbering about.
Steve Jobs
Without him there’d be no apple as we know it
His seminal introduction of the iPhone was arguably the greatest presentation of all time
RIP Legend
Without him there’d be no apple as we know it
His seminal introduction of the iPhone was arguably the greatest presentation of all time
RIP Legend
RIP, but I think all this crying is too much for a person that was arrogant and rude to his own employees. He was not always right. Not a God, according to some. There are better people to celebrate.
I'm not sure why some people think "passed away" is childish (Jonnyb) or somehow inappropriate. It's been acceptable in the English language since about 1400, per Wiki.
People are imperfect. Steve wanted to plow through garbage to deliver his vision of perfection. He greatly appreciated those around him who did good work and vehemently despised those who served to hold things back.
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For sure, it seems to me that not having to worry about money has to be one of the best parts about being rich (I’m not speaking from experience). It’s not a character fault, but rather a benefit of being rich that not every rich person realizes. It sounds like Jobs spent a lot of time thinking, which is a very admirable thing to do with the time that money had given him. Imagine what else he might have been able to do if he had only thought more about his own health before it was too late.
Except for all the times during Apple 2.0 when people would complain about the company being obsessed with form over function. It was only after Jobs died that he became this deity amongst some Apple fans and anything they didn’t like they would claim Steve wouldn’t hav liked either.
While we have a lot of qualms about Steve Jobs, I do admit he helped "break the code" about how to truly turn a cellphone into essentially a useful computing device. At least it generally freed us from having to use a small stylus to access the phone screen, a major downside of the Palm Treo and Windows Mobile cellphones.
Jony Ive's influence is still strong at Apple, as noted by the unusually thin design of the current iMac.
Jony Ive's influence is still strong at Apple, as noted by the unusually thin design of the current iMac.