Steve was perfectly aware of the Dynabook. That was one of the reasons he wanted me to come to Apple.
“Steve was perfectly aware of the Dynabook. That was one of the reasons he wanted me to come to Apple.”
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Steve was perfectly aware of the Dynabook. That was one of the reasons he wanted me to come to Apple.
“Steve was perfectly aware of the Dynabook. That was one of the reasons he wanted me to come to Apple.”
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“Steve was perfectly aware of the Dynabook. That was one of the reasons he wanted me to come to Apple.”
“In the commercial world, you have this problem that the amount of research you can do in a company is based on how well your current business is going, whereas there actually should be an inverse relationship: when things are going worse, you should do more research.”
“It's hard to change information in books, but if we have everything online, then a somewhat untrustworthy group of people controlling the thing - which I think is what we have - gives us '1984.'”
“Context is worth 80 IQ points.”
“Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.”
“Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal - a sort of 'voting' situation. But once the threshold is reached, then everyone demands to do whatever it is.”
“I think that we're on a path that Apple was determined to be on since the '70s, which was to try and make technology relevant and personal.”
“People knew about IBM before they knew about Apple. Sometimes it takes a little longer for better to win.”
“To buy an Apple product is to bet on the longevity of the closed system to which we've committed ourselves. And that system is embodied - through marketing as much as talent - by Steve Jobs.”
“Well, Apple invented the PC as we know it, and then it invented the graphical user interface as we know it eight years later (with the introduction of the Mac). But then, the company had a decade in which it took a nap.”
“During recess at school, I'd slip back into the classroom and find something in some other kid's lunch bag that wouldn't be missed - a package of crackers, an apple - and I'd gulp it down so quickly I would barely be able to taste it.”
“I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a better job.'”