It should come as no surprise why I regularly come to Steve's defense to defend our work ethic in a world where our hard work and commitment to quality is frequently reduced in the public mind as Steve Jobs having been a tyrant or a dictator rather than a great design leader.
It should come as no surprise that those of us on his winning team including the design team he treated like family would feel responsible to protect his honor and legacy in the harsh light of public scrutiny and lowering standards.
Image: Eddy Cue & Hiroki reviewing design treatments with Steve Jobs in the executive boardroom.
TONIGHT at 7PM PT online and at the Computer History Museum for the 40th Anniversary of Macintosh
https://computerhistory.org/events/insanely-great/
Insanely Great crew assembled:
(AI generated birthday cake courtesy of Andy Hertzfeld):
I have so many friends who deserve lifetime achievement awards for their design contributions to the human family.
New feature: From 2-clicks to 1-Click: The untold origins on the making of the iTunes Music Store
The official account (and backstory) on the founding of Apple's content production team
https://skeuomorphic.design/p/from-2-clicks-to-1-click-the-untold
Things I started:
Apple Webmail
Apple’s first gift card system
iTunes Music Store
Mac OS X Dashboard
Cloud-based Storage (iDisk)
System level cloud based services (iTools & .Mac)
Cloud-based bookmark syncing (.Mac Bookmarks)
iTunes Producer
iTunes Essentials
Garageband
Playlist Sharing
The digital lifestyle
Prince Street Apple Store & Apple Store Kyoto LEGO sets (collect them all).
Chart showing the impact of iPhone on Samsung design via Apple Insider
Happy birthday iPhone 🎂🥳🎉
The Epoch of My Creations: Celebrating the Legacy of iLife '03, '04, '06, and Mac OS X Panther & Tiger
Award-Winning work that transformed the field of design
https://skeuomorphic.design/p/the-epoch-of-my-creations-celebrating
This was my official reporting structure but nobody took HR reporting structures very seriously:
👨🏻💻 Steve Jobs
┗👨🏻💻 Eddy Cue
┗🧑💻 Robert Kondrk
┗ 👨🏻💻 Michael Darius
Ready for the New Year Festivities 🥳
I'll never DM you on social media to offer you an investment opportunity.
More official profiles: darius.design
There are two types of people on this platform:
1. People who engage meaningfully so as to contribute to the quality of the dialog.
2. People who maybe had a bad childhood and engage with banter or ego so as to draw attention to themselves and away from the person posting.
Don’t be #2
It’s been 26 years since the Think Different campaign was first launched in 1997. Consider this the 25 year silver anniversary we never had.
The only policy for blocking someone I have is if they are busier doing something other than making something wonderful and putting it out there.
Because we were always figuring out what came next, we got more done in a day than most people do in a lifetime.
Every designer on Nostr/Primal can teach you everything you want to know about optimizing your Figma workflow to suit everyone’s location preferences.
Centralized designers however have different things to teach about the irreplacable value of working together (in person).
Very meaningful quote coming from Design Lead for Samsung, Ford, Google, Waymo, Youtube & IBM.
Thank you.
Thanksgiving Feast for the Mind: The Core of Apple’s Hardware Engineering (Paid members exclusive)
An Extra Meaty Inaugural Special: Savoring the Precision and Passion Behind Apple's Technological Triumphs.
https://skeuomorphic.design/p/thanksgiving-feast-for-the-mind-the
“Baked Apple” Thanksgiving ad from 1981.
Happy Thanksgiving Apple family.
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
