Thank You Steve and Good Bye

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image by Charis Tsevis

Thank you for being an inspiration to all entrepreneurs.

Thank you for showing that second chances matter.

Thank you for making blue jeans and sweaters an acceptable business attire.

Thank you for always challenging the status quo.

Thank you for bringing us the most innovative & simple devices & software.

Thank you for making us more productive and connected.

Thank you for teaching us that we should never give up.

You will be greatly missed but never forgotten.


 

 

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The Sixth Commandment of Steve Jobs

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Around 3 weeks ago, when Steve Jobs stepped down from CEO, Newsweek's The Daily Beast published a great inforgraphic on the management style of Steve Jobs.

The article spoke about the ten commandments of Steve Jobs and what was of great interest to me was number 6, simplify.

His devotion to simplicity is one of the reasons why Apple has brought to us the innovative interfaces of the iPod, iPhone, iPad and I could continue adding more of their innovations here. When working on the iPod, Jobs asked his design team to simplify to the point of removing all the buttons, including the on/off button (something that was done poorly later on with the iPod shuffle).

If it wasn't for simplicity, some of Apple's devices wouldn't have been so groundbreaking. Follow Steve's example and start simplifying, it will definitely pay off.

 

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Posted by Harry Mylonadis