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Jony Ive Writes Touching Letter About Steve Jobs a Decade After His Passing
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The histrionic belittling was his first run at Apple. He was quite different the second time around. By early ‘96 at NeXT he was a joy to be around from my first hand experience. He treasured us at NeXT. We were crucial if Apple was ever going to succeed.
Jony was about to leave Apple having found zero success to date, then Steve became iCEO and the rest is history.
Jony was about to leave Apple having found zero success to date, then Steve became iCEO and the rest is history.
Damn indeed. It happens. In any case, a very happy birthday to you!! Hope you have an awesome time. Remember to find the best in the world, in humanity. It's always there, even in difficult times.
Can't belief it's been ten years...still remember the days when he and Jony would run the keynotes....and Apple innovates like crazy (iPhone...Macbook Air....iPad)
Ive believes that Jobs was not distracted by money or power and was instead driven to make something useful for humanity. It sounds as if he is hinting someone in charge that ONLY cares about money.
There’s literally a memoir by his daughter about how emotionally abusive and downright creepy he was (making her watch him grope his wife). The guy’s a tech genius but an extremely dislikable human being. This PR piece allows people to forget that distinction.
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In the south we don’t die. We pass away. Passing away is an event marked by the baking of many casseroles.
I don't think so. If there's anyone who jobs liked, appreciated, and respected for their work, its probably Ive, as design was one of the things Jobs loved the most and clearly Ive was great at his job. I dont think its hard to believe that both of them may have shared a nice moment while Jobs was on the verge of death.
It’s unfortunate that you mistake cynicism for insight. Jobs was a complicated person who was a lot of things, like most people. Viewing everything as binary is a serious handicap.
I remember ten years ago telling my girlfriend about what happened, and I started to cry. I couldn’t explain it. Why would I care about the CEO of a company whose products I use? There are dozens of those, and for the most part I know nothing about them, and that’s fine. I can’t even say that Apple have changed my life. It’s the pure charisma that makes me care about Steve.
I know what the definition of a bully is. The victims are not the problem.
“An excerpt in the New York Times reveals Ms Brennan-Jobs witnessed her father moaning as he embraced his second wife, pulling her in to a kiss, "moving his hand closer to her breasts," and up her thigh.
In that moment, as Ms Brennan-Jobs went to leave the room, her father urged her to "stay here". According to the excerpt, Mr Jobs allegedly said, "We're having a family moment. It's important that you try to be part of this family."”
Charisma.
“She writes that, one evening, she left Jobs to babysit nine-year-old Lisa, but she came home early to find him "teasing her nonstop about her sexual aspirations."
A concerned Chrisann writes that he was: "ridiculing her with sexual innuendos,” and “joking about bedroom antics between Lisa and this or that guy.”
Charisma.
A concerned Chrisann writes that he was: "ridiculing her with sexual innuendos,” and “joking about bedroom antics between Lisa and this or that guy.”
Charisma.
I don't know Ives much, but it's hard for me to untangle his status as a business person who helms a design company and the public nature of and construction of this remembrance. On one hand, it definitely is a heartfelt homage to a lost friend. On the other, it demonstrates a commercialization of his friendship in order to say as much about himself as it does about the remembered.
Wow, did not know he used to visit the Pixar offices.
Isn't it true? The current admin is a pure accountant who is probably more familiar with the menu from the Berlin Love Parade after party than any future silicon valley hardware trends.
I found it on reddit: Jony Ive on What He Misses Most About Steve Jobs
One of the few perceptive comments on this thread. A “touching” note behind a paywall. As you can see from this thread, there’s a reason there are Apple cult jokes. Here people seem to suffer from an inability to disconfirm anything negative about Jobs. They’ve deified a ruthless capitalist who neglected his daughter.
Yeah, people sometimes grab other people's breast when they are in a relationship, so what?
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