Post by Klingoncelt on Oct 10, 2011 23:16:07 GMT -5
October 6, 2011
The Original Digital Rock-Star...
Steve Jobs [1955 - 2011]
I'm doing now what I do most mornings - writing on my Macbook, buzzing around on my i-phone, the news-streams are on my Mac Pro production computer - which from about 9:30am runs the most sophisticated music production software on the planet, its an environment I've created that fulfils both my personal, creative & commercial needs - But quite literally, without the "genius multi-tasking vision" of Steve Jobs & Apple, much of this would be a pipe-dream & the entertainment business would look very different indeed.
We didn't know what we wanted but Steve did. Could you identify anything or anybody that blows even remotely close to the Jobs/Apple genius, if so where are they, & please stand up, because we’ve just lost Einstein...
In a world where the corporate CEO banking & business world earns little respect from the public, this man inspires the opposite in a way few will ever experience. His sales dwarf movies, music, TV et all, he is indeed the first "Digital Rock Star"... Proving it's possible to have responsible, innovative, visionary business leaders without having slithered up the greasy corporate pole via the usual old bastards club...
I would hazard a guess that the majority of the protesters in Wall st. & beyond have organised themselves using an Apple device & would have no quarrel with Mr Jobs, lets face it he has busted most of the corporate norms & turned the entertainment business on its corrupt, fat head. Ironically while the like of Doug Morris were trying to fight the man's vision [how stupid does this guy look now] Apple was powering the production of the music they were selling via Logic & their range of production computers G4-5 & Mac pro etc etc...
Classically Ironic - just like most rockstars, his fledgling efforts were conceived in a garage, bypassing the monotony of college or formal training... That's Rock n Roll. A true leader & not a follower, who rejected the corporate crassness of cloning products & chasing trends, and in doing so created & inspired the "first generation of the digital age" - Taking the high end capability of Apple technology & making it accessible to all - Raising a specialist graphic product into a social linch-pin in less than a generation.
Where’s the competition ?? ? Currently no other technology company can even lick his boots, he may have been the greatest CEO ever but he’s also the Godfather of digital innovation & has defined the world's relationship with technology as we move into an era that is dominated by the transformation technology demands.
Its the biggest company in the world, [yeah there's an oil company above it, but not by design] because in Apple's case "we want their products", whereas with oil it only fulfils needs & is terminally corrupt, inspiring nothing but conflict. So there's a gorilla of a difference, principally - Because Steve Jobs MADE THINGS WE WANT - As the world apparently heads to hell in a handbag, Apple not only bucks the negative trend but denies the competition any room for complacency.
The fact that no other company can compete on any level with Apple product development & marketing illustrates just how far-back the others are running...
He won it all, he's a "digital war-lord", dominating the smart phone, tablet, music player, entertainment distribution & content production "markets" but to name a few - Oh, there's also the tale of that little 7-billion dollar company called "Pixar"... For me that deal, which was way before the rock n roll of the i-phone era, shows the agility of Jobs business acumen... read more about Pixar - HERE ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar )
Currently siting on more liquidity than the US government, never needed a bailout, growth driven by sales not M&A... So why not make the Apple Model a blueprint for the Executive Branch of Government. Innovative, job creating, profitable, respected, loved... Imagine that in politics [no, forget it just to far fetched]... Truly - The skills of this man & the company he created, its ability to create jobs & real cash should be an inspiration & a lesson to ALL - Particularly to those good old boys' [and the odd girl] who have fucked everything up royally !!!
Apple - Revolutionised the music business, I often wonder where the business could now be if those who ran it into the ground had instead ran with Mr Jobs 100%... Whether you liked it or not, Apple were leading the innovation & transition of my business from analogue to digital on hardware, software, music product, music production, distribution & retail. There's not a credible studio I know that doesn't run their recording & mixing systems on an Apple computer, its that simple - All Customised to install your preferences.
He's the Da Vinci of his time, maybe the greatest inventor ever. And don't forget App's - An entire market & consumer format created from nothing but his vision, an overnight success, gained from constantly moving in the right direction, with an understanding of how you got there whilst knowing exactly where you're going to next !!!
Steve Jobs changed my world, I spend more time with Steve than with any other, the overall effect Apple has on one's creative capability is fundamental, in fact I'm now in the process of completely re-building my studio to accommodate the production needs of the independent digital artist [more in the next blog] ... The alternatives would fracture my brilliantly organised, creative & resourceful Apple environment - I want to have my 4 screen world harmonised & also beautiful looking, and there's only one choice for any of that - Apple. As Ive said previously by way of a metaphor - "There's only One John Lennon"
The trends this man has set are now written in stone for generations, and I may not be the only one who believe's his legacy is more fundamental than say Henry Ford or Edison, however I shall acquiesce to the notion that time will be a better judge of that than I.
No Smart Phones = No Revolutions...
Steve Jobs – RIP
The Original Digital Rock-Star...
