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Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense

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Post by rythie »

donw wrote: post #2

I think that it would be stupid not to have him on stage as part of the introduction of the new iPhone. It's not like everybody doesn't know about it, and it would generate a lot of goodwill among developers and Apple employees. It's like the story of the Air Force commander and the mechanic: One day, a military big-wig took off in an Air Force transport, which almost crashed, and was forced to land due to mechanical…

That would be great and it would show Apple has a sense of humour. Powell could walk out in a black turtle neck and Levis and talk about magical devices...

Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense

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Post by WalterBright »

donw wrote: post #2

I think that it would be stupid not to have him on stage as part of the introduction of the new iPhone. It's not like everybody doesn't know about it, and it would generate a lot of goodwill among developers and Apple employees. It's like the story of the Air Force commander and the mechanic: One day, a military big-wig took off in an Air Force transport, which almost crashed, and was forced to land due to mechanical…

The thing to do is to have the chief mechanic along for the check ride.

Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense

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Post by donw »

WalterBright wrote: post #52
donw wrote: post #2

I think that it would be stupid not to have him on stage as part of the introduction of the new iPhone. It's not like everybody doesn't know about it, and it would generate a lot of goodwill among developers and Apple employees. It's like the story of the Air Force commander and the mechanic: One day, a military big-wig took off in an Air Force transport, which almost crashed, and was forced to land due to mechanical…

The thing to do is to have the chief mechanic along for the check ride.

Or just bring along the mechanic responsible for keeping the plane from becoming a twisted pile of metal and death.

Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense

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Post by nearestneighbor »

donw wrote: post #2

I think that it would be stupid not to have him on stage as part of the introduction of the new iPhone. It's not like everybody doesn't know about it, and it would generate a lot of goodwill among developers and Apple employees. It's like the story of the Air Force commander and the mechanic: One day, a military big-wig took off in an Air Force transport, which almost crashed, and was forced to land due to mechanical…

Short-term, it's a PR win. Long-term, what kind of message would it send to the employees?

Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense

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Post by blehn »

wallflower wrote: post #49
donw wrote: post #2

I think that it would be stupid not to have him on stage as part of the introduction of the new iPhone. It's not like everybody doesn't know about it, and it would generate a lot of goodwill among developers and Apple employees. It's like the story of the Air Force commander and the mechanic: One day, a military big-wig took off in an Air Force transport, which almost crashed, and was forced to land due to mechanical…

I've watched a lot of Steve Jobs presentations, and I can't recall any direct humor (aside from John Mayer and maybe Sam Altman rocking the popped collars). It just doesn't seem that they'd do something like this. It's not vaudeville night, it's the Reality Distortion Field.

How about this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIClAanU7Os

Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense

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Post by ronaldj »

blehn wrote: post #55
wallflower wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've watched a lot of Steve Jobs presentations, and I can't recall any direct humor (aside from John Mayer and maybe Sam Altman rocking the popped collars). It just doesn't seem that they'd do something like this. It's not vaudeville night, it's the Reality Distortion Field.

How about this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIClAanU7Os

Or this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl7xQ8i3fc0

Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense

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Post by ja2ke »

nearestneighbor wrote: post #54
donw wrote: post #2

I think that it would be stupid not to have him on stage as part of the introduction of the new iPhone. It's not like everybody doesn't know about it, and it would generate a lot of goodwill among developers and Apple employees. It's like the story of the Air Force commander and the mechanic: One day, a military big-wig took off in an Air Force transport, which almost crashed, and was forced to land due to mechanical…

Short-term, it's a PR win. Long-term, what kind of message would it send to the employees?

"This is the reason you want to still work here helping us make great stuff, instead of jumping ship because of perceived morale/culture death," for starters.

Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense

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Post by wallflower »

blehn wrote: post #55
wallflower wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've watched a lot of Steve Jobs presentations, and I can't recall any direct humor (aside from John Mayer and maybe Sam Altman rocking the popped collars). It just doesn't seem that they'd do something like this. It's not vaudeville night, it's the Reality Distortion Field.

How about this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIClAanU7Os

OK. There is humor. I stand corrected, and I still think they won't highlight Graw Powell.

Macworld 1997 Boston Bill Gates (1984 ad reference) ~33:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEHNrqPkefI

Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense

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Post by risotto »

I have a new theory about life that hasn't let me down yet. It's a variant on Occam's Razor that I call Zoschke's Razor:

The most boring explanation is usually the correct one.

Let me apply it here...

--

Gray has talked to his supervisors, and his job is secure because he's the same talented engineer today as he was last week.

Gray's career options are unaffected by this because who wouldn't want to hire an iPhone engineer?

Gray was scared when his phone was lost, embarrassed when it was found, but already back to business as usual, and actually even wiser than before.

Gray isn't paying attention to any of the publicity, only to the laughs his personal friends are having at/with him.

Jobs wasn't even caught off guard by this, he's seen it all before.

Apple will not comment publicly on any of these events.

Apple will release the new iPhone at a typical keynote in a few months, and will sell tons of them.

No charges will be brought against Gizmodo.

--

All the speculation, here and otherwise, wants this to be way more drama than these things ever are.

We aren't talking about losing the briefcase in Pulp Fiction. We're talking about boring, corporate America that we all know too well.

This is essentially the same as that one time your bug dropped an important table in the production database. Did you get shit canned? Did your company suffer insurmountable losses? Nope. Your company did damage control, you and your team fixed the problem, and everyone went back to business as usual the next day.

Real life is boring, even for the seemingly larger-than-life Apple, Steve Jobs and the iPhone.

Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense

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Post by qeorge »

risotto wrote: post #59

I have a new theory about life that hasn't let me down yet. It's a variant on Occam's Razor that I call Zoschke's Razor: The most boring explanation is usually the correct one. Let me apply it here... -- Gray has talked to his supervisors, and his job is secure because he's the same talented engineer today as he was last week. Gray's career options are unaffected by this because who wouldn't want to hire an iPhone en…

That sounds incredibly reasonable to me, especially the first 4 points.
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