It looks like something I'd accept if it were given to me as a gift, but to me personally wouldn't be worth the purchase with my money.
The front looks a bit weird.
Steve Job's Yacht - Venus
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Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus
#12So the Dutch shipyard crew finishes an 8 or 9 figure yacht (that you know had to be not as easy as a regular 8 or 9 figure yacht) and they get handed a $25 iPod and a thank you note written in English?
That kind of came off as tacky. Or a fitting summary of Jobs' career.
Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus
#13So the Dutch shipyard crew finishes an 8 or 9 figure yacht (that you know had to be not as easy as a regular 8 or 9 figure yacht) and they get handed a $25 iPod and a thank you note written in English? That kind of came off as tacky. Or a fitting summary of Jobs' career.
Except that, these employees were paid by the manufacturer of the yacht company. The Jobs' didn't have to give them anything. A thank you note was already above. The iPod was beyond.
Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus
#14I would like someone to confirm that is Steve Job's Yacht and that he was involved in the design process. That yacht seems the antithesis of a Jobsian yacht. Ostentatious. Gaudy. A landlubber's office complex on water. Features and design that would make it difficult to handle on water. Dysfunction follows form.
In comparison to other yachts (E.g. http://list25.com/25-most-expensive-yachts-ever-built/) "Venus" looks pretty minimalist to me.
Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus
#15So the Dutch shipyard crew finishes an 8 or 9 figure yacht (that you know had to be not as easy as a regular 8 or 9 figure yacht) and they get handed a $25 iPod and a thank you note written in English? That kind of came off as tacky. Or a fitting summary of Jobs' career.
Or...maybe they got paid as usual and enjoyed working on an very interesting and challenging project.
Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus
#16I would like someone to confirm that is Steve Job's Yacht and that he was involved in the design process. That yacht seems the antithesis of a Jobsian yacht. Ostentatious. Gaudy. A landlubber's office complex on water. Features and design that would make it difficult to handle on water. Dysfunction follows form.
Isaacson spoke with Jobs about it and it's detailed in his biography.
Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus
#17The funny thing is that the sum seems less than the parts here—nothing looks really all that bad in isolation[+], but as a whole it's awkward and unbalanced, looking like unrelated pieces sort of crammed together as an afterthought. Utterly without grace. I wonder what Apple's industrial designers think about it... [+] Aesthetically, mind you; judging from comments on other sites, the hull shape is not so good for an…
So you're saying that it's an aesthetically pleasing piece of work that while functional isn't the absolute best you can get? Sounds like Apple products to me. (I wonder if this'll kick off a big yacht buying trend?)
Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus
#18The funny thing is that the sum seems less than the parts here—nothing looks really all that bad in isolation[+], but as a whole it's awkward and unbalanced, looking like unrelated pieces sort of crammed together as an afterthought. Utterly without grace. I wonder what Apple's industrial designers think about it... [+] Aesthetically, mind you; judging from comments on other sites, the hull shape is not so good for an…
So you're saying that it's an aesthetically pleasing piece of work that while functional isn't the absolute best you can get? Sounds like Apple products to me. (I wonder if this'll kick off a big yacht buying trend?)
No; please read what I wrote again.
Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus
#19So the Dutch shipyard crew finishes an 8 or 9 figure yacht (that you know had to be not as easy as a regular 8 or 9 figure yacht) and they get handed a $25 iPod and a thank you note written in English? That kind of came off as tacky. Or a fitting summary of Jobs' career.
Except that, these employees were paid by the manufacturer of the yacht company. The Jobs' didn't have to give them anything . A thank you note was already above. The iPod was beyond.
Paradoxically giving a cheap gift often makes you appear stingier than giving no gift.
Re: Steve Job's Yacht - Venus
#20So the Dutch shipyard crew finishes an 8 or 9 figure yacht (that you know had to be not as easy as a regular 8 or 9 figure yacht) and they get handed a $25 iPod and a thank you note written in English? That kind of came off as tacky. Or a fitting summary of Jobs' career.
Incidentally 86% of Dutch people speak English, from my experience that is higher in coastal / docklands areas. Also an iPod shuffle is $49. I thought it was a nice gesture.