{"id":30477,"date":"2020-10-16T14:23:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T18:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=30477"},"modified":"2020-10-16T14:23:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T18:23:16","slug":"steve-jobs-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/16\/steve-jobs-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Jobs Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drew McCormack<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Steve’s anniversary was a few days ago. I always pause, at least for a moment, to remember how great those times were after his return to Apple in 1996. A rollercoaster that convinced me to leave my secure job in the scientific community, and risk everything on something new they were calling “apps”.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

That’s when I got the order. I would receive details of all Mental Case purchase orders in my email inbox. (Yes, there were so few I could read them all individually.) This one was different, because I recognized the name immediately.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

I have no idea if this was the real Steve Jobs on the line, or just a carefully crafted practical joke. (I don’t think the information about treatment in Missouri was even common knowledge at that time.) But I like to think it really was Steve, bored in his hospital bed, recovering from surgery, and just browsing through apps to see where the wind was blowing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Chris Hynes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I worked right on the hallway where he hiked between buildings, so it was very common to see him. A few days after the bicycle incident, we were walking towards each other in the hall.<\/p>\n

He looked at me, ducked his head, and did the same apologetic gesture with his hand. I couldn’t believe he remembered. He did this duck and wave about a dozen times in the next month or so. Then one time he passed me with a grin on his face and just said “Hey”<\/p>\n

Perhaps he felt he had done enough apologizing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n