Icon Ambulance

google plus has been known to terminate pseudonym accounts, so unless someone hacked into it, it seems to be genuine. a guy like vic is probably well connected, too, so it's quite plausible imho.

Re: Icon Ambulance

#6

Post by nhashem » Thu, Aug 25, 2011, 6:35 AM UTC

Because it's Steve Jobs, this is a great anecdote. I'm sure we'll hear dozens of them in the next couple days and weeks, all examples of Jobs' attention to detail and design resulting in superior products and software.

Yet imagine your boss calling you on a Sunday and saying, "So I was reviewing the DBA's data model for the new product, and I really don't like how he's called the columns with customers identifiers 'cust_id' instead of 'customer_id.' We use 'customer_id' in all our other tables. It's just wrong and and I'm going to have him fix it tomorrow. Is that okay with you?" And then you get an e-mail called 'Customer Column Naming Convention Ambulance' five minutes later.

I mean... if you got a call like this from anyone else, wouldn't it be absolutely absurd? How did Jobs manage to put his own mark on design decisions like this without totally micro-managing or hit-and-run-managing everything?

Re: Icon Ambulance

#7

Post by A-K » Thu, Aug 25, 2011, 6:36 AM UTC

That penultimate paragraph is certainly a change in tune from Vic's I/O keynote last year... ;)

Re: Icon Ambulance

#8

Post by sgk284 » Thu, Aug 25, 2011, 6:43 AM UTC

joshu wrote: post #2

This doesn't ring true to me.

Vic Gundotra is the Senior Vice President of Social at Google. This anecdote is straight from his mouth.

Re: Icon Ambulance

#9

Post by cmelbye » Thu, Aug 25, 2011, 6:44 AM UTC

nhashem wrote: post #6

Because it's Steve Jobs, this is a great anecdote. I'm sure we'll hear dozens of them in the next couple days and weeks, all examples of Jobs' attention to detail and design resulting in superior products and software. Yet imagine your boss calling you on a Sunday and saying, "So I was reviewing the DBA's data model for the new product, and I really don't like how he's called the columns with customers identifiers 'c…

I think attention to detail in terms of a column name is different than attention to visual design and look and feel of a product.

Re: Icon Ambulance

#10

Post by Jayasimhan » Thu, Aug 25, 2011, 6:50 AM UTC

nhashem wrote: post #6

Because it's Steve Jobs, this is a great anecdote. I'm sure we'll hear dozens of them in the next couple days and weeks, all examples of Jobs' attention to detail and design resulting in superior products and software. Yet imagine your boss calling you on a Sunday and saying, "So I was reviewing the DBA's data model for the new product, and I really don't like how he's called the columns with customers identifiers 'c…

not if your boss saved a multi billion $ business from bankruptcy and converted it into the most valuable company in the US. It is the credibility that Jobs has built over many decades that speaks as all these blog posts now..

If you know the man who calls you on a Sunday deeply cares about the product's finish, you better be part of the perfection than spoil it.