February 9th, 2012 at 10:29AM
[Redacted] concluded the interview by stating that even though he does not consider Mr. Jobs to be a friend, he (Mr. Jobs) possesses the qualities to assume a high level political position. It was [redacted]’s opinion that honesty and integrity are not required qualities to hold such a position. — My favorite quote from the FBI files on Steve Jobs
3 notes #tech#steve jobs#politics
February 9th, 2012 at 10:24AM
Just released today: The FBI’s entire file on Steve Jobs Interesting to note that the above photo comes from an extensive background check (including in-person interviews with those that knew him) due to the possibility of Jobs receiving a presidential appointment in the 90s. Also included: documents (including his fingerprints) relating to a series of bomb threats aimed at Apple.

Just released today: The FBI’s entire file on Steve Jobs

Interesting to note that the above photo comes from an extensive background check (including in-person interviews with those that knew him) due to the possibility of Jobs receiving a presidential appointment in the 90s.

Also included: documents (including his fingerprints) relating to a series of bomb threats aimed at Apple.

7 notes #tech#steve jobs#apple#fbi
November 7th, 2011 at 11:44AM
This guy badgered me about how Microsoft was going to completely change the world with this tablet PC software and eliminate all notebook computers, and Apple ought to license his Microsoft software. But he was doing the device all wrong. It had a stylus. As soon as you have a stylus, you’re dead. This dinner was like the tenth time he talked to me about it, and I was so sick of it that I came home and said, “Fuck this, let’s show him what a tablet can really be. —

“Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson as quoted by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker

“Fuck this, let’s show him what a tablet can really be.”
22 notes #tech#steve jobs#apple#ipad
October 31st, 2011 at 12:23AM

His philosophy of aesthetics reminds me of a quote that went something like this: “Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later.”

Steve always aspired to make beautiful later.

 —

via A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs

Take a few moments out to read this beautiful eulogy from Mona Simpson’s Eulogy for her brother, Steve Jobs.
8 notes Source: The New York Times #tech#steve jobs#apple
October 5th, 2011 at 9:27PM
jmak: Thanks, Steve. Posting designs like this one makes me paranoid, because I can’t shake the feeling that it’s not original. I enjoyed the process regardless, but please let me know if somebody else beat me to the idea! Thoughts?

jmak:

Thanks, Steve.

Posting designs like this one makes me paranoid, because I can’t shake the feeling that it’s not original. I enjoyed the process regardless, but please let me know if somebody else beat me to the idea!

Thoughts?

198,525 notes Source: jmak #Steve Jobs#RIP
October 5th, 2011 at 8:45PM

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.


“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.

 — Steve Jobs (via mrmattspangler)

(via jonaha)
74 notes Source: mrmattspangler #Steve Jobs#Apple
August 24th, 2011 at 7:14PM
“This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.”

“This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.”

20 notes #tech#steve jobs
October 7th, 2008 at 3:35PM

I watched this today and really enjoyed it. And while it’s old and probably quite a few people have already seen it, I’ve decided to post it anyway. Great message and quite inspirational.

#steve jobs#commencement Address