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Steve Jobs' Wilderness Years: The Lost Tapes
- antinitro 15y ago"At his memorial service, Laurene remarked that what struck her most upon really getting to know him was his "fully formed aesthetic sense." He knew exactly what he liked, and he analyzed it until he could tell you precisely why." I find this quote very interesting. To analyse exactly why you like something obviously puts you in a place where you can easily critique and improve on ideas.
- sebg 15y agoDefinitely find this quote interesting as well. Especially because it also means that he was able to communicate the aesthetic to other people in a way the other people understood it. That's amazing.
- stcredzero 15y agoThat is indeed of key importance. I know some musicians who have this and some who don't. I notice that the ones who don't tend to learn tunes that we mutually like, but play those tunes without the things that really make them work. I think the same thing happens with products.
- antinitro 15y agoI think it's a very important mindset to have, especially within a startup. I'm going to make a conscious effort to evaluate aspects of my life in the same way. As with anything, repeated use develops the 'muscle' required to do this quickly and I see it being a very valuable skill.
- stcredzero 15y agoI think the Zen folks call this "mindfulness."
- cappsjulian 15y agoAbsolutely. It takes so much more than 'I hate it' or 'I love it' to really develop anything worth a damn.
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- peter_l_downs 15y agoTo me, that seems much more like a standard attribution than a "haughty explanation".
- Tomis 15y agoThe cult of Jobs lives on. Ffs let the poor man rot in his grave already.
- s_henry_paulson 15y agoJust because you don't want anybody to remember your legacy when you die, doesn't hold true for everyone.
- Tomis 15y agoOh don't worry, nobody will forget the legacy of the guy who sued his own fan just so that his company would make an extra buck. Also, enter Stallman: "Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died". Couldn't have put it better.
- wglb 15y agoOne new takeaway: There was one other big lesson he learned from his Hollywood adventure: People remember stories more than products.