Writers Block Live

The keynote is over, the adrenaline starts to subside and I’m safe back in my hotel room; I finally get around to checking my mail. I find a note from Markus Fest, the original creator of Toast, congratulating me on my promotion. He had watched the keynote webcast from Germany, and his sharp eyes had noticed the slide that Steve put up before my demo. (more…)

‘Unreasonable perfectionist who terrorizes everyone around him’ – you see that sort of comment about Steve Jobs so often it’s easy to believe it must be true. But I’m here to tell you it is not. It seems to be next-to-impossible for anyone to write about Steve without perpetuating one or more of the stereotypical images of how he works (i.e. that he always wear a black turtleneck; that no one wants to get in the elevator with him, etc.)

Steve rehearses, sans turtleneck

And nearly every article must make reference to the RDF (reality distortion field) that Steve’s deploys to great effect. I have some personal experience with Steve, so feel at least slightly qualified to comment on some of these things. (more…)