Sunday, January 16, 2005

A Kindler, Gentler, "Three-Ply" Steve?

Thanks to what I thought would be a quick visit to the Apple Folklore webpage, I've spent the better part of today reading about Steve Jobs.

Being an Apple devotee, I'm well steeped in legends about Steve. I've read a number of interviews he's given, which usually consist heavily of brazen declarations of his companies' importance and not-even-thinly-veiled insults lobbed at competitors (Witness: "With Jobs, it was never enough to say 'we're right on this and they're wrong'. No, it was always 'we're right on this and they're idiots'.")

Such a mercurial personality, when combined with the legendary stories of Apple's founding and development, generally make for a pretty shallow understanding of what makes him tick. So it pleased me to uncover these interviews that feature some humanising revelations amidst the visionary prounouncements. Here, Steve discusses childhood inspirations,
how he met his wife and what kind of toilet paper he prefers.

Fascinating guy. He's definitely an invite for my fantasy dinner party. (Though I would be worried about him scoffing at the other guests, and possibly turning his nose up at my choice of toilet paper...)

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