Blogs About "Steve Jobs"

I’m half way through Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. My take away at this point is that despite being considered arrogant, rude, disrespectful and at times smelly… Jobs’ manic belief in his product overrode his negative attributes and inspired a severely beaten up workforce. How does that happen? When you’re repeatedly told that everything you produce is crap (not the...

“You have cancer” Three of the most dreaded words you can hear from your doctor.  Your world has changed and you feel a loss of control.    A moment ago you were a student, parent, wife, maybe even a doctor. Now, suddenly, you are a patient.  In the ensuing panic, disbelief, fear, and confusion you have to make decisions.  Likely right now you think “I can barely breathe, let alone function…how am...

At the start of the school year, it’s a bit odd to think of the end of the year, but sometimes, it’s good to flip things around.

Here are my two favorite commencement speeches on the web:

The Fringe Benefits of Failure by JK Rowling:
http://www.ted.com/talks/jk_rowling_the_fringe_benefits_of_failure.html

How to live before you die by Steve Jobs:
http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html

They are both worth watching…again and again

With Steve Jobs’ passing after a long battle with cancer, tributes have poured from across the globe, and countless viewpoints have been offered on what his legacy shall be.

“A visionary. A designer. A perfectionist. An exacting CEO. An entrepreneur. The man who redefined the Digital...

 Steve Jobs announced his resignation and CEO replacement this week.  The market flurried on the news, articles and cable segments were plentiful on Job's revolution of the world, his greatness, his attention to detail, how round two leadership differed from round one and whether Tim Cook could sustain the innovation and therefore the stock profitability.  Because of the news, and the market's speculation of...