It's a well established practice for known design houses to require their designers to take on a certain percentage of outside projects to keep thing fresh and expand knowledge beyond their focus area. I know BMW's designers have worked on bass guitars with Ernie Ball in the past as part of their requirement.
If Ive wants to dabble in a few architecture projects, it's win/win for Apple. They've got plenty of construction projects and their star player gets more ninja training/experience.
And I have bad news: the need to combine "portability" with "lots of cords all at once" is only going to diminish in future. Those days are not returning. On the bright side: as move towards our wireless future, hubs and docks--and different laptop models for different needs--will still be available for the outlier situations.
Wireless is fine if you live in a home on a large lot. it becomes dubious in high density locale. At a university library reading room I used to write in, WiFi became absolutely unworkable in early afternoon with 200+ students in one large room. And many dense condo and apartment neighborhoods are much the same. I've been in many locales where I could seen two-dozen plus WiFis visible. Email and that may be fine. But it's disaster when you start streaming HD-TV.
Were I doing something confidential in law, finance or medicine, I'd be wired not wireless. A law firm in a tall building that's wireless is wide-open to penetration for those with high-gain antennas a mile or more away. Given enough time, some lawyer is going to screw up and leave the system wide open.
I'm curious about Tim Cook's wording. He says Ive is being "promoted" to a newly created position. Well he already was a SVP. Is Chief Design Officer a level above SVP then? Or was he not at the same level as his SVP peers? I think it's noteworthy he's never been listed as an executive officer in Apple's SEC filings and thus has never had his salary or stock options reported.
Clearly. And the pathetic sales of Apple products running his UI is "clear" evidence of this right? Oh wait, sales have actually exploded, so the only thing that is "clear" is that your meaningless opinion is just that- a useless, meaningless opinion. Try not to pretend it's anything else, with words like "clearly".
Right! Not to mention all the copycats mobile operating systems that clearly suddenly dropped their previous iOS look to look just like Joni's poor offering ... /s. ????
Wireless is fine if you live in a home on a large lot. it becomes dubious in high density locale. At a university library reading room I used to write in, WiFi became absolutely unworkable in early afternoon with 200+ students in one large room. And many dense condo and apartment neighborhoods are much the same. I've been in many locales where I could seen two-dozen plus WiFis visible. Email and that may be fine. But it's disaster when you start streaming HD-TV.
Were I doing something confidential in law, finance or medicine, I'd be wired not wireless. A law firm in a tall building that's wireless is wide-open to penetration for those with high-gain antennas a mile or more away. Given enough time, some lawyer is going to screw up and leave the system wide open.
So...USB to Ethernet...or Thunderbolt to Ethernet...
Or if you think ports are the end-all be-all, buy an older portable and take care of it.
Clearly. And the pathetic sales of Apple products running his UI is "clear" evidence of this right? Oh wait, sales have actually exploded, so the only thing that is "clear" is that your meaningless opinion is just that- a useless, meaningless opinion. Try not to pretend it's anything else, with words like "clearly".
Right! Not to mention all the copycats mobile operating systems that clearly suddenly dropped their previous iOS look to look just like Joni's poor offering ... /s. ????
Big deal for copycats.
Apple's method, all along, is to let the "pioneers" enter the market, I mean, get the arrows, then come in later and see what has worked and what has failed and optimize on that.
As we have seen, "copying" has failed. Because the copies have been poor copies.
Anyone who thinks that this means he will have a reduced role is nuts. This gives him more authority, not less. He will now officially over see projects that before, he was doing anyway, but in an indirect fashion.
His two underlings were his underlings before, but now, are are also promoted, and given more official acknowledgement as to their roles.
I'm curious about Tim Cook's wording. He says Ive is being "promoted" to a newly created position. Well he already was a SVP. Is Chief Design Officer a level above SVP then? Or was he not at the same level as his SVP peers?
Jony wasn't happy being like the other SVPs. With Great Responsibility comes Great Hear Gear...
Anyone who thinks that this means he will have a reduced role is nuts. This gives him more authority, not less. He will now officially over see projects that before, he was doing anyway, but in an indirect fashion.
His two underlings were his underlings before, but now, are are also promoted, and given more official acknowledgement as to their roles.
