Brushing up on my HTML5. (Taken with instagram)
An executive who worked at both Apple and Microsoft described the differences this way: “Microsoft tries to find pockets of unrealized revenue and then figures out what to make. Apple is just the opposite: It thinks of great products, then sells them. Prototypes and demos always come before spreadsheets.
Its shape is not innovative, it’s not elegant, it doesn’t feel anthropomorphic,” said Jobs, ticking off three of his design mantras.
I can’t do that,” said Jobs. “I’m not built that way. So if you want me to leave, I will, but I can’t just sit here.
Clinging to the script may blind you to what’s offered in a moment of inspiration. Ignoring the script runs the risk of losing the story. The trick is to place the camera somewhere between those two points.
Playing a hit once in a while will create a surge of excitement, but you don’t want to remain on a hit parade.
I learned how hard it is to be a pioneer: doing work that others don’t value is thankless and marginalizing. I learned how hard it is when others eventually follow you: they don’t value what you’ve done nearly as much as they should, and they have lots of different ideas about the future than you do. I learned to be generous with my time.
We didn’t used to care about whether a CEO made one decision or another, or whether or not he was healthy. I do now.
Jobs (and by extension, Apple) has taught me (and I am sure others) a big lesson: If you want to change something, you have to be patient and take the long view. If Apple and Steve’s incredible comeback teaches us something, it’s that when you are right and the world doesn’t see it that way, you just have to be patient and wait for the world to change its mind.
