- On Sept. 2011, Apple became the most valuable company in the world. - Apple's "Lisa" was the first consumer computer with a graphical user interface. - “The Internet? We are not interested in it.” – Bill Gates, 1993
On Oct 11, 2:43 pm, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > <http://www.quora.com> > Top Content For You This Week > What are some great stories about Steve > Jobs?<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FSteve-Jobs%2FWhat-are-...> > Erik > Lammerding<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FErik-Lammerding&digest...>voted > up this answer. > 322<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FSteve-Jobs%2FWhat-are-...> > Kristopher > Wright<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FKristopher-Wright&dige...>, > Film Maker > Founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, passed away today. I never met the man > personally and now I never will. I only had one semi-personal interaction > with Steve Jobs and I thought it was a good time to share it. > > Before I met the wife I had a girlfriend named Rebecca. Rebecca had > non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It was a rough time in her life and she was very > depressed by it, even though chemotherapy was healing her over time. > > Rebecca was a big fan of Pixar films. I knew Steve Jobs had also been > battling cancer and was a big part of the Pixar company. I d... *Read > More > »<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FSteve-Jobs%2FWhat-are-...> > * > [image: Erik > Lammerding]<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FErik-Lammerding&digest...> > How did Steve Jobs impact the lives of Quora > users?<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FSteve-Jobs%2FHow-did-S...> > 60<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FSteve-Jobs%2FHow-did-S...> > Anne K. > Halsall<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FAnne-K.-Halsall&digest...>, > lifelong Apple Macintosh fan > I've been an Apple devotee all my life. I grew up on the products of Mr. > Jobs's imagination. I wrote BASIC on an Apple //e, I composed poetry on a > Mac Plus, I learned Photoshop on a Performa, I chatted with friends on a > blueberry iMac, I played games on a G4 cube, I took lecture notes on an > iBook, I created websites with a MacBook, I designed educational software > for the iPad, I helped bring Quora to the iPhone. > > These devices have shaped my friendships, my personality, my education, and > my career. They have taught me the value of good desi... *Read More > »<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FSteve-Jobs%2FHow-did-S...> > * > What allows Amazon to be so > innovative?<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FAmazon%2FWhat-allows-A...> > 56<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FAmazon%2FWhat-allows-A...> > Jason > Crawford<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FJason-Crawford&digest_...>, > Amazon employee 2004–2007 > Some key pieces: > > - *Visionary leadership: *Jeff Bezos built an online retailer before most > people knew what the Internet was. He was talking about what he called the > "machine-to-machine Web" before the term "web services" was even coined. > - *Customer focus:* Amazon is driven by serving customers and creating > value for them, not by beating competitors or by winning any piece of some > pre-existing market. This helps keep them focused on a consistent strategy > ( > > http://www.gsb.stanford.**edu/news...<http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/vftt_bezos.shtml>) > and prevents them from wasting resources on me-too or copy... > > *Read More > »<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FAmazon%2FWhat-allows-A...> > * > [image: Jason > Crawford]<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FJason-Crawford&digest_...> > What questions do Americans want to hear the GOP candidates answer on the > economy during the October 11th GOP > debate?...<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FWhat-questions-do-Amer...> > 17<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FWhat-questions-do-Amer...> > Patrick > Ruffini<http://www.quora.com/digest/track_click?url=%2FPatrick-Ruffini&digest...>, > Partner at Engage, former RNC and Bus... > Traditional, 9-to-5 jobs seem to be playing less and less of a role in > today's economy. 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Modern societies produce, > transport, and consume food as a commodity, which means all steps along the > way are tailored to be as cheap and as fast as possible. > > Producing rice, soy, and beans, staples of a vegan diet, requires massive > operations which carve swaths of land from the ecosystem. Harvest is a > killer, both of animals and humans, depending on the country it is performed > in. 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