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Is that a car that would be particularly out of place in an Apple parking lot or even in any parking lot in Silicon Valley? I’ve certainly seen way more expensive cars on the lots. If I recall correctly Ives drives Aston Martins and Bentleys.

How many without license plates?

Re: Steve Jobs emails himself (2010)

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I do get a sense of "throne room writing" with this one.

His words resonate and one could easily slip in "I did not invent what I have improved" in there, or something to that effect.

But the "Sent on my iPad" at the end just nails it.

Re: Steve Jobs emails himself (2010)

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There's something deeply comical about this existential message ending with: > Sent from my iPad

> There's something deeply comical about this existential message ending with > Sent from my iPad

He lists the shoulders he had to stand on. The iPad was a creature of his vision. If anything, it's a cheeky sign off.

Re: Steve Jobs emails himself (2010)

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Makes me think of something I always wondered; did Steve know programming? He did work at Atari right? I think I’ve always attributed Steve’s huge success to 3 things; Meeting Woz, Meeting Markkula and spending a lot of time to practise articulating himself. I must admit, I envy the man. Who doesn’t. Apple is a fantastic company and keeps releasing great products.

He definitely knew how to program, just by listening him talk about it. I don't think he was a Midas but he understood it. He was really smart, listen to his lecture to MBA students in the early 90s, for a guy who never went to college, his understanding of microeconomics was amazing.

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Makes me think of something I always wondered; did Steve know programming? He did work at Atari right? I think I’ve always attributed Steve’s huge success to 3 things; Meeting Woz, Meeting Markkula and spending a lot of time to practise articulating himself. I must admit, I envy the man. Who doesn’t. Apple is a fantastic company and keeps releasing great products.

It's hard to really envy anyone who doesn't have a solid relationship with their kids... No judgement, its impossibly difficult but it just seems like an incredibly painful existence and it feels like that relationship might be the biggest opportunity to have a direct influence on the future most (some) of us get. But according to that punk'd biopic it seems like he got things on track near the end so hopefully it wa…

> hard to really envy anyone who doesn't have a solid relationship with their kids

Why not tolerate a diversity of opinions on priorities? I'm personally better off for Jobs having a different preference matrix. My kids will be as well.

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Makes me think of something I always wondered; did Steve know programming? He did work at Atari right? I think I’ve always attributed Steve’s huge success to 3 things; Meeting Woz, Meeting Markkula and spending a lot of time to practise articulating himself. I must admit, I envy the man. Who doesn’t. Apple is a fantastic company and keeps releasing great products.

It's hard to really envy anyone who doesn't have a solid relationship with their kids... No judgement, its impossibly difficult but it just seems like an incredibly painful existence and it feels like that relationship might be the biggest opportunity to have a direct influence on the future most (some) of us get. But according to that punk'd biopic it seems like he got things on track near the end so hopefully it wa…

Small Fry was written by his first daughter and I thought it was great, but sad. If you’re in Palo Alto it also talks a lot about the specific streets and stuff so that was fun.

Re: Steve Jobs emails himself (2010)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that a car that would be particularly out of place in an Apple parking lot or even in any parking lot in Silicon Valley? I’ve certainly seen way more expensive cars on the lots. If I recall correctly Ives drives Aston Martins and Bentleys.

How many without license plates?

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