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What I learned from reading Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success by Ken Segall. ----Come build relationships at the Founders Conference on July 29th-July 31st in Scotts Valley, California ----Learning from history is a form of leverage. —Charlie Munger. Founders Notes gives you the super power to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand.Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for FoundersYou can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. You can also ask SAGE any question and SAGE will read all my notes, highlights, and every transcript from every episode for you. A few questions I've asked SAGE recently: What are the most important leadership lessons from history's greatest entrepreneurs?Can you give me a summary of Warren Buffett's best ideas? (Substitute any founder covered on the podcast and you'll get a comprehensive and easy to read summary of their ideas) How did Edwin Land find new employees to hire? Any unusual sources to find talent?What are some strategies that Cornelius Vanderbilt used against his competitors?Get access to Founders Notes here. ----(1:30) Steve wanted Apple to make a product that was simply amazing and amazingly simple.(3:00) If you don't zero in on your bureaucracy every so often, you will naturally build in layers. You never set out to add bureaucracy. You just get it. Period. Without even knowing it. So you always have to be looking to eliminate it. — Sam Walton: Made In America by Sam Walton. (Founders #234)(5:00) Steve was always easy to understand. He would either approve a demo, or he would request to see something different next time. Whenever Steve reviewed a demo, he would say, often with highly detailed specificity, what he wanted to happen next. — Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda. (Founders #281)(7:00) Watch this video. Andy Miller tells GREAT Steve Jobs stories. (10:00) Many are familiar with the re-emergence of Apple. They may not be as familiar with the fact that it has few, if any parallels.When did a founder ever return to the company from which he had been rudely rejected to engineer a turnaround as complete and spectacular as Apple's? While turnarounds are difficult in any circumstances they are doubly difficult in a technology company. It is not too much of a stretch to say that Steve founded Apple not once but twice. And the second time he was alone. — Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs and the Creation of Appleby Michael Moritz.(15:00) If the ultimate decision maker is involved every step of the way the quality of the work increases.(20:00) "You asked the question, What was your process like?' I kind of laugh because process is an organized way of doing things. I have to remind you, during the 'Walt Period' of designing Disneyland, we didn't have processes. We just did the work. Processes came later. All of these things had never been done before. Walt had gathered up all these people who had never designed a theme park, a Disneyland. So we're in the same boat at one time, and we figure out what to do and how to do it on the fly as we go along with it and not even discuss plans, timing, or anything. We just worked and Walt just walked around and had suggestions." — Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World by Richard Snow. (Founders #347)(23:00) The further you get away from 1 the more complexity you invite in.(25:00) Your goal: A single idea expressed clearly.(26:00) Jony Ive: Steve was the most focused person I've met in my life(28:00) Editing your thinking is an act of service.----Learning from history is a form of leverage. —Charlie Munger. Founders Notes gives you the super power to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand.Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for FoundersYou can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. You can also ask SAGE any question and SAGE will read all my notes, highlights, and every transcript from every episode for you. A few questions I've asked SAGE recently: What are the most important leadership lessons from history's greatest entrepreneurs?Can you give me a summary of Warren Buffett's best ideas? (Substitute any founder covered on the podcast and you'll get a comprehensive and easy to read summary of their ideas) How did Edwin Land find new employees to hire? Any unusual sources to find talent?What are some strategies that Cornelius Vanderbilt used against his competitors?Get access to Founders Notes here. ----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast
What I learned from rereading Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler. ----Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for Founders You can read, reread, and search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. You can also ask SAGE any question and SAGE will read all my notes, highlights, and every transcript from every episode for you. A few questions I've asked SAGE recently: What are the most important leadership lessons from history's greatest entrepreneurs?Can you give me a summary of Warren Buffett's best ideas? (Substitute any founder covered on the podcast and you'll get a comprehensive and easy to read summary of their ideas) How did Edwin Land find new employees to hire? Any unusual sources to find talent?What are some strategies that Cornelius Vanderbilt used against his competitors?Get access to Founders Notes here. ----Join this email list if you want early access to any Founders live events and conferencesJoin my personal email list if you want me to email you my top ten highlights from every book I read ----Buy a super comfortable Founders sweatshirt (or hat) here ! ----(2:00) Disney's key traits were raw ingenuity combined with sadistic determination.