Steve Jobs: “Technology Alone Is Not Enough”
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Steve Jobs: “Technology Alone Is Not Enough”
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#2...a message to HP.
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#3...a message to HP.
and to samsung ;)
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#4> average international gross of more than $550 million per film. Not even Apple has enjoyed that kind of streak.
Apple grossed $65.23 billion last year alone.
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#5It's especially amazing that Steve, being a techie, was able to understand and forecast the synergies that would develop as a result of integrating a holistic environment between sectors. I find it even more impressive that Steve implemented his tactics with out the social trends and Zappos-like books that exist now to guide people in realizing the benefits of cross department relationships--> Steve Jobs = Visionary.
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#6A slight tangent, but the very last line makes me wonder: "The Latin crest of Pixar University says it all: Alienus Non Diutius. Alone no longer."
Is it possible that would be more faithfully translated as "Lonesome no more"? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slapstick_%28novel%29)
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#7It's curious that everyone praises Jobs for his hand in the design of the Pixar campus (rightly deserved), so why is the design of the new Apple mothership almost a complete opposite to this idea?
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#8> average international gross of more than $550 million per film . Not even Apple has enjoyed that kind of streak. Apple grossed $65.23 billion last year alone.
I think the streak refers to the number of consecutively successful films and not the dollar amount. Apple has released many successful iPods, iPads, Macs, and other products but there have been relative flops such as the Apple TV and the iPod Hi-Fi.
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#9Entirely agree. Jobs was most impressive in that he was capable of translating cutting edge technology into a language that the average person could understand and appreciate. This is the greatest asset one can bring to the technology world- it is all too easy to get lost in the hype of the best new processors, the latest graphics technology, etc and forget that all of this is meaningless if society can't understand how to use it.
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#10It's curious that everyone praises Jobs for his hand in the design of the Pixar campus (rightly deserved), so why is the design of the new Apple mothership almost a complete opposite to this idea?
It appears his influence was in the layout of the building itself. We really don't know enough about the layout to the new Apple campus to make the same kind of judgement.
From what we do know, I already see one counter example. The new campus only has one place to eat, ensuring that many people will run into each other on the way to cafeteria. This is much like Jobs placement of things like meeting rooms and bathrooms in the center of the Pixar building.