Tag: steve jobs

TommyLog – Focus on the Core

When will it end? Companies sending out product after product, making a small tweak and the releasing a new version. Division after division of the same crap!! In this day and age of HUGE companies collapsing under their own weight, when will they learn? Why don’t they focus on their core products?

How many different models of Dell laptops are there? Sony, HP? Hundreds! Before the collapse of GM, how many different divisions did they have? They ditched Oldsmobile, Pontiac, SAAB, Hummer, and Saturn to focus on their core. Apple in the early 1990’s up the return of Steve Jobs had many different lines, PowerMac, Performa with numbers like the 8150, 7100, 6105 etc. Once Steve came back he put his foot down and nixed all that. Do you know how many laptop lines Apple has now? Apple has 2, MacBook, Air and MacBook Pro. The largest company in the world, at last look, really only has 7 major product lines, iPhone, iPad, Mac Mini, Macbook, iMac, Mac Pro and iPod. That’s it. Well there is the Apple TV also, does that count?

What does this type of efficiency get them? Better distribution, saved support calls to name a few. Maybe we should take a look internally and see if we are focusing on the core.

The core being family. Are you focusing on what’s important? Think about it!

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TommyLog – Learning from Mistakes

Today I’m in Oshkosh and recording on my iPhone. I have been listening to Steve Jobs book called iCon and the topic of learning from mistakes has come up. How would society be if we took a page from this book and actually learned from our mistakes.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R28LqCecaus

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TommyLog – The Things We Take for Granted – RIP Steve Jobs

NOTE: Sorry about the video quality. I wonder if my Zi8 is dying.

This past week we lost one of the greatest and most brilliant minds in my time and possibly ever. My father called and likened Steve Jobs to the mind of Albert Einstein, WOW now that’s saying a lot. To think Steve stared Apple in his home garage, was kicked out, brought back when the company was on the verge of death and today, Apple is one of the largest companies in world with stock selling right around $400.00. Stunning. So many tech items that we take for granted were made commonplace by Mr. Jobs and the team at Apple! GUI, WIFI, mouse, USB, iPod, iPad, iPhone and so many many more. What a life and what a legacy he leaves behind.

Now for the real question. What life and what legacy will we leave behind? Will we leave this world better then it was when we got here? That’s the true test of Steve and the life he left. He left this world so much better then it was when he got here. He did not accept the norm. He shot for perfection and it showed!

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIMKoy__R8w

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TommyLog – New iPhone

Well Uncle Steve has done it again, a new iPhone. The facetime video chat feature looks really inviting! Got pulled over for not having my vehicle registered. The CU is doing all the work and some paperwork got delayed. I’ll get that worked out. Went to my old stomping grounds today to pick up some work for HCM… great to see friendly faces from days gone bye…

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=237-y4iRNLc

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Red Shoes Speaks No. 20 No buyer’s remorse: They didn’t buy an iPad

Lisa and Tommy chat about their decision process and why they decided not to buy an iPad … this time. Did you buy one? What do you think? Are we right to hold out? Or, are we just plain crazy and missed the greatest opportunity of a lifetime?

Red Shoes Speaks No. 20 No buyer’s remorse: They didn’t buy an iPad from Jessica Dennis on Vimeo.