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| February 27, 2007
I had my eye on the Apple Lisa selling for about $10,000 and then along came the Macintosh in 1984. I remember the superbowl adverstisement.
Here is the inspiring Stanford commencement speech (15 mins) where Jobs talks about typography, business innovation, and life. And here is Steve in the 1990s being a bit nasty about his competition, Microsoft. Ouch. In the clip he points out a truth about technology: that *culture* must be part of it. You can also read some more of his views at the Smithsonian website.
I guess today its all about the second-generation of Apple. Jonathan Ive and the iPod and such. Read more about the early days at Apple.
Link: Apple Inc.
Tags: apple, steve jobs
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matt sung
on July 25, 2007 “I was lucky enough to be in London when this exhibit was going on back in 2003. It was interesting to see quicksilver macs, imacs, and the like behind security glass.
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Brian Slawson
on July 26, 2007 “There are few products which are such a personal, direct expression of an individual. But for me Apple = Steve Jobs. Even if Ives currently is the form-giver to the box, Steve remains the guru-prince who is the mastermind of the entire user experience and culture. I met him once (when he was running NeXT) and Jobs was indeed charismatic and well-schooled in design itself. ” |
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Brian Slawson
on July 26, 2007 “Oh, but I should add that Jobs is not a guru alone on the mountain. He has had his enablers like Woz and programmers like Bill Atkinson whom I mentioned earlier. In the same way that McLuhan brought together the ideas of others into one bright point, so does Jobs. ” |