Steve Jobs [1955 - 2011]
I'm doing now what I do most mornings - writing on my Macbook, buzzing around on my i-phone, the news-streams are on my Mac Pro production computer - which from about 9:30am runs the most sophisticated music production software on the planet, its an environment I've created that fulfils both my personal, creative & commercial needs - But quite literally, without the "genius multi-tasking vision" of Steve Jobs & Apple, much of this would be a pipe-dream & the entertainment business would look very different indeed.
We didn't know what we wanted but Steve did. Could you identify anything or anybody that blows even remotely close to the Jobs/Apple genius, if so where are they, & please stand up, because we’ve just lost Einstein...
In a world where the corporate CEO banking & business world earns little respect from the public, this man inspires the opposite in a way few will ever experience. His sales dwarf movies, music, TV et all, he is indeed the first "Digital Rock Star"... Proving it's possible to have responsible, innovative, visionary business leaders without having slithered up the greasy corporate pole via the usual old bastards club...
I would hazard a guess that the majority of the protesters in Wall st. & beyond have organised themselves using an Apple device & would have no quarrel with Mr Jobs, lets face it he has busted most of the corporate norms & turned the entertainment business on its corrupt, fat head. Ironically while the like of Doug Morris were trying to fight the man's vision [how stupid does this guy look now] Apple was powering the production of the music they were selling via Logic & their range of production computers G4-5 & Mac pro etc etc...
Classically Ironic - just like most rockstars, his fledgling efforts were conceived in a garage, bypassing the monotony of college or formal training... That's Rock n Roll. A true leader & not a follower, who rejected the corporate crassness of cloning products & chasing trends, and in doing so created & inspired the "first generation of the digital age" - Taking the high end capability of Apple technology & making it accessible to all - Raising a specialist graphic product into a social linch-pin in less than a generation.
Where’s the competition ?? ? Currently no other technology company can even lick his boots, he may have been the greatest CEO ever but he’s also the Godfather of digital innovation & has defined the world's relationship with technology as we move into an era that is dominated by the transformation technology demands.
Its the biggest company in the world, [yeah there's an oil company above it, but not by design] because in Apple's case "we want their products", whereas with oil it only fulfils needs & is terminally corrupt, inspiring nothing but conflict. So there's a gorilla of a difference, principally - Because Steve Jobs MADE THINGS WE WANT - As the world apparently heads to hell in a handbag, Apple not only bucks the negative trend but denies the competition any room for complacency.
The fact that no other company can compete on any level with Apple product development & marketing illustrates just how far-back the others are running...
He won it all, he's a "digital war-lord", dominating the smart phone, tablet, music player, entertainment distribution & content production "markets" but to name a few - Oh, there's also the tale of that little 7-billion dollar company called "Pixar"... For me that deal, which was way before the rock n roll of the i-phone era, shows the agility of Jobs business acumen... read more about Pixar - HERE ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar )
Currently siting on more liquidity than the US government, never needed a bailout, growth driven by sales not M&A... So why not make the Apple Model a blueprint for the Executive Branch of Government. Innovative, job creating, profitable, respected, loved... Imagine that in politics [no, forget it just to far fetched]... Truly - The skills of this man & the company he created, its ability to create jobs & real cash should be an inspiration & a lesson to ALL - Particularly to those good old boys' [and the odd girl] who have fucked everything up royally !!!
Apple - Revolutionised the music business, I often wonder where the business could now be if those who ran it into the ground had instead ran with Mr Jobs 100%... Whether you liked it or not, Apple were leading the innovation & transition of my business from analogue to digital on hardware, software, music product, music production, distribution & retail. There's not a credible studio I know that doesn't run their recording & mixing systems on an Apple computer, its that simple - All Customised to install your preferences.
He's the Da Vinci of his time, maybe the greatest inventor ever. And don't forget App's - An entire market & consumer format created from nothing but his vision, an overnight success, gained from constantly moving in the right direction, with an understanding of how you got there whilst knowing exactly where you're going to next !!!
Steve Jobs changed my world, I spend more time with Steve than with any other, the overall effect Apple has on one's creative capability is fundamental, in fact I'm now in the process of completely re-building my studio to accommodate the production needs of the independent digital artist [more in the next blog] ... The alternatives would fracture my brilliantly organised, creative & resourceful Apple environment - I want to have my 4 screen world harmonised & also beautiful looking, and there's only one choice for any of that - Apple. As Ive said previously by way of a metaphor - "There's only One John Lennon"
The trends this man has set are now written in stone for generations, and I may not be the only one who believe's his legacy is more fundamental than say Henry Ford or Edison, however I shall acquiesce to the notion that time will be a better judge of that than I.
No Smart Phones = No Revolutions...
Steve Jobs – RIP
Maybe I'll just wait till this one blows up and get a new one with 8 on it. And Photoshop. This Vista does not have Photoshop. 
My XP did.