Excerpts from an Oral History Interview with Steve Jobs Founder, NeXT Computer.
august 2010 by shusta
Date of Interview: 20 April 1995
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history
august 2010 by shusta
Mac & the iPad
april 2010 by shusta
"It’s easy to talk about Steve’s paranoia and how that forces him to keep the project small, but, in truth, the secrecy is more of a useful by-product of the way he manages new projects, rather than the central goal. Steve assembles and motivates a small team of young geniuses, then sets them to work for “90 hours a week and loving it.” The results are highly-integrated designs that far outpace the competition."
apple
history
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iPhone
iPad
april 2010 by shusta
Declaration of Causes of Secession
april 2010 by shusta
The South were the ones who made the Civil War about slavery within their secession statements.
slavery
US
civil_war
history
april 2010 by shusta
Not A Potted Plant: Lest We Forget Why They Fought
april 2010 by shusta
"Treason in defense of slavery is not a subject matter appropriate for any freedom loving people to celebrate. The Civil War had good guys and it had bad guys. The good guys were the ones who won."
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civil_war
US
april 2010 by shusta
Robot Heart: Civil War was about slavery
april 2010 by shusta
"To argue otherwise demonstrates a shocking lack of understanding over exactly how morally deficient any society is that treats human beings like livestock. Slavery is wrong, whether slavery is justified through racism or not. The end of slavery in America is not to be qualified by how long racism continued (continues) after slavery ended, because slavery in and of itself is an evil."
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april 2010 by shusta
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