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Video on Steve Jobs personality

103 points by bigbang 16y ago

38leinad 16y ago
player doesn't work on my macbook in safari... :-)
- itg 16y ago
  also using safari on a macbook, works fine for me
- tvon 16y ago
  Same here, I have sound but just an empty white space where the video should be.
  - lisper 16y ago
    +1, 13inch MBP Safari 5.0.2 OSX 10.6.4
- joshzayin 16y ago
  Works fine for me, Safari 5.0.2/OS X 10.5.8, iMac.
sayemm 16y ago
This is awesome, thanks for posting this.
jakarta 16y ago
Here's the one they did on Mark Zuckerberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/63583008/ http://www.bloomberg.com/video/63583008/
- jakerocheleau 16y ago
  I'd love to see one on Jack/Evan/Biz and the journey through creating and scaling Twitter
  - jakarta 16y ago
    That would be good. From their commercial, the upcoming documentaries seem to center on: Larry & Sergey (Google) Jon Stewart (Daily Show) Henry Kravis (KKR/LBOs) Anna Wintour (Vogue)
kmfrk 16y ago
Direct .flv download link: http://videos.bloomberg.com/63723194.flv http://videos.bloomberg.com/63723194.flv I assume that the Zuckerberg video has one, too, but couldn't find it.
- Karzyn 16y ago
  Zuckerberg .flv download link: http://videos.bloomberg.com/63583376.flv http://videos.bloomberg.com/63583376.flv
- kanwisher 16y ago
  Lol is our video player that bad you need to watch the direct flvs ?
  - w1ntermute 16y ago
    Those of us not on Windows prefer to stay as far away from Flash as possible.
  - superdude 16y ago
    I'm running Chrome on Win7 x64 and several times the player reset to the beginning even while I was more than 10 minutes into the video.
  - grigory 16y ago
    Player would reset to the beginning several times, and wouldn't let me skip to the part I was currently watching. FLV file is much easier to deal with :)
  - adolfojp 16y ago
    The player skipped to the beginning when I tried to pause it. This happened three times before I decided to get the download link from the markup. I am using Opera on Windows 7.
  - adammichaelc 16y ago
    On an iPhone, can't watch it.
ayu 16y ago
I didn't realise Jobs used to be a hippy with waist-length hair who ate only fruit. I have something to aspire to.
- deleted 16y ago
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- adolfojp 16y ago
  Go watch Pirates of Silicon Valley. The movie is surprisingly good and pretty accurate (for a movie).
tuybuytyu 16y ago
What a joke! Doesn't even mention the guy was given for adoption while giving all kind of irrelevant info.
- solutionyogi 16y ago
  Did you watch the video? In the video, they show clip from Steve's commencement speech where he talks about adoption. I think the video was very interesting and covered Steve's career pretty well.
initself 16y ago
Robert X Cringely is such a solid individual. I love every word that he says.
- verisimilitude 16y ago
  I haven't yet watched the video, so I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic... but I vividly remember a time in undergrad when I read Cringely regularly. I'd get all excited about these huge claims (e.g. "Mac Mini is built just for taking over the living room"[1]) and would start talking to anyone who would listen about these big, exciting possibilities. Then I realized it was just a gripping style of writing and the ideas weren't particularly earth-shattering... or correct. THEN, I found out the guy's a liar: "In 1998, it was revealed that Stephens had falsely claimed to have received a Ph.D. from Stanford University and to have been employed as a professor there."[2] Haven't read much Cringely since. Should I? [1]: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20050120_000840.html http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20050120_0008... [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_X._Cringely http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_X._Cringely
  - Dbug 16y ago
    I've got one for you. Sometimes he'd write about tech that was twisted enough to raise a few eyebrows and bring a chuckle or two. I was surprised to see this on pbs: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20050414_000849.html http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20050414_0008...
quizbiz 16y ago
I would do anything to follow Steve Jobs around the office for a day.
mattmaroon 16y ago
It looks like many of them are trying really, really hard not to use the word "douchebag".

