Steve Jobs' death in October 2011 provoked a remarkable outpouring of grief, prompting documentarian Alex Gibney to examine this "global wake." In the process, Gibney also questions our personal connection to the Apple founder, and to technology in general. Most of the material here has been covered already in the media, notably Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography. What's distinctive about Gibney's take is its overwhelmingly critical tone.
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine finds Gibney employing the same strategies he used in exposés like Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief and Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God. Voice-mails, depositions, private videos and surprise witnesses all help provide new insights into
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Behind-the-scenes clips show Sir Ridley Scott directing the groundbreaking Apple commercial broadcast during the 1984 Super Bowl. Cellphone footage shows how Jobs managed to drive without license plates.
On the other hand, a software engineer cries while recalling the stressful working environment at Apple. A Gizmodo reporter tells how he was threatened for writing about an iPhone prototype. Jobs' daughter Lisa gives a heartbreaking account of a business trip to Japan with her father.
The documentary touches upon Jobs' interest in Buddhism, and also his decision to avoid cancer treatments. Even these are seen as faults, not characteristics. Gibney feels that Jobs had the focus of a monk, "but none of the empathy." Since his cancer may have been treatable, Jobs let down both Apple and the people who depended on him.
In the documentary Gibney freely admits that he uses an iPhone. And in interviews he has been more conciliatory about Jobs, calling him "self-regarding but not self-reflective." Skewed as it is, Steve Jobs contains a lot of valuable information about its subject, all of it presented in a precise and focused
Today´s society is filled with people that only care about money and a person's profession when it comes to valuing an individual's life. Many people think that having a lot of money, college degrees, and working for a top notch business or company defines who they are, but what about the people who may not be successful in the world's view, but are happy because they are doing what they love to do ? Steve Jobs gave a commencement speech at Stanford University, in 2005, advising the graduates to follow their passions and not to listen to other people's advice about what is valuable or not. He also advised them not to waste their time living someone else’s life. Steve Jobs advocates for individuals to have the bravery to follow your
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple computers, was influenced by the very same transcendental ideas expressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson, namely self-reliance and determination. Rather than conforming to the accepted path of success, Steve Jobs chose to do things his own way, with determination. He dropped out of college and began only taking classes he found interesting, then he starte...
Apple has transformed from a computer genius to a powerhouse of all technology. “Jobs’ genius was in impressing his visions upon people,” and with each new advice the amazement of Apple followers strengthened (“Apple Computers”). Apple has created an illusion of a perfect society. With greater, more advanced technology, people believe that the world can only continue getting better. Customers have bought so mentally into Apples mission that they cringe at seeing someone using another device brand. Not only does Apple create an easier way to get everyday tasks complete, they make it look good too, “Jobs played a directive role at Apple in the development of products that were both elegant and tasteful” (“Apple llc Computer”). In today’s society the people are brainwashed by advancements which portray nothing less than a picture-perfect society, a
Like all companies and people, Apple is not perfect. The company has many suppliers when it comes to building their products, but with such a large corporation they also hold a responsibility to their supplier. However, one of Apples suppliers in China was charged with child labor. Apple seems to have set high standards but they mis...
Celebrated for its insight into the world of corporate, high-technology America, the book earned the author a Pulitzer and a National Book Award in 1982. But this book holds far more for its reader, so much more than a mere insight, superficial, into the world of high-tech. Its pages are full of an insight that goes far deeper than that. I would venture that most of its insights are not about corporations, nor business, nor high-tech, but about people.
