some random person who just bought an iPad somewhere in the world and tells me how it’s the coolest product he’s ever brought home.
“Tere’s nothing that makes my day more than getting an email from
Tat’s what keeps me going. It’s what kept me five years ago [when he was diagnosed with cancer], it’s what
kept me going 10 years ago when the doors almost closed. And it’s what will keep me going five years from now whatever happens.” - Steve Jobs, 2010
On the final visit, a month before his passing,
Isaacson found Jobs coiled up in pain downstairs, where he had moved being too weak now to sleep upstairs… “but his mind was still sharp and his humour still as vibrant.” “I later realized that he had called me just before he was going to be operated on for cancer for the first time. As I watched him battle that disease, with an awesome intensity combined with an astonishing emotional romanticism, I came to find him deeply compelling, and I realized how much his personality was ingrained in the products he created. His passions, demons, desires, artistry, devilry and obsession for control were integrally connected to his approach to business, so I decided to try to write his tale as a case study in creativity.” Rumours about Jobs’ health had been buzzing
around Silicon Valley all year, but anyone who knew him and read that resignation letter understood the end was near. He had been so good at distorting reality, so good at bending everyone - competitors, consumers, the press, and especially himself - to see the world his way. By relinquishing control, Jobs acknowledged that he had finally met the one force he could not charm or bully or out-think: his own mortality.
FENG SHUI TIP
The 5 Apple Products that Changed the World:
1 In 1984, the Macintosh computer - which started as a white box and evolved into the wafer thin machine of today. Tere are 60 million MAC users around the world.
2 In 2001, the palm-sized iPod was launched, forever changing the enjoyment of the music around the world and the structure of the industry. Te iPod continues to be in a class of its own with its fresh look and simplistic usability. But wow, what power!
3 In 2003, with the launch of the 3rd generation iPod came the launch of Apple’s iTunes music store with 200,000 songs. Today it is the major source of music online. Te product was an immediate success, selling one million songs in its first week and by December that year, it had sold 25 million songs. In 2010, iTunes song downloads hit 10 billion. Tere have been several updates of iTunes, the most significant being the introduction of film purchase and rentals in 2008. Apple has also announced that iTunes will be accessible across all their devices as part of their move into “cloud” computing.
4 In January 2007, the first iPhone was released. The phone catapulted Apple ahead of its smartphone rivals with its multi-touch screen. The iPhone 3G came a year later and the fabulous App Store was launched. In July 2011, App Store downloads hit 15 billion. With a total of 125 million iPhones around the world (as of August 8, 2011)
5 In 2010, the iPad, a Mac/Iphone hybrid was released, and as at June 2011, the two iPad versions have collectively sold 28 million units sold worldwide. Tis tablet- type computer is on the verge of revolutionizing the publishing industry (affecting books, magazines and newspapers) the way the iPod did to the music industry.
Years ago when I wanted Jennifer my daughter to excel at Math in 6th form to help her gain admission to Cambridge University, I searched for a picture of ALBERT EINSTEIN to hang above her bed, “so she could absorb some of Einstein’s brilliance”. Well, Jenn got straight A+ in 12 modules of maths i.e. maths, Advanced maths and Pure Maths... and yes, she made it to Cambridge. Today I shall be getting a really inspiring picture of STEVE JOBS to hang in the bedroom of my grandsons and my grandnephews - all five of them - in the hope that one or all of them can absorb even just the tiniest part of the brilliance and single-minded determination of this great hero of our times. Anyone can do this too!
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