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I have no respect for Stephen Wolfram. He is completely shameless. This article made me more cynical about him than I ever have been. I mean I went into this a
by fragsworth 15y ago
I have no respect for Stephen Wolfram. He is completely shameless. This article made me more cynical about him than I ever have been.
I mean I went into this article assuming he'd talk a little about his products because that's just how he is, but somehow he managed to work every last one of his god damned products in great detail into this "memorial" for Steve Jobs. He manages to turn everything into a promotional piece for himself or for his company's shit - even someone else's death. It is nauseating.
Just compare this to any other post about Steve from any other executive. It's completely tasteless and inappropriate.
- awhow 15y agoI couldn't read the whole thing. Once I saw the he mentioned NKS in the first paragraph, I had to x-out.
- shin_lao 15y agoExactly my thoughts. TL;DR: "me, me, me, me, Steve Jobs, Mathematica, me, me, me, me, I can't believe how awesome I am, Wolfram|Alpha".
- bane 15y agoI wouldn't be surprised if he has a cellular automata that can write blog posts given an input of a subject "Steve Jobs" and happens to churn out shameless self promotion as a result.
- daeken 15y agoHe mentioned them because of the deep influence Jobs had on each one of them. This is so, so much better than empty statements like "Jobs was a visionary", because it actually shows why Jobs was what everyone is saying he was.
- mambodog 15y agoWhat I found kind of icky was the fact that he keeps saying "Steve Jobs" all the way through the article in a way that doesn't feel natural; more like keyword spam.