iSteve: The Book of Jobs Arriving in 2012

[Guest]

@kkiddu

i dont think anyone ever refuted the claim that he is a marketing/business genius who single handedly reclaimed the company he founded and brought it back to profitability, but dont kid yourself Apple has never 'introduce new stuff', they repackaged an already existing product and create an eco system around it then crank up the marketing to overload

as for the iPhone statement, i dont know, maybe we might have cell phones that can actually make calls and have a battery life of a week or more.... im all for the smartphone revolution but i yet to see a smartphone that did anything smart, the majority of iPhone owners i know use it only to surf the internet, check facebook and twitter and play a few games, heaven knows how we survived before not being able to do such things on our phones (though saying that. Android owners are equally as guilty)

guess im still waiting for the real smartphone revolution

 

[Yoder54]

[citation][nom]hoofhearted[/nom]You look back at past generations that produced names such as Einstein, Bell, Planck, Bohr, Schrodinger. Then you look at ours: Michael Jackson, Steve Jobs, Barack Obama. That movie Idiocracy (at least the story, anyway) is starting to seem more and more true.[/citation]

You are comparing apples to oranges. Your first list are all scientist, your second has an entertainer, an innovator, and a politician.

There are some great scientist working today: Steven Hawking, the many who cracked the human genome, those who created the Internet, Niles Eldredge, etc. Then we have the likes of "Bill Nye the Science Guy!"

The problem is that the media does not cover science like they used to, but we certainly are benefiting everyday from scientific inventions.

Yes, our society does suggest the theme of the movie Idiocracy--where the "world has degenerated into a dystopia where advertising, commercialism, and cultural anti-intellectualism run rampant." American culture has always had this segment within it, the problem is that now it is more apparent due to media coverage and the digital age. Hell, the media even went through a phase where they glamorized the ignorant with movies like: Dumb and Dumber, Jackass, Forest Gump, etc. But like it has always been, you can jump into it or you can pursue your own intellectual enlightenment/growth.

 

[Yoder54]

[citation][nom]Vorador2[/nom]"Just as he did with Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, Walter Isaacson is telling a unique story of revolutionary genius."I know the so-named Steve Job'sReality Distortion Field is in full force, but comparing Steve Jobs to Einstein or Franklin is beyond delusional and in the territory of madness.[/citation]

Can't you read for understanding? He is not comparing Jobs to Einstein or Franklin. The author is using the same writing style in Jobs biography, as he used when he wrote the biographies of Einstein and Franklin. You are taking quite a leap.

 

[Yoder54]

To say that all are 'revolutionary geniuses' does not imply that they did the same level of intellectual work. It does imply that each made a significant impact on the lives of others during their lifetimes. Many in the business sector consider Jobs a marketing genius. Whether or not you like his products is a moot point, the fact remains that jobs has been able to predict the wants of the consumer and like a good capitalist created both a need and product to fulfill those wants.

 

[Guest]

You're reading it wrong....

 

[Guest]

No No NO! Genius my AR*E

 

[audioee]

Only available from Apple on iBooks.

@Bishop114... You beat me to it.

 

[f-14]

i can only hope the dedication is written to the 14 workers that died last year to make his iCrap, maybe then the cult of make will know the true price and true color of apple before apple becomes job-less.

 

[f-14]

cult of mac* ha ha ha almost let the true thought "cult of make believe" slip out after

the
Walter Isaacson is telling a unique story of revolutionary genius.

bit.

 

[balister]

[citation][nom]Yoder54[/nom]You are comparing apples to oranges. Your first list are all scientist, your second has an entertainer, an innovator, and a politician.[/citation]

Jobs is not an innovator, he's an iterator. Everything he's done has already been created, he just repackages and makes improvements, that's iteration, not inovation.

As to the other people on the listed and comparison you make, musically you'd have to say Tchakowski, Vivaldi, and a host of other musicians to compare to Michael Jackson. Likewise you'd have to compare politicians like Washington, Lincoln, Bismark, Napoleon III, and others to Obama. For innovators, look to Bell, Whitney, Pasteur, Edison, and others.

Looking at the comparisons, I'd agree hoofhearted, the musicians, politicians, and inventors of yester year seem larger than what you'd see from today's musicians, politiicans, and inventors.

 

[thrasher32]

Lame. Weak. GAY.

 

[Nakal]

[citation][nom]virtualban[/nom]hahaha!![/citation]

iStink?

 

[HavoCnMe]

I heard his next two books are going to be cult classics: iChemo and iCorpse.

 

[virtualban]

[citation][nom]Nakal[/nom]iStink?[/citation]
Hurry, trademark that. You might make millions in the future selling it back to Apple when they need to name the new product.

 

[ericburnby]

When you're on top everyone has something negative to say about you. I know one thing - nobody on Tom's gas ever created something or come up with a new idea. All they can do is bitch about how poor someone else's products are. Products that break sales records and define markets.

Your comments are about as irrelevant as you are. Enjoy your pathetic, meaningless lives.

 

[adamboy64]

[citation][nom]ericburnby[/nom]When you're on top everyone has something negative to say about you. I know one thing - nobody on Tom's gas ever created something or come up with a new idea. All they can do is bitch about how poor someone else's products are. Products that break sales records and define markets.Your comments are about as irrelevant as you are. Enjoy your pathetic, meaningless lives.[/citation]
Whoa. Personal, off-topic attacks on people - sounds like an apple fanboy all right.

I don't like Apples products at all, but I am actually kinda interested in reading the book. Of course, like the vast majority of books I buy - I rarely find the time to read them.

 

[ericburnby]

[citation][nom]adamboy64[/nom]Whoa. Personal, off-topic attacks on people - sounds like an apple fanboy all right.[/citation]
Hardly a fanboy, but interesting that people always assume that if you say anything positive about Apple. I'm anti-hater - doesn't matter if it's Apple, big bad Microsoft or whoever, it's fun to make fun of the pathetic hater.

Personal attacks? Damn straight, since people are making jokes that Steve Jobs is about to die. Seriously, making fun of someone's death? Bunch of fu#%*ng losers.

 

[free_radical]

Jobs is no innovator. I'd venture to say he contributed absolutely nothing of real value to our society. If anything, he is just a clever marketer who popularized overpriced hipster tech. Mentioning him in same breath with Einstein is akin to comparing to Justin Bieber with Beethoven.

 

[ericburnby]

[citation][nom]free_radical[/nom]Jobs is no innovator. I'd venture to say he contributed absolutely nothing of real value to our society. If anything, he is just a clever marketer who popularized overpriced hipster tech. Mentioning him in same breath with Einstein is akin to comparing to Justin Bieber with Beethoven.[/citation]
Mentioning you in the same breath as an idiot would be insulting the idiot.

I suppose you think Jobs influence in the world of computers only goes back as far as the iPod. Clearly you know nothing about the history of Apple or personal computing in general.

 

[ericburnby]

Want a perfect example of Apple haters who don't know their history?

All the idiots who brin up Xerox PARC and say Apple stole the idea for the mouse and GUI from them. Complete BS.

It's true Apple did get the idea from a tour of PARC. The facts that get left out are that Xerox received $1,000,000 (100,000 shares at $10 each) of IPO stock in exchange for allowing Steve and other Apple staff members to tour PARC for three days to get ideas.

Xerox was compensated, so there's no theft. And considering how much Apple stock went up over the years, Xerox made a lot of money (just read up on Apple's IPO to see how much money investors made).

So the myth has been busted. Still won't stop the idiots from making the usual "Apple stole from Xerox" comments as usual.