Throughout the nation catastrophes occur on a daily basis; however there are a few catastrophes that have taken national precedence and left a traumatized nation. Most usually these catastrophes are an act of terrorism. Michael Nelson (2010) describes the nature of such terrorism catastrophes as disconcerting, unanticipated and that unnerve “the country’s sense of safety and identity” (p. 20). When such “a traumatic event results in the death of civilians” and “calls the nation’s institutions or values into question” the nation as a whole looks to their leader, our president, to offer solace and calm through a responsive speech (Campbell and Jamieson, 2008, p. 102). In Presidents Creating the Presidency, (2008) the authors have labeled these speeches as a national eulogy in which they usually occur at the sight of the
It’s sad to think that Jobs passed at the young age of 56. Yet his legacy lives on in the lessons he's instilled in others, like me. My hope is to use these lessons and begin to incorporate them into my life. With Steve Jobs’ passing in 2011, I became fascinated with his ethics and skills. I can only dream about being as successful as he once was with my career but will strive to achieve the best as he once did. I will conclude with one of my favourite anecdotes from Jobs’ long and successful career. It was known that the original Macintosh team had just 100 members. Whenever it reached 101 members they would have to reshuffle and remove someone from the team. Jobs belief was that he could only remember 100 names. [Source: Leaner Kahney, The 10 Commandments of Steve,”Newsweek, page 35, September, 2011]
Robbins et al. (2016, p.93), describes ethics in business as “a set of rules or principles that defines right and wrong”. Various theories centre around ethics in business, and a company adhering to a certain standard of ethics has the power to decide if they reach their maximum potential. Apple is one of the few exceptions of this concept. Panorama, the BBC’s longest running current affairs programme, dedicated an episode to exposing Apple and their shocking dishonesties covering a variety of areas of their business. The three focal points of Apple’s abandonment of ethics highlighted in the broadcast consist of; the employed workforce and their arduous lives at select factories around the globe, the Foxconn suicides incident, and the process in which Apple acquires their raw materials for their products. When something as simple and expected as respecting basic human rights must be called into question, there is a moral duty to shed light on the company’s exploitation of
Overall the speech-structure, sense of wisdom, and experience, topped by his widely recognized success, empowers his speech to be strongly convincing. Meanwhile, the fallacies and faith requiring combinations of propositions Jobs’ gives, topped by a bit of contradictory context in the eyes of the audience, deducts from the intensity of his overall persuasion. Given the circumstances, the audience, and the situation, Steve Jobs was able to deliver a notably strong, somewhat inspirational and lifting final word to the Stanford graduates that day on June 12th 2005.
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Unannounced to Jobs Hewlett admired his initiative and gave him a summer at HP assembling frequency counter. In 1975 the first apple computer was created and officially sold to the public. At the time Jobs and his business partners where...
Walt Disney is one of the most well known animators in the world, but there is so many things he did and so much things about him that so many people don’t know about. For example, I bet you you never knew that Walt Disney’s real name was Walter Elias Disney or that he once drew on the side of his white house with tar when he was a kid. Walt Disney made so many people laugh and enjoy movies through his imagination and creativity. Although in reality he made people laugh and enjoy life itself.Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago. Now you may be wondering why Walt Disney was named Walt Disney, well I’ll tell you, He was named after a close friend of his father’s, Walter Parr who was a pastor at St. Paul's Congregational Church.
His first story is about him growing up and his role in the development of Apple computers, Pixar Animation and NeXT. In the whole first story, he induces emotions in the audience when he talks about his childhood and being adopted. His biological parents could not afford to raise him and put him up for adoption to ensure his well being. They searched for a well-educated family in an effort to secure his future education. Jobs tells the audience that he eventually went to college after seventeen year?, but then wits them with surprising twist; “Aft...
The film I have chosen is “Steve Jobs” a 2015 biography film directed by Danny Boyle and was written by Aaron Sorkin. The entire film spans from 1984 to 1998 of Steve Jobs’ early career into Apple, turning it around from rock bottom to one of the leading technological industries of today. Majority of the film seems to show off the early build of the Macintosh and how it would compete against other computers on the market. While at the same time, it shows the lowest point in Apple’s financial career and one of their highest points as well. In the early moments of the film, Steve Jobs hustling with his crew to get his first Macintosh demo up and working in front of the press, while at the same time dealing with family issues with his ex-girlfriend
Jobs The Film (2013) was directed by Joshua Michael Stern who takes the helm for this biographical film that starring by Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs and shows out the Apple Company founder’s career from his early year since 1994. Besides that, by focusing at the conversations that made Steve looks such an agonistic character among the critics and the key moments that cause Steve to be success, Joshua Michael Stern (Director) and Matt Whitely (Screenwriter) manage to express a kind portrait of a driven and complicated man who dedicated his life in revolutionize that the way people use computers.