Stop with that Steve Jobs madness! (Page 2 of 2)

one thing that it's really cool for is having a camera. I know that you can say "well, just buy a camera then", but I only really use it for doing stupid things like posting pictures on facebook, so it's really convenient to just have the camera on the phone rather than carrying one around separately.

It's also REALLY handy when you need to navigate around in foreign places. I went to Hamburg for work recently and I was able to find my hotel just by putting the address into google maps, and because the phone has GPS, it can get your current location and give you directions to where you need to go. Done the same thing also from getting from my hotel to the location where the training was held. Not essential, I know, but it can be extremely useful.

There are also apps that you can use to send yourself little reminders and things like that, and other sorts of productivity boosters.

edit - and more obviously, you can have an mp3 player as part of the phone too

who said I had an iPhone?

so true...
i work right next to an Apple store and there's a huge wall of yellow post-it notes with people are having their little digital candle light vigils.. then there's a stack of apples below with bites taken out...

copypaste from asymco.com that says it quite nicely:

Steve Jobs didn’t

Steve Jobs did not create products. He created an organization that predictably and reliably created emotionally resonant products.
Steve Jobs did not make movies. He made a company that predictably and reliably made blockbusters (Pixar).
Steve Jobs did not wrest market share from competitors. He created new markets that attracted and sustained competitors.
Steve Jobs did not design anything. He gave others the freedom to think about what jobs products are hired to do.
Steve Jobs did not re-engineer processes. He brought engineering processes to works of creativity and the creative process to engineering.
Steve Jobs did not develop new management theories. He showed by example that innovation can be managed.
Steve Jobs was not a visionary. He put the dots together and saw where they led.
Steve Jobs was not a futurist. He just built the future one piece at a time.
Steve Jobs did not distort reality. He spoke what he believed would become reality at a time when those beliefs seemed far fetched.
Steve Jobs was not charismatic. He spoke from the heart compelling others to follow him.
Steve Jobs was not a gifted orator. He spoke plainly.
Steve Jobs was not a magician. He practiced, a lot.
He had taste.
He was curious.
He was patient.
He was foolish.
He was hungry.

These things many others can do. Maybe you can.

Saw this online...

R.I.P. - STEVE JOBS. One dies, Millions Cry. Millions die, No-one Cries.

We remember your Memory:

• A 'Genius' whose Global Empire was literally built on the back of Underage Chinese Slave Labour working in horrific conditions. Some were driven to SUICIDE.

• Your fearsome Legal & Private Security Team that ANNIHILATED smaller prey.

• Oligarchal Power/Bilderberger Elitist Ruthlessly Striving for Global Domination

• Wielding Power Over Government, Media with fellow Global Plutocrats

• Censorship, Authoritarianism, bullying, humiliating, manipulation, intimidation & fear of Staff

• The HUNDREDS OF 1000's of people that SUFFERED due to your relentless pursuit of GREATNESS, Love of GREED and POWER.

• Not 1 cent did you ever DONATE to Charity.

Did you leave your $7 BILLION to any of the underage Chinese workers whom you ruthlessly exploited driving some to suicide?

Finally, does your £7 BILLION keep you warm at night?

R.I.P.

Signed: Your Exploited & Indentured Slave Labour

I have heard about the workers' conditions etc...but if all this is true...its fucked.
As Im in China and everyones is going bananas over Apple here, there goes next lesson topic.

Steve Jobs was a genius marketer that convinced the hipsters and (now) the general public that he was one of them. The guy was right-wing to the bone. When apple made it big, he never gave a dime to charity. Paid himself $1 to minimise his taxes. Jumped organ transplant queues. Exploited the hell out of a whole lot of Chinese. Bullied the shit out of his workers. Screwed over his best buddy and business partner. Denied paternity of his kid. Even parked repeatedly in the goddamn handicapped spot at work.

The most fascinating thing about him is how he got the liberal, creative types on his side throughout all of this with some shiny toys and a branding-strategy.

this month's cover of 'The New Yorker':

My costume for last night's Halloween party: