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Steve Jobs gets OK to raze his house

9 points by kqr2 18y ago

aditya 18y ago
Basically, Jobs hates the house because he moved there right before he was kicked out of Apple and stayed there in what is posssibly the "darkest" time of his life (pre-NeXT and Pixar, and Apple part 2) EDIT: I'm not "speculating" -- this is direct from the book: "The Pixar Touch", unfortunately, there's no source online.
- mahmud 18y ago
  Now that we're speculating psychology against the wisdom of Occam. From the article: The house was built by California architect George Washington Smith in 1926 for mining magnate Daniel C. Jackling. I speculate that Jobs is sending a message to a former leading California industry with this self-coronation, that a new industry reigns supreme in California and he is its chief baron. Not only that, but I think that Jobs doesn't see the world-wide success of AAPL as anything more than a fortunate byproduct of his initial goal: to be coolest kid in Cupertino.
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- jonknee 18y ago
  Well and it's a piece of shit. Steve Jobs loves creating things to his exact specifications, I see no reason why he wouldn't want to do this with his house.
  - aditya 18y ago
    But he didn't build this house, not sure what you mean?
    - menloparkbum 18y ago
      he wants to knock down the old derelict house and build a new one.
    - jonknee 18y ago
      Hence his years long struggle to tear it down and build his dream house.
RyanGWU82 18y ago
Minor quibble: I wouldn't call this "his house" -- Jobs has not lived there in many years. This is a historic mansion that Jobs bought in the early 80s when he was first a billionaire.
rdj 18y ago
Good for him. He bought it. He pays the taxes on it. Let him do what he wants with it. If it starts to interfere with the health or safety of those around him, then maybe he should be restricted in what he does.
cubicle67 18y ago
Here's an excellent series of photos of the inside of the house http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/29/inside_steve_jobs_abandoned_jackling_mansion_photos.html http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/29/inside_steve_j... Sorry for the appleinsider link, but in the few minutes I have at the moment I wasn't able to locate the original source (link in the ai article isn't it) [Edit: This looks like the originals http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/albums/album/72157594153520402/Abandoned-Jackling-House-Mansion.html http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/albums/album/7215759415...]
paulhart 18y ago
Looks to be quite a secluded place: http://bit.ly/10yjcY http://bit.ly/10yjcY

9 points by kqr2 18y ago

Basically, Jobs hates the house because he moved there right before he was kicked out of Apple and stayed there in what is posssibly the "darkest" time of his life (pre-NeXT and Pixar, and Apple part 2) EDIT: I'm not "speculating" -- this is direct from the book: "The Pixar Touch", unfortunately, there's no source online.

mahmud 18y ago
Now that we're speculating psychology against the wisdom of Occam. From the article: The house was built by California architect George Washington Smith in 1926 for mining magnate Daniel C. Jackling. I speculate that Jobs is sending a message to a former leading California industry with this self-coronation, that a new industry reigns supreme in California and he is its chief baron. Not only that, but I think that Jobs doesn't see the world-wide success of AAPL as anything more than a fortunate byproduct of his initial goal: to be coolest kid in Cupertino.
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jonknee 18y ago
Well and it's a piece of shit. Steve Jobs loves creating things to his exact specifications, I see no reason why he wouldn't want to do this with his house.
- aditya 18y ago
  But he didn't build this house, not sure what you mean?
  - menloparkbum 18y ago
    he wants to knock down the old derelict house and build a new one.
  - jonknee 18y ago
    Hence his years long struggle to tear it down and build his dream house.

RyanGWU82 18y ago

Minor quibble: I wouldn't call this "his house" -- Jobs has not lived there in many years. This is a historic mansion that Jobs bought in the early 80s when he was first a billionaire.

rdj 18y ago

Good for him. He bought it. He pays the taxes on it. Let him do what he wants with it. If it starts to interfere with the health or safety of those around him, then maybe he should be restricted in what he does.

cubicle67 18y ago

Here's an excellent series of photos of the inside of the house http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/29/inside_steve_jobs_abandoned_jackling_mansion_photos.html http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/29/inside_steve_j... Sorry for the appleinsider link, but in the few minutes I have at the moment I wasn't able to locate the original source (link in the ai article isn't it) [Edit: This looks like the originals http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/albums/album/72157594153520402/Abandoned-Jackling-House-Mansion.html http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/albums/album/7215759415...]

paulhart 18y ago

Looks to be quite a secluded place: http://bit.ly/10yjcY http://bit.ly/10yjcY