I saw that too. Much less of a "celebrity"; hence not much news on it.
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Steve Jobs
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I saw that too. Much less of a "celebrity"; hence not much news on it.
ctenidae
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Maybe barely. Seems like a really cool guy, though.
Puck it
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Jobs was a great business and marketing genius. IMHO, not a great engineering genius though.
No, what he did is take the complicated crap that engineers put together and distilled it into a well functioning and easy to use product that non-engineers could use and enjoy. Might not be engineering, but it's a lot more than just business and marketing.
Puck it
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No, it is not, but that is my opinion.
It's user experience design. Something most engineers lack.
bigbog
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I've often found that the media has a tough time documenting "progress" in the way it actually happens... Even the good documentaries eventually leave out valuable contributions that were major technical hurdles(at the time)........
o3jeff
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Did anyone go out and get the Steve Jobs book yet?
drjeff
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Just picked it up last night. Made it through the 1st chapter before I fell asleep. Too early to give an opinion on it yet
Don't need to. The press seems to be telling us about all the good parts.
SkiDork
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all the mega superstars in the tech industry were not the highest echelon techies. Jobs, Gates etc. These guys have a different skill set, some of which is implementing a vision, being able to get others to buy into it (by whatever means) etc.
Edd
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I dowloaded it (on my Touchpad..HA!) months ago and started devouring it recently. I used a Kindle app to buy it so eventually I started reading it on my iPhone so I read a few pages whenever I had a minute.
Damn good book. So much I didn't know about him, especially how he was still so involved with Pixar and Apple at the same time. At one point or another he seemed to cross paths with every powerful CEO, celebrity, or world leader.
Highly recommend this book.
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