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Ummm does anyone else think that maybe Mark Zuckerberg is now going to be filling the Steve Jobs shaped hole in the worlds tech publications?
by dageshi 14y ago
Ummm does anyone else think that maybe Mark Zuckerberg is now going to be filling the Steve Jobs shaped hole in the worlds tech publications?
- AVTizzle 14y ago>> the Steve Jobs shaped hole Hahahaha. That's a funny thought. But now that you mention it, yes. Though maybe with a slightly less endeared/worshipping sentiment.
- RandallBrown 14y agoYes and no. I think he is a visionary CEO that knows how to get things done, but he's an engineer, while jobs was not. I think that Jeff Bezos is more Jobs than Zuckerberg is, but who knows.
- Retric 14y agoJobs did work for Atari, and they trusted him enough to do design circuit boards so IMO he was probably a competent electrical engineer. However, he did use Wozniak who was ridiculously good at circuit design so he could focus on other things. Still IMO, that's like having Einstein help with your math homework if it's an option you take it.
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- matt312 14y ago>and they trusted him enough to do design circuit boards so IMO he was probably a competent electrical engineer. >However, he did use Wozniak who was ridiculously good at circuit design so he could focus on other things. You contradicted yourself there...Woz was the competent EE, not Jobs.
- flexterra 14y agoI think pretty soon the "Steve Jobs shaped hole" will be filled by Jack Dorsey
- dsl 14y agoThat almost sounds like a South Park episode. Take the empty hole where Steve Jobs used to be and fill it with douche to make a Jack Dorsey.
- jskopek 14y agoAt the risk of feeding a silly discussion, I'd cast my vote to Elon Musk
- tomelders 14y agoI'm going to say no. I really don't see Facebook being around in 30 years. I'd be surprised if they're not marginalised in 10 years. And other than Facebook, I'm not sure what Zuckerberg has to offer the world. If you want to know why: It's because I personally believe the future of social networks is to niche, with disparate social networks connected via a Distributed Social Networking Protocol. Your social network account will be more like your email account. I think Facebook will find itself on the wrong side of history when that battle starts by trying to lock down it's data and lock people into Facebook. That's just my belief and I'm open to the possibility that it could be completely wrong, so don't go crazy with the down votes. But if we're just talking about the next 12 to 24 months, then, oh yes, of course he will.
- thafman 14y agoI'm a massive proponent of the Distributed Social Networking Protocol concept, but since Diaspora tanked no one else seems to be picking up the mantle and Google/Yahoo/Microsoft don't look like they're going to roll out anything resembling an open SN protocol any time soon I wonder if it will ever happen.
- mukaiji 14y agoThere's certainly a lot of truth here. However, Mark Zuckerberg built the company to last. So I think it's unlikely that it will completely be marginalized. Regarding the Zuck = Jobs. Absolutely not. Yes, they are both product people. But Mark Zuckerberg does not have the same aura or doesn't necessarily have the same depth of intellectuality that Jobs (college dropout or not) had. When I see Mark Zuckerberg, I think more of the Bill Gates or our time than an artistic genius with deep root in counter-culture lifestyle.
- koglerjs 14y agoHave you seen him speak? No.
- tbeseda 14y agoCorrect. He's more similar to the still occupied Bill Gates shaped hole.