Posted on 03/17/2014 9:08:13 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Apple's design chief helped transform computing, phones and music. The company's secrecy and Ive's modesty mean he has never given an in-depth interview—until now.
'Hello. Thanks for Coming'
We use Jonathan Ive’s products to help us to eat, drink and sleep, to work, travel, relax, read, listen and watch, to shop, chat, date and have sex. Many of us spend more time with his screens than with our families. Some of us like his screens more than our families. For years, Ive’s natural shyness, coupled with the secrecy bordering on paranoia of his employer, Apple, has meant we have known little about the man who shapes the future, with such innovations as the iMac, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. But last month, he invited me to Cupertino in Silicon Valley where Apple is based, for his first in-depth interview since he became head of design almost 20 years ago.
The gods — or was it the ghost of Steve Jobs? — seemed against it. Jobs didn’t like Apple execs doing interviews. It had not rained properly in California for months but that morning the clouds rolled off the Pacific, turning the Golden Gate Bridge black. Interstate 280 South to Silicon Valley was a river of water, instead of the usual lava streaks of stop-start SUVs. But just after 10AM, an Apple tech-head appeared in an all-white meeting room on the first floor of building 4 of the firm’s antiseptic headquarters with strict instructions to find an Earl Grey tea bag.
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I know. The last small press was all PC however and didn’t need anything else. 95% of the jobs that came in on disk were PC. I prefer my Mac programs but only because I’ve been using them for, what, 20 years?
The Macs that I had all had issues with color management. You were probably more sophisticated than the set up I had.
I bet it was neat to close down their dark rooms and go digital!
I worked with a print shop for a while, it was fun...but man, those chemicals would kill ya’!
The worst place I worked, for employees at least, was a sweatshop in North Idaho, decades ago.
50 women, mostly illegals, sewing clothes in the downstairs plant, no air conditioning, the temps would get well over 100 degrees from the steam irons. It was really dark, with only a small lamp by each woman’s station.
They were paid piece-work, and barely made minimum wage, if that. The boss was a really cruel man, refused to install air conditioners, only had one drinking fountain for all those women. It was literally like something out of the Triangle Shirt Company.
And the upstairs, where the male fabric cutters worked, had everything...drinking fountains, air conditioning, refrigerators. It was a liberals’ nightmare: downstairs, a hot, smokey hellhole with horribly underpaid, overworked women with dangerous, unsafe conditions and upstairs, only male fabric cutters, paid far better than the women and working in a pleasant, safe working environment.
The owner overheard some of the women talking about going to the Lady’s Garment Worker’s Union and he had a company meeting the day after where he said that if he heard any more talk about a union he would close the plant down..
I do see where liberals get their angst from!
See ya’,
Ed
You’re an old-timer, like I am!
It’s been amazing, watching the industry go from Doctor Paul’s Aldus Pagemaker and ABDick presses to Adobe CC and digital presses that don’t need pre-press or film!
Man, I love technology!
See ya’, Leonard,
Ed
Amazing Ed. Your garment shop was actually worse than my print shop. Sounds like a nightmare no matter what your politics. :/
Started with PageMaker. It’s still sitting around here somewhere. :D Good meeting you.
Oh did not realize I was addressing YOU...
Don’t take it personal if he shoe don’t fit?
Me: It is a fact that a 8GB upgrade for iPhone is $100 while I did a 32GB upgrade to my android for $15.
You: What good is your expansion memory for Apps? Apples Memory is not the same, TexasGator. Yours can only be used for storage. . . Photos, music, etc. try putting an App and running it. Also, consider the security of removable memory .... There is none. You lose the card, your data is gone. Better encrypt it. . .
Yes. The iPhone 5 is 16, the iPhone 4 was only 8.
Security of removable battery. No problem.
Lose my card? It is inside my phone.
Transfer files. Stick in PC versus hours of wifi.
I currently have a Early ‘11 MPB with the SuperDrive. While I rarely used the drive it has been invaluable on several occasion where I never planned on needing it it, but used it.
It’s a .9” vs .7” thick. I would much rather have the tiny difference in a thicker machine than lug around some extra accessories, just in case.
