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steve jobs said a bunch of really insightful things over the years, but it can be surprisingly tedious to find them because there's so much noise from people over-quoting the inspirational babble. I find myself thinking this a few times a year; probably worth making my own set
currently looking for the quote he has about how it takes time to really get "all of the possible things you can do with a product" inside your head, to have that information among a group of people... what you can do with the glass...
these are some of the better quotes, though still not what i'm looking for
people are really bad at selecting quotes
A people say insightful things, B people quote them (poorly), C people share the most mundane and tepid of those quotes
people are really bad at selecting quotes
A people say insightful things, B people quote them (poorly), C people share the most mundane and tepid of those quotes
still looking...
hehe, frito-lay
"Apple is an Ellis Island company. Apple is built on refugees from other companies."
Anybody have an opinion on the best entry point for reading more about Edwin Land?
(still looking for my damn quote about making products, lol)
"Apple is an Ellis Island company. Apple is built on refugees from other companies."
Anybody have an opinion on the best entry point for reading more about Edwin Land?
(still looking for my damn quote about making products, lol)
interesting bits from this interview:
- at age 21, took andy grove out to lunch
- 'one of my role models is bob dylan' – he never stood still
- 'if they keep on risking failure, they're still artists'
- was reading richard feynman re: cancer and death
http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/11/09/250880/index.htm
- at age 21, took andy grove out to lunch
- 'one of my role models is bob dylan' – he never stood still
- 'if they keep on risking failure, they're still artists'
- was reading richard feynman re: cancer and death
http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/11/09/250880/index.htm
since this is now basically a steve jobs thread, I want to contrast the "wow he sat in an empty room, so zen" picture with a few others
Getting annoyed that I haven’t been able to find this quote yet. 
Did I imagine it? Was it someone other than Steve? IIRC he said things like “you can’t defy the laws of physics, there are certain things you can’t do with glass... but eventually you figure out what you can do”
Did I imagine it? Was it someone other than Steve? IIRC he said things like “you can’t defy the laws of physics, there are certain things you can’t do with glass... but eventually you figure out what you can do”
“It’s the meta-data.”
“The whole strategy for Apple now is, if you will, to be the Sony of the computer business.” – Steve Jobs, 1998 http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/11/09/250880/index.htm
OK so this is in the *spirit* of the quote I’m looking for – “go hide away with people that really understand the tech, but also really care about the customers, and dream up this next breakthrough”. But... did I hallucinate the extra details? I bet there’s a more recent version
THIS IS ALSO REALLY REALLY CLOSE
Why are you taunting me like this Steve
Why are you taunting me like this Steve
I am halting today’s search for now
This is a really interesting bit that I bet you’ve never seen unless you’ve watched the entire MIT lecture - Steve (then NeXT CEO) talking about relationships with suppliers
Btw future-Visa (
) if you’re wondering why I was looking for that quote, it was for this thread https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1074969031596068864?s=21
) if you’re wondering why I was looking for that quote, it was for this thread https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1074969031596068864?s=21
It’s this!!! This is why Twitter rules https://twitter.com/studyprocess/status/1075295530421501953?s=21
It’s interesting that this quote was in 1995 - and you can see the two “almost there” versions of it earlier were from 1985 and 1990 respectively. By following those quotes you can see how Steve refined his thinking about his processes over time
A thing I like to do when researching a person is to look for all the other people they've quoted or mentioned by name. Can you think of some people who should be in this map but aren't?
Interesting to pay attention to the details - “great user interface”, “vanish” https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1074851043119292416?s=21
I often find myself referencing this Steve Jobs quote about what it’s like to have the means to take responsibility for your own dreams, and can be held accountable for them
Taste
No taste
Synthesis of thinking and doing https://twitter.com/rockypruitt/status/1133861965246455808?s=21
reminder that the company that makes iphones was founded by annoying prank-calling hackers who were goofing off and pursuing their own idea of what was fun and interesting https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1113647429197357056
original source for the above quote, from Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance hosted by Walter Cronkite (jump to 41:50)
"If we hadn't had made blue boxes, there would have been no Apple."
"If we hadn't had made blue boxes, there would have been no Apple."
I wonder what Steve Jobs would've thought about the wealth tax debates. Some clues here:
http://reprints.longform.org/playboy-interview-steve-jobs
http://reprints.longform.org/playboy-interview-steve-jobs
leadership = articulating vision + building consensus
a great team becomes self-policing re: team quality
interesting how great managers often tend to be great contributors who didn't want to be managers and didn't want to be managed https://twitter.com/twetchapp/status/1204782389429506049
a great team becomes self-policing re: team quality
interesting how great managers often tend to be great contributors who didn't want to be managers and didn't want to be managed https://twitter.com/twetchapp/status/1204782389429506049
