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Tony Fadell ("Father of iPod") Leaves Apple
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Why is that? At some point, pretty much every internal Apple designer was a contractor before, no?
wow.. what a contribution he made! My first iPod was the very first version Nano. 
His success made life more fun for so much of us
*you da Man Fadell, I wish you the best*
His success made life more fun for so much of us *you da Man Fadell, I wish you the best*
True, it should be, but also on that list are people who are alive, so its kinda complicated
Its impossible to be certain, its true, it just depends on what you think really.
Lol yeah I'm sure that he left for "personal reasons" honestly, I'm sure Steve told him to take yet another one for the "team", gave him a pretty nice severance package and they both agree'd that it'd be for said personal reasons. The new guy from IBM even had his former employer riled up ready to sue him and Apple for taking the job over at Apple.
Considering his wife is also leaving, and that he's staying on as advisor, did you ever consider that personal reasons might infact be personal reasons?
Imagine what kind of package he's leaving with, it must be one hell of a Christmas bonus! And I think that it's a little better than an iTune gift card
Imagine what kind of package he's leaving with, it must be one hell of a Christmas bonus! And I think that it's a little better than an iTune gift card
LOL
With the joke-sters I used to work with, there would have been several itunes giftcards given to him at the departing party - if he were at my company. would that not be a good prank on him, tell him thanks and hand him a $5 gift card and an ipod nano. Then give him his real severance in the parking lot, just before he drives off.
Unfortunately, I never worked for a company that gave anyone a severance when they left on their own; only if it were a lay off and then that only equivilated to 2 months salary (or in one case, 2 months and $1000 for every year with the company - and you know the newbies were let go first so they did not have to depart with any money, most people over 5 years were terminated for "other reasons"). I was once laid off during a company buy-out, and they labelled us as terminated so they would not have to give us a severance.
I also gave my notice at a company one time and they "fired" me that day so they would not have to legally pay me my 2-week notice period. They put in the paperwork that I was being let go for "failure to fulfill my job duties".
Most people, and perspective employers, laughed as I was there for almost 8 years.
Of course the sad part was that the company I left after 8 years, was to go to a company with 1/3 higher pay. That was the company that laid me off 6 months later during the buy-out
- the woes of working in the tech industry.I do wish him and his wife the best, and he knows his priorities.
I've often wondered how different things would've been if Apple had gone with PANIC and their uudio software as a basis for iTunes (which was their first choice) -- over SoundJam which was their second choice.
Very Interesting Story about the whole Audio history - if you've not read it, you should. Panic is great and although they don't (publicly) bemoan their luck at not inking the Apple deal, I wish they would've gotten the shot. The Sound Jam guys, however, have done a great job. iTunes is probably my most favorite and most used program.
Yeah he has probably done a lot for the face of the mac company I mean to be named father of the ipod
He wasn't the father of the iPod.
Hell, he wasn't in-charge until Jon Rubenstein left Apple. Then Avie retired and suddenly this guy is the "Father of the iPod?"
Please.
Hell, he wasn't in-charge until Jon Rubenstein left Apple. Then Avie retired and suddenly this guy is the "Father of the iPod?"
Please.
These speculative articles about the 'impact' of this guy leaving are laughable and really give a sobering insight into how reliable the information is that these organizations pump out.
Take it from an insider who also knows plenty of people who were there in the beginning of the iPod, and even before that. The idea did not come from Fadell, period.
The guy was nothing more than a fast talking consultant who got lucky, somebody who is very good at taking the ideas of others and getting credit for them. I met him several times when he was 'consulting' for my company, only because our CEO was a complete moron. I could tell within 5 minutes of talking to him that he was a phony and a shyster. He is not a visionary in any way shape of form.
Losing Fadell can only be a good thing for Apple. I'd say it is a LONG time overdue.
Take it from an insider who also knows plenty of people who were there in the beginning of the iPod, and even before that. The idea did not come from Fadell, period.
The guy was nothing more than a fast talking consultant who got lucky, somebody who is very good at taking the ideas of others and getting credit for them. I met him several times when he was 'consulting' for my company, only because our CEO was a complete moron. I could tell within 5 minutes of talking to him that he was a phony and a shyster. He is not a visionary in any way shape of form.
Losing Fadell can only be a good thing for Apple. I'd say it is a LONG time overdue.
Having worked at NeXT and Apple, Apple by far had a Mountain of sneak thiefs who take credit for the brilliant ideas of others. I watched several of them and as an outspoken, highly critical of truth over fiction person I took heat for it.
Nothing I can stand less than a cherry picker is an arrogant cherry picker.
Maybe Apple might be getting back into the pro computer business.
A long shot, I know, but you never know.
Into 2 years without a real display cinema display upgrade or Mac Pro upgrade.
Who knew?
A long shot, I know, but you never know.
Into 2 years without a real display cinema display upgrade or Mac Pro upgrade.
Who knew?
Not so fast there kidz!
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0743124420081108
UPDATE 1-U.S. judge orders Apple executive to stop work.
Federal District Judge Kenneth Karas in White Plains ordered that Mark Papermaster "immediately cease his employment with Apple Inc until further order of this court.
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0743124420081108
UPDATE 1-U.S. judge orders Apple executive to stop work.
Federal District Judge Kenneth Karas in White Plains ordered that Mark Papermaster "immediately cease his employment with Apple Inc until further order of this court.
It seems he had (or stole) the idea while working for Philips and quit in order to sell the idea to someone else.
I guess he didn't have one of those "soul stealing" clauses in his contract with Philips that says any ideas he has while working for the company belong to the company. You know, the way Edison got patents for Tesla's inventions.
Or as Kary Mullis explained, "There are two lines at the top of a patent. One says 'inventor' and the other says 'owner'. You want your name to be on the one that says 'owner'." Mullis invented his prize-winning improvements to the polymerase chain reaction for DNA amplification and he got a Nobel prize and a $10,000 bonus from his employer, Cetus Corporation. As his employer, Cetus owned the patent which they sold to Roche Molecular Systems for $300 million.
Maybe Philips should look through their archives and review Fadell's contract.
I remember as a little kid being fascinated with computers and trying to picture what they'd be like in the future. My family's first computer had a 2GB hard drive, but my mom remembers me saying that I'd have one with 1,000 gigabytes "when I go to college." Well now, here I am college age, and while I don't personally have one, they do obviously exist. I also distinctly remember a student in my second-grade class told me that we'd soon be able to "surf the web" on our "mobile phones". I thought he was nuts and asked why anybody would want to do that.