(3:00) I had spent a lifetime with a frustrated, and often unemployed man, who hated anybody who was successful. — Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life by Michael Schumacher. (Founders #242)(6:00) Disney put excelence before any other consideration.(11:00) Maybe the most important thing anyone ever said to him: You're crazy to be a professor she told Ted. What you really want to do is draw. Ted's notebooks were always filled with these fabulous animals. So I set to work diverting him. Here was a man who could draw such pictures. He should earn a living doing that. — Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination by Brian Jay Jones. (Founders #161)(14:00) A quote about Edwin Land that would apply to Walt Disney too:Land had learned early on that total engrossment was the best way for him to work. He strongly believed that this kind of concentrated focus could also produce extraordinary results for others. Late in his career, Land recalled that his “whole life has been spent trying to teach people that intense concentration for hour after hour can bring out in people resources they didn't know they had.” A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War by Ronald Fierstein. (Founders #134)(15:00) My parents objected strenuously, but I finally talked them into letting me join up as a Red Cross ambulance driver. I had to lie about my age, of course. In my company was another fellow who had lied about his age to get in. He was regarded as a strange duck, because whenever we had time off and went out on the town to chase girls, he stayed in camp drawing pictures.His name was Walt Disney.Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's by Ray Kroc. (Founders #293)(20:00) Walt Disney had big dreams. He had outsized aspirations.(22:00) A quote from Edwin Land that would apply to Walt Disney too: My motto is very personal and may not fit anyone else or any other company. It is: Don't do anything that someone else can do.(24:00) Walt Disney seldom dabbled. Everyone who knew him remarked on his intensity; when something intrigued him, he focused himself entirely as if it were the only thing that mattered.(29:00) He had the drive and ambition of 10 million men.(29:00) I'm going to sit tight. I have the greatest opportunity I've ever had, and I'm in it for everything.(31:00) He seemed confident beyond any logical reason for him to be so. It appeared that nothing discouraged him.(31:00) You have to take the hard knocks with the good breaks in life.(32:00) Nothing wrong with my aim, just gotta change the target. — Jay Z(35:00) He sincerely wanted to be counted among the best in his craft.(43:00) He didn't want to just be another animation producer. He wanted to be the king of animation. Disney believed that quality was his only real advantage.(47:00) Walt Disney wanted domination. Domination that would make his position unassailable.(49:00) Disney was always trying to make something he could be proud of.(50:00) We have a habit of divine discontent with our performance. It is an antidote to smugness.— Eternal Pursuit of Unhappiness: Being Very Good Is No Good,You Have to Be Very, Very, Very, Very, Very Good by David Ogilvy and Ogivly & Mather. (Founders #343)(53:00) While it is easy, of course, for me to celebrate my doggedness now and say that it is all you need to succeed, the truth is that it demoralized me terribly. I would crawl into the house every night covered in dust after a long day, exhausted and depressed because that day's cyclone had not worked. There were times when I thought it would never work, that I would keep on making cyclone after cyclone, never going forwards, never going backwards, until I died.— Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson (Founders #300)(56:00) He doesn't place a premium on collecting friends or socializing: "I don't believe in 50 friends. I believe in a smaller number. Nor do I care about society events. It's the most senseless use of time. When I do go out, from time to time, it's just to convince myself again that I'm not missing a lot."— The Red Bull Story by Wolfgang Fürweger (Founders #333)(1:02:00) Steve was at the center of all the circles.He made all the important product decisions.From my standpoint, as an individual programmer, demoing to Steve was like visiting the Oracle of Delphi.The demo was my question. Steve's response was the answer.While the pronouncements from the Greek Oracle often came in the form of confusing riddles, that wasn't true with Steve.He was always easy to understand.He would either approve a demo, or he would request to see something different next time.Whenever Steve reviewed a demo, he would say, often with highly detailed specificity, what he wanted to happen next.He was always trying to ensure the products were as intuitive and straightforward as possible, and he was willing to invest his own time, effort, and influence to see that they were.Through looking at demos, asking for specific changes, then reviewing the changed work again later on and giving a final approval before we could ship, Steve could make a product turn out like he wanted.Much like the Greek Oracle, Steve foretold the future.— Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda. (Founders #281)(1:07:00) He griped that when he hired veteran animators he had to “put up with their Goddamn poor working habits from doing cheap pictures.” He believed it was easier to start from scratch with young art students and indoctrinate them in the Disney system.(1:15:00) I don't want to be relagated to the cartoon medium. We have worlds to conquer here.(1:17:00) Advice Henry Ford gave Walt Disney about selling his company: If you sell any of it you should sell all of it.(1:23:00) He kept a slogan pasted inside of his hat: You can't top pigs with pigs. (A reminder that we have to keep blazing new trails.)(1:25:00) Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World by Richard Snow.(1:33:00) It is the detail. If we lose the detail, we lose it all.----Get access to Founders Notes ----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast
