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Good Job Steve
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[Andrew Richards] “I too wonder about the political implications of not having an SVP of Mac Software Engineering, but I don’t think Lion is a weak update. There is a huge amount of new guts there, particularly for media. They basically replaced QuickTime in Lion with all new frameworks in the form of CoreMedia and AVFoundation. Not trivial stuff. I hate the new look of iCal and Address Book, I yawn at Mission Control and Launchpad, but that isn’t everything going on in Lion.”
Agreed. Just like FCPX, there’s lots of deeply good engineering under the hood and hopefully in the next 4 to 6 months it will be ready to put into production.
But Mac OS software UI is a mess right now. It really feels like no one’s minding the store. I mean Apple wrote the book on human interface and these days it seems like they don’t even follow their own guidelines half the time. It’s odd finding not just bugs but obvious UI usability mistakes in major software from one of the world’s leading UI design companies. If no one’s really in charge right now, that would explain a lot.
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Great compilation, Aindreas. Good show.
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The NY Times had an interesting piece on his patents. I didn’t realize he was so much of a designer.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/08/24/technology/steve-jobs-patents.html?hp
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Eventually osx will disapper, and a souped up version of iOS will take its place. Jobs ultimate dream of modal computing, no filesystem and zero learning curve on using the operating system all came tru with iOS..and it is Apple’s future.
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Great bunch of clips Aindreas,
amazing how much we take for granted now – wow, windows you can move around the screen!
and you are right – there never will his like again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJSFFpDuGZU&feature=player_embedded
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I think this is a pretty good reflection of the “gestalt” of Steve Jobs.
He seems to have always started by attempting to simplify things to their core. Then needed layers of complexity are attempted within that that core of simplicity.
In simple processes – like playing music from a device that must be immune to g-forces – huge simplicity can be maintained.
In the extremely complex arena, like OS design and even video editing software, the challenge is to maintain stunningly complex and variable requirements (features) while making it as accessible as possible to the most people.
One of the reasons that the iPad has been such a HUGE success is that the OS design requires little training to operate. Touch – slide – respond. That’s about it.
It will certainly be interesting to see how that design philosophy continues to play out without Mr. Jobs.
“Before speaking out ask yourself whether your words are true, whether they are respectful and whether they are needed in our civil discussions.”-Justice O’Connor
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[Bill Davis] “It will certainly be interesting to see how that design philosophy continues to play out without Mr. Jobs.”
I think one of the real concerns is not so much the declining involvement of Jobs but the potential exodus of the people who have been imbued with similar spirit and thinking. That’s why there was so much concern about the potential loss of Jonathan Ive earlier in the year.
I have to think the move/refocus from CEO to Chairman of the Board is related to the above. Given Jobs can no longer do everything, the managerial functions of the company but the “DNA” (creatives) may need attention. I suspect Jobs’ move is that that’s his “special assignment” because Apple can’t afford to have his “like minded” creatives walk away.
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The most interesting thing I read this morning while scanning the business press about Jobs stepping down was a thoughful piece by venture capitalist and tech writer James Altucher.
He notes: “… a great story is the Zen master and his student walking by a river. A prostitute was there and needed to be carried over the river. The Zen master picked her up and carried her across the river and then put her down. Then the master and student kept walking. A few hours later the student was so agitated he finally had to ask, “Master, how could you touch and help that prostitute! That’s against what we believe in!” And the Master said, “I left her by the river. Why are you still carrying her?”
“Before speaking out ask yourself whether your words are true, whether they are respectful and whether they are needed in our civil discussions.”-Justice O’Connor
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