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To: DiogenesLamp
... point out something, anything, that he did which can be regard as both "his" work, and brilliant.

You're being less than honest here. There are a lot of reasons Steve Jobs is hailed as a genius. Here is not one, but several reasons among many.

Calligraphy and fonts. Jobs studied this passionately, and brought it to personal computers. At the time, personal computers were centered on boring monotone text. The world changed because of it.

Blending technology and design. Again, Steve Jobs was instrumental in driving this. A lot of his ideas became actual products that others imitated.

Just in time manufacturing. He didn't invent it, but redefined it at Apple. A big reason why Apple is the biggest tech giant on the planet. When Jobs was brought back to Apple, he turned around a struggling company with his insights and made it successful. A lot had to do with his ideas of streamlining production and inventory control, which has been imitated by many other companies.

Retail store design. Again, it was his idea to make Apple Stores, and how to build them. They bring in more dollars per square foot than most other stores. All because of his insight.

These are just a very few of many, and they are all Steve Jobs. His work, his brilliance.

20 posted on 10/07/2015 8:07:08 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: roadcat
Calligraphy and fonts. Jobs studied this passionately, and brought it to personal computers. At the time, personal computers were centered on boring monotone text. The world changed because of it.

I consider that incredibly trivial. It's like deciding what color to paint bombs. It is really of no consequence.

Blending technology and design. Again, Steve Jobs was instrumental in driving this. A lot of his ideas became actual products that others imitated.

Something vague and not demonstrative of an actual invention. Yes, he was the @$$hole that berated others into creating designs, and he kept brow beating them till they came up with something he thought of as aesthetically pleasing.

These are just a very few of many, and they are all Steve Jobs. His work, his brilliance.

You haven't named anything tangible. That is exactly my point. He was basically the "Red Queen" who screamed "Off with your head" to anyone that didn't "create." I don't find what he did to be particularly brilliant. Had he never met Woz, he probably would have been a nobody.

21 posted on 10/07/2015 8:19:07 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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