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An inspiration engine for ideas
This was the product that put the company on the map and that pushed Jobs from a small-time entrepreneur into the head of a visionary company. He produced something of great value and in return his career got an injection of creativity, impact, and control.
Cal Newport • So Good They Can't Ignore You
Writing by hand was important for me.
Tony Fadell • Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
He was hired to design what comes after the iPhone.
Not a device. A dimension.
Not another product. A paradigm.
This isn’t a launch.
It’s a systems design challenge,and there are maybe 3 people alive who’ve done that at scale. And Jony is one of them.
So no, OpenAI didn’t buy a device.
They bought a design l... See more
Apple’s traditional power was its mastery of the user interface—–the technology that mediates between a human user and their digital tools and content.
OpenAI will now get an opportunity to define the ideal software-hardware fusion for the new computing paradigm it helped usher in.
“AI is such a big leap forward in terms of what people can do that i
... See moreI want the computer-human interface to be an empowering and positive experience—to minimize the interruption, annoyance, and distraction of our so-called smartphones and glass-faced tablets.
David Rose • Enchanted Objects: Innovation, Design, and the Future of Technology
The story was told by former Amazon engineer Steve Yegge in a post that he wrote for colleagues at Google, but which ended up being accidentally made public and went viral among Internet developers. It is known as “Stevey’s Platform Rant.”
Tim O'Reilly • Wtf?
building a product.