Personally I like Mavericks. However, it is at the limit of dumbed down for me.
It’s breathtaking most days. A little hot in the summer months, though. Like riding in a convection oven.
Yikes!
Still sounds like a blast.
I love the desert, we used to camp at Joshua Tree all the time, and had a place in New Mexico.
Really miss that desert beauty.
See ya’,
Ed
No, it is not a fact. The Apple iPhone 5s comes in 16, 32, 64, and 128 Gigabyte models. The Apple iPhone 5C came in only a 16 and 32 gigabyte versions for $100 less than the more capable 5S with equivalent memory but four times faster 64 bit processors, seven times faster graphics, metal cases, and the finger print sensor and SIXTEEN GB more storage. , . Apple is now offering a 5C with only 8 GB of capacity, but for about $50 less. The far less capable and SMALLER 4s was offered with 8Gb, but the smaller memory was not the only differentiating characteristic as you implied! A 3.5" screen is involved too. . . and eight times slower than the 5S. There is a LOT more to that pricing differential than just 8GBs.
If you're talking on-contract pricing, get your FUD right. The actual price difference between the iPhone 4s at $0 and the iPhone 5s was originally $199! And $99 for the 5C. However, the 5S can be had for just $79 on sale at Walmart this last weekend. . . and some carriers are offering the 5C for free with a two year commitment.
Gator, many Android additional memory cards are located on external slots. . . yours is internal, well goody for you! Transfer files? I can do both direct connect and WIFI. . . And it doesn't take hours. In fact, it's a toss up. Last up date of a 1.5 GB OS FILE, 7 minutes. Wifi at my house.
I’m done. Be happy Leonard. Stay ignorant.
Did you buy one of the new MacPros? If so, didn't you get a thunderbolt LaCie raid drive? How is 768MBs/second too slow? The OLD MacPros SATA drives were capable of 3 Gigabit per second transfer rates, about half the speed rating of the LaCie Thunderbolt box. . . did your IT guys just transfer the old drives into it???
No links, just your word, makes me skeptical not ignorant.
Your deifying Apple is what brings out the “trolls” not your respectful presentation of facts.
Posting things that are not true as facts is what makes you ignorant, Leonard. You repeatedly do that. I no longer want to spend MY valuable time doing your research. Look up the links yourself.yourself. As I said, get an education.
No one anywhere, for or against Apple, has found that kids were committing or threatening suicide because they didn’t get enough overtime.
That was just one of your “facts”.
You don't know what you're talking about. That IS a fact. Just because YOU can't find it, doesn't make it untrue. It was reported and was what was going on. No one committed suicide over that incident but 200 workers threatened to do so. It's just one example of a tactic they've used. Here's another example in a labor dispute:
Chinese workers threaten mass suicide in labor dispute.
It's not that uncommon. . . so you see, YOU are ignorant!!!
On another story on a similar incident, there is this quote:
"Apple was scrutinized for labor conditions following reports from American author Mike Daisey and the New York Times. Although, it was later discovered that Daisey's reports were mostly fabricated, a wave of international protests prompted Apple to partner with the Fair Labor Association. The company made its entire supply chain accessible and agreed to uphold the FLA's workplace code of conduct throughout their entire supply chain."
Quit accusing people who know what they're talking about of not knowing! I do know!
So you claim of “ no one anywhere, for or against Apple. . .” Is exactly what, based on what?
I have never disputed that Daisey fabricated his report, but you said that Chinese kids were jumping off buildings because they didn’t get enough overtime.
This article says it was labor disputes over wages (no surprise). Says earlier suicides were met with pay raises and nets to catch any jumpers.
“With weak workplace protections, employees sometimes feel forced to take extreme measures in pay disputes...”
I appreciate that you posted one link (not a primary source, by the way, but appreciated). If Apple has better policies, I applaud them. This was your issue, however, not mine.
I was making an admittedly hyperbolic assertion that left-wing companies who pay Democrats (in dollars or services) are in fact paying for draconian US regulations that forced them overseas in the first place. And Apple is one of them.
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