Looked it up...you are right....I stand corrected. So where are all the movies about the HP guys? Seems like they certainly deserve some love from the media....
Ever heard of Robert Noyce? Somehow I think that the industry owes him more than it owes the fruit salesman.
personally I know everyone has their own grieving timelines, etc.
But as a company I'd hope Apple starts looking forward. 1st anniversary of the death of Steve, sure, reflect. But I hope the 2nd is more muted... Love Steve and everything he brought, but Apple needs to focus on the future not the past.
After reading his biography, I was left with two impressions. One the genius that he was in terms of the asthetics and attention to detail that turned into the amazing products we have today. The second impression is that this obsession made him not a great man when it came to relationships, including his family and co-workers. Therefore I wonder about Tim's comment that he was a great friend. Obviously having never met the man I cannot really comment, but anyone reading his bio would surely at least raise an eyebrow at the "great friend comment."
No. Jony is not a visionary; he's just a designer. Jobs and Jony used to keep each other in check. Steve knew that pro users wanted expansion over thinness, which is why he made the unibody 2008 MacBook Pros more upgradeable than the previous generation, and also why he didn't let the Mac Pro rot. Now with nobody left at Apple to reign in Jony, he's going on a design rampage, sacrificing function to let form preside.
He has nothing to do with function. He is Senior VP of DESIGN. No where in that job title does it talk about function.
Looked it up...you are right....I stand corrected. So where are all the movies about the HP guys? Seems like they certainly deserve some love from the media....
Love for Steve isn't grounded in how he started. It's grounded in what he ended up doing. Nobody loves HP enough to care this much about their story.
He has nothing to do with function. He is Senior VP of DESIGN. No where in that job title does it talk about function.
No. Jony is not a visionary; he's just a designer. Jobs and Jony used to keep each other in check. Steve knew that pro users wanted expansion over thinness, which is why he made the unibody 2008 MacBook Pros more upgradeable than the previous generation, and also why he didn't let the Mac Pro rot. Now with nobody left at Apple to reign in Jony, he's going on a design rampage, sacrificing function to let form preside.
Design is the composition and intersection of form and function.
Design has nothing to do with function? Since when?
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Think about it, something can be very ugly, and yet work like a charm. And something can be very beautiful yet work like complete trash. I cannot see any reason why Jony Ive would ruin any products, which was my original argument.
Why would anybody love a CEO?
Especially one who treated most people like serfs.
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He did more than that. His life is extremely inspirational. If you haven't, check out his speech at Stanford University for, what I think, is his finest speech.I completely understand, he made great phones.