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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:18 PM Original message |
What Everyone Is Too Polite to Say About Steve Jobs |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nobody is perfect, and your timing is lousy. He was a perfectionist. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. We are all adults here, and when a person dies, people review that person's life. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. It seems often true that being an asshole is necessary |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Too bad your timing sucks to high heaven |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. I agree,. Awful timing. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have two friends.... |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I think some of it is that they have the power to get away with behaving badly |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. "Sometimes that translates into asshattery"... |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. These are the types of personalities... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. he had a genius, but i never realized that was supposed to make him a saint |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Nope, not a thing. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. When someone in the limelight passes, a lot is published about him or her and... |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I think they reconciled. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I read that too - and that she spent some of her teen years with Steve... |
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sunwyn (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. Poor timing but the truth is what it is... |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. sunwyn |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. He also hated unions with a passion |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Those factories could have been in USA and if fair wages/hours were assigned they |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Precisely, |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. celebrity CEO |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. there's an even more detailed critique of the Apple "look and feel" or Apple "mystique" itself |
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left coaster (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not a member of the Cult of Apple, so I'm happy to recommend. nt |
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leftyohiolib (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. he made shinny objects of distraction. |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. for all those saying "too soon"--what was he to you? |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. "what was he to you?" |
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rury (629 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. Recced |
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Jello Biafra (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. The things you have to do... |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
23. He was a jerk in life |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Interesting when he is compared to Bill Gates |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. "Remember that the Mac icon driven windows was originally in another product (Xerox)" |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I call Microsoft me too and it is true |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Regardless of the OS you use... |
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