I just finished reading an excellent New Yorker article by Malcolm Gladwell entitled “Tweakers“. The gist is this: not unlike the concept of the Last Mile, the truth of much of the innovation that has changed the world is that its societal significance has come as much from the innovators who refined the original idea…
I started the omnipresent Steve Jobs biography with two questions: was Steve Jobs an asshole? And if so… did he need to be to accomplish what he did? Having just finished it, I don’t have a good answer to either question. In fact both seem foolishly simplistic given this rich, sweeping, detailed, and intimate depiction a truly…
Image via CrunchBase Quoted in Scott Kirsner’s excellent Apple piece this weekend, from The Boston Globe… Why Apple is still generating buzz – The Boston Globe For me Apple’s magic unfolds in the yin and yang of inspiration and listening. Steve Jobs has said that if you give people what they ask for, by the…