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Steve Jobs Demonstrated Why Businesses Need More Ceremonies
- pklausler 11y ago"when Steve Jobs saw a demonstration at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center of a computer mouse visually interacting with files on a desktop, he launched Apple Computer Inc. to bring that dream to consumers." Um, Apple I? Apple II? Woz?
- dalke 11y agoAlso, post hoc fallacy - lots of failed companies also have ceremonies.
- DrScump 11y agoI think that was before Al Gore invented the Internet, so her fact-checking got munged. Apple started in 1976. The PARC visits were in 1979. The first GUI was on the Lisa, then later on the lower-cost Mac in 1984. A good history here: http://www.mac-history.net/computer-history/2012-03-22/apple-and-xerox-parc http://www.mac-history.net/computer-history/2012-03-22/apple...