Steve Jobs said that software should be a bicycle for the mind.
Steve Jobs said that software should be a bicycle for the mind. The Resonant Computing manifesto shows how far from that we've gotten. Instead, we've accidental...
Topic: steve jobs
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- steve jobs appears in 6 chunks across 6 episodes, from 2024-02-20 to 2025-12-22.
- Its densest episode is Bits and Bobs 2/20/24 (2024-02-20), with 1 observation on this topic.
- Semantically it travels with Apple and resonant computing manifesto, while by chunk count it sits between malleable software and system work; its yearly rank moved from #136 in 2024 to #185 in 2025.
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View brands as bank accounts that you can deposit into or draw from.
...o or draw from. If you've drawn down, you need to deposit more. This was advice Steve Jobs gave to Bob Iger. This bank account is hidden and emergent. It's a store of trust. Beancounters don't see it, so they don't see how their micro-optim...
Back in the 80's, mainframes felt like Big Brother.
Back in the 80's, mainframes felt like Big Brother. There's an interview with Steve Jobs in 1981 on Nightline. This is before Apple did the famous Big Brother ad. The interviewer, David Burnham, pushes back on computing and says "mainfram...
Steve Jobs had a particular philosophy around giving tough feedback.
Steve Jobs had a particular philosophy around giving tough feedback. https://www.littlealmanack.com/p/biggest-lesson-steve-jobs - "Are you avoiding giving feedb...
If I had access to a time machine, what would I do?
...sly. But high on the list would be going back to 2007. I'd storm the stage when Steve Jobs was introducing the iPhone. "I'm from the future and this device will become the single most important computing device in the world. For the love of...
You need two Steves to catalyze a new consumer ecosystem.
...other is the bridge to catalyzing whole new landscapes of value. Sarumans (e.g. Steve Jobs) catalyze consumer-facing product breakthroughs. Radagasts (e.g. Steve Wozniak) catalyze ecosystem-facing platform breakthroughs.