103 points by bigbang 16y ago

38leinad 16y ago

player doesn't work on my macbook in safari... :-)

itg 16y ago
also using safari on a macbook, works fine for me
tvon 16y ago
Same here, I have sound but just an empty white space where the video should be.
- lisper 16y ago
  +1, 13inch MBP Safari 5.0.2 OSX 10.6.4
joshzayin 16y ago
Works fine for me, Safari 5.0.2/OS X 10.5.8, iMac.

sayemm 16y ago

This is awesome, thanks for posting this.

jakarta 16y ago

Here's the one they did on Mark Zuckerberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/63583008/ http://www.bloomberg.com/video/63583008/

jakerocheleau 16y ago
I'd love to see one on Jack/Evan/Biz and the journey through creating and scaling Twitter
- jakarta 16y ago
  That would be good. From their commercial, the upcoming documentaries seem to center on: Larry & Sergey (Google) Jon Stewart (Daily Show) Henry Kravis (KKR/LBOs) Anna Wintour (Vogue)

kmfrk 16y ago

Direct .flv download link: http://videos.bloomberg.com/63723194.flv http://videos.bloomberg.com/63723194.flv I assume that the Zuckerberg video has one, too, but couldn't find it.

Karzyn 16y ago
Zuckerberg .flv download link: http://videos.bloomberg.com/63583376.flv http://videos.bloomberg.com/63583376.flv
kanwisher 16y ago
Lol is our video player that bad you need to watch the direct flvs ?
- w1ntermute 16y ago
  Those of us not on Windows prefer to stay as far away from Flash as possible.
- superdude 16y ago
  I'm running Chrome on Win7 x64 and several times the player reset to the beginning even while I was more than 10 minutes into the video.
- grigory 16y ago
  Player would reset to the beginning several times, and wouldn't let me skip to the part I was currently watching. FLV file is much easier to deal with :)
- adolfojp 16y ago
  The player skipped to the beginning when I tried to pause it. This happened three times before I decided to get the download link from the markup. I am using Opera on Windows 7.
- adammichaelc 16y ago
  On an iPhone, can't watch it.

ayu 16y ago

I didn't realise Jobs used to be a hippy with waist-length hair who ate only fruit. I have something to aspire to.

deleted 16y ago
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adolfojp 16y ago
Go watch Pirates of Silicon Valley. The movie is surprisingly good and pretty accurate (for a movie).

tuybuytyu 16y ago

What a joke! Doesn't even mention the guy was given for adoption while giving all kind of irrelevant info.

solutionyogi 16y ago
Did you watch the video? In the video, they show clip from Steve's commencement speech where he talks about adoption. I think the video was very interesting and covered Steve's career pretty well.

initself 16y ago

Robert X Cringely is such a solid individual. I love every word that he says.

verisimilitude 16y ago
I haven't yet watched the video, so I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic... but I vividly remember a time in undergrad when I read Cringely regularly. I'd get all excited about these huge claims (e.g. "Mac Mini is built just for taking over the living room"[1]) and would start talking to anyone who would listen about these big, exciting possibilities. Then I realized it was just a gripping style of writing and the ideas weren't particularly earth-shattering... or correct. THEN, I found out the guy's a liar: "In 1998, it was revealed that Stephens had falsely claimed to have received a Ph.D. from Stanford University and to have been employed as a professor there."[2] Haven't read much Cringely since. Should I? [1]: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20050120_000840.html http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20050120_0008... [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_X._Cringely http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_X._Cringely
- Dbug 16y ago
  I've got one for you. Sometimes he'd write about tech that was twisted enough to raise a few eyebrows and bring a chuckle or two. I was surprised to see this on pbs: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20050414_000849.html http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20050414_0008...

quizbiz 16y ago

I would do anything to follow Steve Jobs around the office for a day.

mattmaroon 16y ago

It looks like many of them are trying really, really hard not to use the word "douchebag".