From Tim Cook's employee memo it sounds like his role had already been expanding and this title and "promotion" is officially recognizing it. It certainly sounds like his focus will be on new ideas/initiatives along with more involvement in Campus 2 and new Apple Store designs. I am curious what the promotion means exactly. Is CDO the equivalent of SVP? Nobody else besides Tim Cook has a "Chief xxx" title. Jeff Williams doesn't even have Tim's old title of COO. Something else to note, Phil Schiller is now the only executive without major job duty changes since Apple 2.0.
It sounds like he's starting to take on the role of what Steve Jobs used to do.
He's kinda been filling Jobs's and his own roles since 2011. You may be right that this is him moving into Jobs's seat, while keeping an eye on his old stomping grounds.
Clearly. And the pathetic sales of Apple products running his UI is "clear" evidence of this right? Oh wait, sales have actually exploded, so the only thing that is "clear" is that your meaningless opinion is just that- a useless, meaningless opinion. Try not to pretend it's anything else, with words like "clearly".
It sounds like he's starting to take on the role of what Steve Jobs used to do.
Steve did three things:
1.) Make things insanely simple and iconic
2.) Charge appropriately for it
3.) Design for insatiable
This is hard (and not hard) to do. You really need to keep your head. Steve really drive towards simplicity. You'd want a device so simple you didn't have to read a book on it. It was a guideline. Not all of Apple's products are easy to use, like iTunes. (iTunes is not hard, but it is complex, and maybe unavoidable.)
Anyone who thinks that this means he will have a reduced role is nuts. This gives him more authority, not less. He will now officially over see projects that before, he was doing anyway, but in an indirect fashion.
His two underlings were his underlings before, but now, are are also promoted, and given more official acknowledgement as to their roles.
From Tim Cook's employee memo it sounds like his role had already been expanding and this title and "promotion" is officially recognizing it. It certainly sounds like his focus will be on new ideas/initiatives along with more involvement in Campus 2 and new Apple Store designs. I am curious what the promotion means exactly. Is CDO the equivalent of SVP? Nobody else besides Tim Cook has a "Chief xxx" title. Jeff Williams doesn't even have Tim's old title of COO. Something else to note, Phil Schiller is now the only executive without major job duty changes since Apple 2.0.
But one thing he REALLY brings to the table is he cares. A lot.
He's a perfectionist and has a strong sense of visionary design in matters of pretty much everything.
Steve jobs saw how the invisible dots connect in matters of business and humanity. Ive sees how design works clot just in some niche arenas, but in general.
He will be the guiding force directing teams of hungry, talented designers firing arrows of fire to get things done and make statements. His job will be to make sure those arrows hit the target. And to extinguish the ones won't.
He will ensure that Apple "cares" moving forward. Both as he instilled that in his teams and also as he himself says "no" a thousand times before he says "yes."
Apple wants everything to be consistent. From the phone to the Mac to the tablet to the watch to the accessories to the stores they're sold in, to the building where they are dreamed up and designed-to perhaps even the car we drive...
Apple's method, all along, is to let the "pioneers" enter the market, I mean, get the arrows, then come in later and see what has worked and what has failed and optimize on that.
As we have seen, "copying" has failed. Because the copies have been poor copies.
Yeah, wtf wrong with people's obsession about ports on a tiny device like MacBook. I would say only idiots would design multiple ports on that state of the art laptop. People need to go to Apple Store to see it in person to realize putting many ports on that laptop is stupid.
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If Ive wants to dabble in a few architecture projects, it's win/win for Apple. They've got plenty of construction projects and their star player gets more ninja training/experience.
Wireless is fine if you live in a home on a large lot. it becomes dubious in high density locale. At a university library reading room I used to write in, WiFi became absolutely unworkable in early afternoon with 200+ students in one large room. And many dense condo and apartment neighborhoods are much the same. I've been in many locales where I could seen two-dozen plus WiFis visible. Email and that may be fine. But it's disaster when you start streaming HD-TV.
Were I doing something confidential in law, finance or medicine, I'd be wired not wireless. A law firm in a tall building that's wireless is wide-open to penetration for those with high-gain antennas a mile or more away. Given enough time, some lawyer is going to screw up and leave the system wide open.
