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Memories of Steve

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Re: Memories of Steve

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Post by 13hours »

general_failure wrote: post #6

It looks like some people like Steve are charismatic enough to get the complete devotion of very talented people. It's a great personality trait to have and pretty much guarantees success. We all know geniuses in our everyday life like Wozniak, Bob, cook. But how many of us can get these guys be terrified of us, make them change their lives for our visin and make them give us their complete attention... That's the be…

I sort of find it a little sad that very talented people have this god like image of someone like Steve. Without them he would have been nothing, but still he gets all the glory and fear, and they get little respect.

Re: Memories of Steve

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Post by vacri »

13hours wrote: post #21
general_failure wrote: post #6

It looks like some people like Steve are charismatic enough to get the complete devotion of very talented people. It's a great personality trait to have and pretty much guarantees success. We all know geniuses in our everyday life like Wozniak, Bob, cook. But how many of us can get these guys be terrified of us, make them change their lives for our visin and make them give us their complete attention... That's the be…

I sort of find it a little sad that very talented people have this god like image of someone like Steve. Without them he would have been nothing, but still he gets all the glory and fear, and they get little respect.

The part of the cult of personality I find most fascinating is the attributions of Apple's successes to Jobs personally, but Apple's failures were attributed to the relevant teams, who 'let Jobs down'.

Re: Memories of Steve

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Post by oxymoron »

WoodenChair wrote: post #4
ghiculescu wrote: post #2

Some great stories there. Wasn't sure on the Apple stores presentation joke though, can anyone explain the reference?

It's not really a reference - read it over a bit more carefully and I think you'll get it. Basically, Phil is meant to believe that Steve actually was serious about putting the slide in the presentation.

Here's the image, for anyone curious: http://c0la.s3.amazonaws.com/nice_cup.jpg

Re: Memories of Steve

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Post by donmelton »

oxymoron wrote: post #23
WoodenChair wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not really a reference - read it over a bit more carefully and I think you'll get it. Basically, Phil is meant to believe that Steve actually was serious about putting the slide in the presentation.

Here's the image, for anyone curious: http://c0la.s3.amazonaws.com/nice_cup.jpg

Yep, that's it. :)

Re: Memories of Steve

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Post by melling »

throwaway7548 wrote: post #8

According to Wozniak, Jobs told him that Atari gave them only $700 (instead of the offered $5,000), and that Wozniak's share was thus $350.[65] Wozniak did not learn about the actual bonus until ten years later, but said that if Jobs had told him about it and had said he needed the money, Wozniak would have given it to him.[66] --- End of story. Before continuing celebrating Jobs, ask yourself a question, do you want…

Hasn't this story been told on HN many times?

https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Wozniak+jobs#!/all/forever/0/Wozni...

Maybe we can find a better way rather than create a throwaway account and rehashing the same thread?

Re: Memories of Steve

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Post by jwr »

13hours wrote: post #21
general_failure wrote: post #6

It looks like some people like Steve are charismatic enough to get the complete devotion of very talented people. It's a great personality trait to have and pretty much guarantees success. We all know geniuses in our everyday life like Wozniak, Bob, cook. But how many of us can get these guys be terrified of us, make them change their lives for our visin and make them give us their complete attention... That's the be…

I sort of find it a little sad that very talented people have this god like image of someone like Steve. Without them he would have been nothing, but still he gets all the glory and fear, and they get little respect.

You are generalizing, incorrectly. Many people (including myself) are quite aware of Steve's flaws, and yet appreciate the fact that in the end he Got Things Done and achieved impressive things.

Admiring or having respect for someone does not necessarily imply you're having a "god-like image" of the person, or that you're unconditionally accepting everything the person has done.

Re: Memories of Steve

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Post by ksec »

I was reading and hoping there was an explanation why Safari for Windows discontinued. It is the only popular WebKit browser ( after Chrome fork to Blink ) on Windows.

Otherwise another great piece.

Re: Memories of Steve

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Post by grogenaut »

salgernon wrote: post #7

Back in 1999 or 2000, shortly after Steve had rejiggered the cafeteria staff, I was walking back to my office in another building with an "afternoon doughnut" - that is, one that hadn't sold in the morning at the coffee place in the main lobby, and probably sold at a discount. I passed Steve in the hall and he glared at me as I walked with my doughnut. Steve was in great health in those days while I was pasty and obe…

and yet you're still alive and (I guess) obese... and he died of not paying attention to cancer. Donuts ftw I guess.
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