What I learned from rereading George Lucas: A Life by Brian Jay Jones.----Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.comYou can read, reread, and search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. You can also ask SAGE any question and SAGE will read all my notes, highlights, and every transcript from every episode for you. A few questions I've asked SAGE recently: What are the most important leadership lessons from history's greatest entrepreneurs?Can you give me a summary of Warren Buffett's best ideas? (Substitute any founder covered on the podcast and you'll get a comprehensive and easy to read summary of their ideas) How did Edwin Land find new employees to hire? Any unusual sources to find talent?What are some strategies that Cornelius Vanderbilt used against his competitors?Get access to Founders Notes here. ----(0:01) George Lucas unapologetically invested in what he believed in the most: himself.(1:00) George Lucas is the Thomas Edison of the modern film industry.(1:30) A list of biographies written by Brian Jay Jones(6:00) Elon Musk interviewed by Kevin Rose (10:15) How many people think the solution to gaining quality control, improving fiscal responsibility, and stimulating technological innovation is to start their own special-effects company? But that's what he did.(17:00) When I finally discovered film, I really fell madly in love with it. I ate it. I slept it. 24 hours a day. There was no going back.(18:00) Those on the margins often come to control the center. (Game of Thrones)(21:00) As soon as I made my first film, I thought, Hey, I'm good at this. I know how to do this. From then on, I've never questioned it.(23:00) He was becoming increasingly cranky about the idea of working with others and preferred doing everything himself.(34:00) Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life by Michael Schumacher. (Founders #242)(42:00) The film Easy Rider was made for $350,000. It grossed over $60 million at the box office.(45:00) The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley by Jimmy Soni. (Founders #233)A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman (Founders #95)Steve Jobs & The NeXT Big Thing by Randall Stross. (Founders #77)(47:00) What we're striving for is total freedom, where we can finance our pictures, make them our way, release them where we want them released, and be completely free. That's very hard to do in the world of business. You have to have the money in order to have the power to be free.(49:00) You should reject the status quo and pursue freedom.(49:00) People would give anything to quit their jobs. All they have to do is do it. They're people in cages with open doors.(51:00) Stay small. Be the best. Don't lose any money.(59:00) That was a very dark period for me. We were in dire financial strait. I turned that down [directing someone else's movie] at my bleakest point, when I was in debt to my parents, in debt to Francis Coppola, in debt to my agent; I was so far in debt I thought I'd never get out. It took years to get from my first film to my second film, banging on doors, trying to get people to give me a chance. Writing, struggling, with no money in the bank… getting little jobs, eking out a living. Trying to stay alive, and pushing a script that nobody wanted.(1:02:00) “Opening this new restaurant might be the worst mistake I've ever made."Stanley [Stanley Marcus of Neiman Marcus] set his martini down, looked me in the eye, and said, "So you made a mistake. You need to understand something important. And listen to me carefully: The road to success is paved with mistakes well handled."His words remained with me through the night. I repeated them over and over to myself, and it led to a turning point in the way I approached business.Stanley's lesson reminded me of something my grandfather Irving Harris had always told me:“The definition of business is problems."His philosophy came down to a simple fact of business life: success lies not in the elimination of problems but in the art of creative, profitable problem solving. The best companies are those that distinguish themselves by solving problems most effectively.Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business by Danny Meyer. (1:05:00) My thing about art is that I don't like the word art because it means pretension and bullshit, and I equate those two directly. I don't think of myself as an artist. I'm a craftsman. I don't make a work of art; I make a movie.(1:06:00) I know how good I am. American Graffiti is successful because it came entirely from my head. It was my concept. And that's the only way I can work.(1:09:00) Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda. (Founders #281)(1:21:00) The budget for Star Wars was $11 million. In brought in $775 million at the box office alone!(1:25:00) Steven Spielberg made over $40 million from the original Star Wars. Spielberg gave Lucas 2.5% of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Lucas gave Spielberg 2.5% of Star Wars. That to 2.5% would earn Spielberg more than $40 million over the next four decades.----Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast
