10 Surprises We Have Learned About Steve Jobs
With a bestselling biography by Walter Isaacson on the shelves, the public has learned many shocking details about the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs since he succumbed to cancer in October of 2011. In addition to the surprising allegations of refusal to pay child support to the mother of his eldest daughter and the story behind his black turtleneck uniform, here are ten other surprises that have come out since his untimely demise.
- He Initially Opposed Third-Party Apps – Apple board member Art Levinson had to make at least a dozen pleading phone calls in order to convince Steve Jobs to allow the use of third-party apps on their revolutionary devices. Convinced that policing the developers would prove too complex, he staunchly opposed the idea before finally conceding.
- He Has No Record of Philanthropy or Charitable Contributions – Despite the billions he was worth, Steve Jobs has absolutely no history of charitable contributions. Unless donations were made anonymously, he wasn’t known as a philanthropist.
- He Espoused Freedom of Expression, But Heavily Censored Third-Party Apps – While launching an empire directed at “the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers,” Jobs strictly controlled the apps that were allowed to be sold for his iPhone and iPad products. Apps directed at gay issues, political parodies, erotica of any kind and several other things he deemed immoral were verboten.
- He Condoned Chinese Sweatshop Conditions – In a shocking contribution to the terrible working conditions in some foreign countries, Steve Jobs not only allowed Apple products to be assembled by children in China, but also allowed brutal punishments to be meted out for mistakes.
- His Biography Was Written For His Children – The biography penned by Walter Isaacson didn’t come easily; Isaacson declined the first time he was approached with the project. After accepting, Jobs explained that he wanted the book to be written in order for his children to have a chance to get to know him, as he knew he hadn’t been present enough in their lives to foster the relationships.
- He Died Fighting the Android OS – Vowing to “spend his last dying breath if he had to,” to “right the wrong” of what he deemed Google’s stolen idea for the Android operating system, Steve Jobs was obsessed with killing the OS. Going so far as to say, “I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 million,” he was fixated on the litigation surrounding the Android even in his last days.
- The Purchase of a Washing Machine Was Debated for Two Weeks –Much of Apple’s success can likely be attributed to the perfectionism and obsession with detail that was a trademark of Steve Jobs’s personality. What most of us didn’t know was that those traits extended deeply into his personal life as well. Upon deciding to purchase a new washing machine, the Jobs learned that European models were more efficient and easier on clothing, but had a cycle time that was twice as long as their American counterparts. The trade-off was discussed in depth around the family dinner table for two weeks before they reached a decision.
- He Claimed That Hallucinogenics Were the Key to His Success – In a discussion about what Jobs perceived as a lack of creativity in Microsoft mogul Bill Gates, he explained that acid helped him to prioritize from a spiritual standpoint. Crediting his experimentation with LSD for teaching him that “creating great things” were more important than making money, Jobs implied that Mr. Gates would have benefitted from using the drug himself.
- He Insulted the President – When President Obama requested a meeting, Steve Jobs insisted on a personal invitation. After holding out for five days, he agreed to meet the Commander in Chief, and opened the meeting with the statement, “You’re heading for a one-term presidency.”
- He Attempted To Holistically Treat His Pancreatic Cancer – Due to his hesitance to undergo surgery for the tumor discovered in his pancreas in 2003, Jobs chose holistic treatments including veganism, herbs and acupuncture. When those treatments were unsuccessful, he finally consented to surgical treatment nine months later. During this procedure, it was discovered that the cancer had metastasized.
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I pay careful attention to the attitude “the rules don’t appy to me.” While I admire Jobs’ creatativity, passion for perfection, and attention to details as described by Isaacson, I was bothered by Jobs’ reported refusal to display a license plate on his car. I wondered how/why the “system” let him get away with not displaying a license plate.
That mystery is solved on page 12 of the Wikipedia description of Steve Jobs. It seems a California law allows a maximum of 6 months for new vehicles to receive plates and Jobs stayed within the law by leasing a new identical car every six months.
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Steve Jobs just gave Obama a huge slap on the face for saying: “You’re heading for a one-term presidency.”
I get to know Steve Jobs is not a genius to me now after reading this article, he was just an ordinary person. But we still miss him.
Behind her was the source of the controversy – a group of poor ‘coolies’ standing indistinctly behind her, carrying her Louis Vuitton luggage, their faces partly shrouded by the brand name in bold letters. The picture of a “poverty stricken coolie.
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Steve Jobs, while effective at business and envisioning ground-breaking products, was not known for being humane.
Let’s not forget that Steve didn’t write the programing or much else for the iPhone , ipad, or snow Leopard Software.
Two hundred patents were part of the design of the iPhone as it appeared in 2007. It was a collaborative effort.
John Casey came up with a conceptual art piece and circulated around the internet through the company’s internal email. He dubbed it the “Telipod” – a combination of the ipod and the telephone. This idea gradually was evolved into the iPhone we know today.
Steve Jobs only directed Apple’s engineers to develop a touch screen, mobile phone.
Jobs at first was considering an Apple tablet computer, that desire eventually manifested in the iPad, and Apple had already produced a palm device with a touch screen, the Newton MessagePad.
Fortunately for Steve Jobs our society rewards those who make a lot of money for themselves at the cost of what is humane treatment of low-wage workers.
Being a stingy, anal, a-hole doesn’t impress me at all.
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I think Steve Jobs is arrogant, foolish, vindictive, greedy, not a fraction of the man he is worshiped as. People refuse to believe he is what he does because he wears blue jeans and they think he is cool. Apple computers were easier to play with and teachers and musicians liked them because they didn’t require you to understand how they functioned. Thinking, productive people always chose PC’s. The success of apple comes from its I pod, I phone, etc. Which is a super hyped Walkman and phone together. Each addition of the I phone is merely the same as the first. The desire for them pre-exists the actual phone roll out. People don’t even know if they work and they have to have the latest. He is neither a genius or a visionary.
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These are all interesting points, and could be important ones too. But since there are no cited sources of information, I can’t fully believe what you’re saying, because for all I know it may be incorrect.
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