Simply handing over your iPod to a friend, your blind date, or the total stranger sitting next to you on the plane opens you up like a book." (Steven Levy)
Walter IsaacsonJobs insisted that Apple focus on just two or three priorities at a time. โThere is no one better at turning off the noise that is going on around him,โ Cook said. โThat allows him to focus on a few things and say no to many things. Few people are really good at that.
Walter IsaacsonGood telling of human stories is the best way to keep the Internet and World Wide Web from becoming a waste vastland.
Walter IsaacsonThe best and most innovative products don't always win...(it's an) aesthetic flaw in how the universe worked
Walter IsaacsonI think Leonardo da Vinci teaches us the value of both being focused on things that fascinate us but also, at times, being distracted and deciding to pursue some shiny new idea that you happen to stumble upon. Balancing intense focus with being interested in a whole lot of different things is something that we have to do in the Internet age.
Walter Isaacson