Right! Not to mention all the copycats mobile operating systems that clearly suddenly dropped their previous iOS look to look just like Joni's poor offering ... /s. ????
Basically, Apple has gotten a lot bigger, so Ive will move up and far more is delegated out to other designers.
Nothing special. Please move along now.
Wireless is fine if you live in a home on a large lot. it becomes dubious in high density locale. At a university library reading room I used to write in, WiFi became absolutely unworkable in early afternoon with 200+ students in one large room. And many dense condo and apartment neighborhoods are much the same. I've been in many locales where I could seen two-dozen plus WiFis visible. Email and that may be fine. But it's disaster when you start streaming HD-TV.
Were I doing something confidential in law, finance or medicine, I'd be wired not wireless. A law firm in a tall building that's wireless is wide-open to penetration for those with high-gain antennas a mile or more away. Given enough time, some lawyer is going to screw up and leave the system wide open.
So...USB to Ethernet...or Thunderbolt to Ethernet...
Or if you think ports are the end-all be-all, buy an older portable and take care of it.
Clearly. And the pathetic sales of Apple products running his UI is "clear" evidence of this right? Oh wait, sales have actually exploded, so the only thing that is "clear" is that your meaningless opinion is just that- a useless, meaningless opinion. Try not to pretend it's anything else, with words like "clearly".
Right! Not to mention all the copycats mobile operating systems that clearly suddenly dropped their previous iOS look to look just like Joni's poor offering ... /s. ????
Big deal for copycats.
Apple's method, all along, is to let the "pioneers" enter the market, I mean, get the arrows, then come in later and see what has worked and what has failed and optimize on that.
As we have seen, "copying" has failed. Because the copies have been poor copies.
His two underlings were his underlings before, but now, are are also promoted, and given more official acknowledgement as to their roles.
Jony wasn't happy being like the other SVPs. With Great Responsibility comes Great Hear Gear...
Hear you go, Chief...
From Tim Cook's employee memo it sounds like his role had already been expanding and this title and "promotion" is officially recognizing it. It certainly sounds like his focus will be on new ideas/initiatives along with more involvement in Campus 2 and new Apple Store designs. I am curious what the promotion means exactly. Is CDO the equivalent of SVP? Nobody else besides Tim Cook has a "Chief xxx" title. Jeff Williams doesn't even have Tim's old title of COO. Something else to note, Phil Schiller is now the only executive without major job duty changes since Apple 2.0.
It sounds like he's starting to take on the role of what Steve Jobs used to do.
He's kinda been filling Jobs's and his own roles since 2011. You may be right that this is him moving into Jobs's seat, while keeping an eye on his old stomping grounds.
Newson may be there as a sounding board.
Doesn't sound like a promotion.
It sounds like he's starting to take on the role of what Steve Jobs used to do.
Steve did three things:
1.) Make things insanely simple and iconic
2.) Charge appropriately for it
3.) Design for insatiable
This is hard (and not hard) to do. You really need to keep your head. Steve really drive towards simplicity. You'd want a device so simple you didn't have to read a book on it. It was a guideline. Not all of Apple's products are easy to use, like iTunes. (iTunes is not hard, but it is complex, and maybe unavoidable.)
This is the front page of Tuesday's Telegraph newspaper. I've got to imagine Apple PR knew it was going to run on the front page.
Luca Maestri is Chief Financial Officer
Ive isn't the only talented designer at Apple.
But one thing he REALLY brings to the table is he cares. A lot.
He's a perfectionist and has a strong sense of visionary design in matters of pretty much everything.
Steve jobs saw how the invisible dots connect in matters of business and humanity. Ive sees how design works clot just in some niche arenas, but in general.
He will be the guiding force directing teams of hungry, talented designers firing arrows of fire to get things done and make statements. His job will be to make sure those arrows hit the target. And to extinguish the ones won't.
He will ensure that Apple "cares" moving forward. Both as he instilled that in his teams and also as he himself says "no" a thousand times before he says "yes."
Apple wants everything to be consistent. From the phone to the Mac to the tablet to the watch to the accessories to the stores they're sold in, to the building where they are dreamed up and designed-to perhaps even the car we drive...
Did you see the /s?