Bill Buxton of Microsoft Research calls Steve Jobs' patents a lesson for CEOs

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  • Reply 41 of 51
    jd_in_sbjd_in_sb Posts: 1,600member
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    Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton View Post


    In a secret meeting, Mr. Ballmer hastily asks that his name be placed on several Microsoft patents. He doesn't care which. Something technological sounding.



    Sad but quite likely true.
  • Reply 42 of 51
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    Originally Posted by anantksundaram View Post


    That's your problem, not the grammar cop's, no?



    *sb; grammar cops'
  • Reply 43 of 51
    did anyone else read this thinking the whole time that he was thinking "(unlike ballmer)" ?
  • Reply 44 of 51
    I admit that typos in the articles bug me too, but I highly doubt that any posters or forum moderators have the ability to change the typos. So what's the point of pointing out the errors on here? On each and every article, however, there is an email link to the author. Bugging the author over and over again about his typos (instead of fellow forum users) might have a bit more effect.
  • Reply 45 of 51
    newbeenewbee Posts: 2,055member
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    Originally Posted by BestKeptSecret View Post


    I was wondering when you'd show up. I was missing you.





    Well, here's hoping that your aim soon gets better. .....
  • Reply 46 of 51
    Not only was it Jobs innovation and ideas that drove products, but the way that Apple operates internally (which is not like other companies) that helped propel it to astonishing success.



    Other companies should look seriously at how Apple grew into the largest company in the world, in short order, at the helm of Steve Jobs.



    Memo to CEOs: Think Different was not just a marketing slogan.
  • Reply 47 of 51
    Someone should forward a link to Christopher Hawthorne, the architecture critic of the L.A. Times. He was trying to build a case that Jobs was positioning himself as the designer of his new building. This testimony from a competitor should carry some weight. I can clearly see Steve acting as curator of the design process of this building. Since such a role by a CEO is rare, I can see how Hawthorne could misinterpret it.
  • Reply 48 of 51
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    Originally Posted by Psych_guy View Post


    I was watching the Walt Disney special the other evening on MSNBC and they way described Walt was the way people have described Steve Jobs and it occurred to me that Steve is the Walt Disney of his day in his field. Total visionary, total control, megalomaniac, but in the end he knows what scores, and he isn't without some failures, but never let that get him down.



    I had exactly the same thoughts while watching the Disney doc too.



    Disney was way ahead of his time. He didn't invent animation or the theme park, or even the cutting edge equipment they used (multi-plane camera, etc.), but he put these things together in an innovate way that gave his audience/guests a superior experience.



    Disney had an enormous number of critics and naysayers, but he fundamentally knew what he wanted to do and how it could be successful.
  • Reply 49 of 51
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    Originally Posted by jd_in_sb View Post


    Grammar cops are more irritating than typos.



    ah come on do not pick on the guy, this is all he can do is pick out someone obvious typo, if he did not do this he would not being any value to the world.
  • Reply 50 of 51
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by anantksundaram View Post


    That's your problem, not the grammar cop's, no?



    As an aside, there's nothing wrong with demanding - no, expecting - that a high-profile, widely-quoted outlet like AI aspire to write better. Better writing (incl. the right grammar, not having typos, good punctuation, etc) is not uncorrelated with clearer thinking.



    Actually studies have shown most people of average intelligence can read through some horrific typos and bad grammar and still understand what is being said and communicated. Unlike making math mistake which the majority of populations make most times and there is no way to know for sure it was a mistake or not.



    Why is it a few people demand that people spell correctly and not make typo or use some sort of grammar convention they like verse chastising people for making a math or scientific mistake.



    So did the typos change the outcome of the article, did people take different actions because of the typos, how did your life change because of typo.



    Sorry to everyone else to the off topic diversion.
  • Reply 51 of 51
    macrulezmacrulez Posts: 2,455member
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