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Jack Dorsey runs two multibillion-dollar companies without using a computer

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Re: Jack Dorsey runs two multibillion-dollar companies without using a computer

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Post by sologoub »

atomicnumber1 wrote: post #38
sologoub wrote: post #31

Most work can now be done on an iPad Pro without much compromise (highlighting stuff is still annoying, but oh well). With a little creativity, even decent amount of coding can be done. Note that with the iPad, Apple is doing everything they can to hamstring the ability to code or replace the Mac. Now expand your field of vision to Surface and Pixel Slate, and now you have two fully featured computing devices that ac…

especially since it can run linux apps. But, their ui was pretty laggy in the recent demos. You can't beat iOS in UI smoothness. Edit: grammar

Yeah, iOS is definitely very polished. Haven’t seen much lag though on ChromeOS.

Re: Jack Dorsey runs two multibillion-dollar companies without using a computer

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Post by mark_l_watson »

sologoub wrote: post #31

Most work can now be done on an iPad Pro without much compromise (highlighting stuff is still annoying, but oh well). With a little creativity, even decent amount of coding can be done. Note that with the iPad, Apple is doing everything they can to hamstring the ability to code or replace the Mac. Now expand your field of vision to Surface and Pixel Slate, and now you have two fully featured computing devices that ac…

I agree. I do tons of work on an iPad Pro. Laptops are o lot better for writing code but for most other work and fun stuff I like an iPad much better.

Re: Jack Dorsey runs two multibillion-dollar companies without using a computer

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Post by stuhinze »

ziaddotcom wrote: post #15

This makes sense given his origin story had a bunch to do with his burning curiosity in dispatch systems coordinating across every level and permutation of org charts. I doubt he expected ever bike cops talking to a street sweeper to both be carrying a laptop to make the dispatching work. So, between square and twitter, it seems less hipster and more like using his products to their apex intended purpose and the amon…

is this English?

Re: Jack Dorsey runs two multibillion-dollar companies without using a computer

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Post by dangwu »

avip wrote: post #32
ankurdhama wrote: post #5

CEOing is about making business decisions, not inventing and creating stuff, so why would you need a computer.

Because one day, someone will send you an excel sheet.

And someone will summarize it for you.

Re: Jack Dorsey runs two multibillion-dollar companies without using a computer

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Post by thrzzzoway »

(Posting as a throwaway)

Jack is one of those socially awkward people who you see on the street with their head glued to their smartphone. Is that actually better than being someone who uses a computer at a desk, and then completely disconnects the rest of the time?

Modern smartphones are more powerful computers than most capital-C Computers. This is far more of a semantics thing than anything else.

Great headline though.

Re: Jack Dorsey runs two multibillion-dollar companies without using a computer

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Post by goodstuff9 »

village-idiot wrote: post #3

Seriously, who cares? First, the idiosyncrasies of the rich and powerful are way less important than the amount of space given to them in the press, even for this extremely short article. Very few of these "Jack doesn't use a computer" and "Tim Cook wakes up at 4 o'clock" are actually useful, aside from the voyeur aspect. For all we know Jack has some pretty brutal RSI and Siri is the only way that he can actually ty…

Well said. Celebrity worshipping is a staple anywhere you go. It's either the kardashians (who are different from what they show on TV) or the dorseys.

And about twitter bring dumpster fire, somebody a few days back commented in the context if uptime reliability- if a payment gateway goes down, it hurts global economy, if a non-descript site goes down, nobody cares and if twitter goes down, people heave a sigh of relief. Or something along those lines.

Re: Jack Dorsey runs two multibillion-dollar companies without using a computer

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Post by goodstuff9 »

metildaa wrote: post #16
loeber wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Downvoted for writing a generally ill-considered response. Regarding whether or not Jack Dorsey is running these companies well: Square is up a nice 5x over the last five years. That's a $32b market cap now. It's a big company. Their credit card readers are _everywhere_. Twitter is more controversial, sure, but it's certainly been improved over the last two years. I actually quite like using it.

Edit: Two downvotes but no comments? Pretty lame downvoters today... With regard to Twitter, what is being done to staunch the bleeding of users? I stopped using it in favor of Mastodon, which is starting to eat into my Reddit usage as of late. The ability to chat with interesting people who can hold a high caliber conversation reminds me of certain subreddits & IRC to a degree.

> today

Re: Jack Dorsey runs two multibillion-dollar companies without using a computer

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Post by atomicnumber1 »

sologoub wrote: post #41
atomicnumber1 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

especially since it can run linux apps. But, their ui was pretty laggy in the recent demos. You can't beat iOS in UI smoothness. Edit: grammar

Yeah, iOS is definitely very polished. Haven’t seen much lag though on ChromeOS.

I don't know about chromeos in general, I was specifically talking about the newly announced pixel slate. The hardware seems promising, not sure about the software.

Re: Jack Dorsey runs two multibillion-dollar companies without using a computer

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Post by beagle3 »

onion2k wrote: post #26
beagle3 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That 30-page company document you opened on your phone, was it written on a phone? "Producing" is a lot more than writing 15 line emails.

I use Google Docs on my phone all the time. It works really well.

I do too. But only to do minor fixes/updates.

I think my longest "original production" on my phone is less than one page long.

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