
The Soul of A New Machine


One of the lessons that TMitTB has tried to get across to you, the big message that matters most to him, is that code is never done; after shipping the new platform (no longer a website, this is a platform), with all its interlocking components, he and his team will continue to work on it forever. There will always be new bugs, new features, new ne... See more
PAUL FORD • Paul Ford: What Is Code? | Bloomberg
At the end of the presentation someone asked whether he thought they should do some market research to see what customers wanted. “No,” he replied, “because customers don’t know what they want until we’ve shown them.” Then he pulled out a device that was about the size of a desk diary. “Do you want to see something neat?” When he flipped it open, i... See more
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs


For once Bill was the calmer one. “Actually, we’re better off now that we know what kind of partner IBM really is. If this happened once, it will happen again. We’ve got to close the AT&T deal right away.”