What I learned from reading Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim Grover and Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness by Tim Grover. ----Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes----Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube ----(3:00) What I am giving you is insight into the mentality of those who have found unparalleled success by trusting their own instincts.(3:00) Mozart: A Life by Paul Johnson. (Founders #240)(6:00) Michael was the best because he was relentless about winning. No matter how many times he won he always wanted more and he was always willing to do whatever it took to get it.(6:00) Michael never cared about achieving mere greatness. He cared about being the best ever.(7:00) These are the most driven individuals you'll ever know, with an unmatched genius for what they do: they don't just perform a job, they reinvent it.(8:00) Alex Rodriguez interviews Kobe Bryant (11:00) The most important thing, the one thing that defines and separates him from any other competitor: He's addicted to the exquisite rush of success and he'll alter his entire life to get it.(11:00) The mind will play tricks on you. The mind was telling you that you couldn't go any further. The mind was telling you how much it hurt. The mind was telling you these things to keep you from reaching your goal. But you have to see past that, turn it all off if you are going to get where you want to be. ——Driven From Within by Michael Jordan and Mark Vancil. (Founders #213)(12:30) If one thing separated Michael from every other player, it was his stunning ability to block out everything and everyone else. He was able to shut out everything except his mission.(14:00) At some point you made something simple into something complicated.(16:00) Being at the extreme in your craft is very important in the age of leverage. The best person in the world at anything gets to do it for everyone.(20:00) A 600 page biography of Kobe Bryant: The Life of Kobe Bryant by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #272)(21:00) This could be an ad for FOUNDERS NOTES The greats never stop learning.All the hours of work have created an unstoppable internal resource you can draw on in any situation.(22:00) Mostly he tested himself. It seemed that he discovered the secret quite early in his competitive life: the more pressure he heaped on himself the greater his ability to rise to the occasion.— Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #212)(23:00) Kobe and Ahmad Rashad interview(23:00) Be indifferent to the opinions of other people. Michael does not care what you think. Kobe does not care what you think. There is no one that can hold them to a higher standard than themselves.(34:00) How Kobe Bryant knew he was going to win a lot of championships:It was easy to size other players up in the NBA. I found that a lot of guys played for financial stability. Once they got that financial stability the passion, the work ethic, and the obsessiveness was gone. Once I saw that I thought, “This is going to be like taking candy from a baby. No wonder Michael Jordan wins all these fucking championships.”(35:00) Michael Jordan worked on consistency, relentlessly.(49:00) A good competitor always evaluates his oppenent. And you understand him for what he really is. You never try to give him confidence you try to take it at all times. — Michael Jordan video(53:00) Everyone wanted to be like Mike. Mike did not want to be like anyone else.(1:07:00) Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda. (Founders #281)(1:07:00) Stop adding. Start deleting. Winning demands total focus.(1:11:00) It started with hope.It started with hope.We went from a shitty team to one of the all time greatest dynasties.All you needed was one little match to start that whole fire.----Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast
Soutenez-nous sur patreon.com/iweek !Voici l'épisode 175 d'iWeek (la semaine Apple), le podcast.La fin du monopole de l'App Store en Europe, c'est jeudi.Enregistré le vendredi 1er mars 2024 à 15h.Présentation : Benjamin Vincent avec la participation d'Elie Abitbol (président des Apple Premium Resellers en France et co-fondateur de MCS à Nice, Cannes et Aix-en-Provence) et Fabrice Neuman, mentor en technologies..Au sommaire de cet épisode 175 : la fin probable du projet Apple Car, après 10 ans de recherche et autant de milliards de dollars dépensés. L'info vient de Mark Gurman mais met-elle, pour autant, les ambitions d'Apple dans le domaine de l'automobile et de la mobilité au rebut ? On va en discuter.Plus de 100.000 visiteurs pour le Mobile World Congress 2024 de Barcelone : un salon sans Apple mais avec humane, la startup qu'a rejoint Ken Kocienda en 2020 pour en devenir le patron de l'ingénierie produit. Après avoir travaillé sur l'iPhone et chez Apple pendant 15 ans, c'est lui qui a rendu possible cet assistant à base d'IA qu'on fixe au revers de sa veste. À suivre, l'interview de Ken Kocienda avec Benjamin Vincent, entre enthousiasme (le sien) et vrai doutes (les notres) sur le destin de l'AI Pin.A ne pas rater non plus, dans cet épisode 175, la mise en garde de Thierry Breton, le commissaire européen au marché intérieur, grand manitou des nouvelles réglementations sur le numérique dont le DMA avec une date clé : jeudi prochain 7 mars. C'est la date butoir pour ouvrir le monopole des magasins d'applications dont l'App Store. Thierry Breton qui était à Barcelone, lundi et Benjamin Vincent l'a rencontré pour France Info et iWeek.Exceptionnellement, pas de bonus exclusif cette semaine mais il sera de retour, c'est promis, dès la semaine prochaine ! Pour en profiter, rendez-vous sur patreon.com/iweek !
What I learned from reading Anna: The Biography by Amy Odell. ----1. If you need tax prep and bookkeeping check out betterbookkeeping.com/founders. It's like having a full time CFO and super cheap grandpa sitting on your shoulder. 2. Vesto makes it easy for you to invest your businesses idle cash. Schedule a demo with Vesto's founder Ben and tell him David from Founders sent you. Here's the legal disclosures to make the lawyers happy:Vesto Advisors, LLC (“Vesto”) is an SEC registered investment adviser. Registration with the SEC does not imply a certain level of skill or training. More information about Vesto and our partnership can be found hereWe are entitled to compensation for promoting Vesto Advisors, LLC. Accordingly, we have an incentive to endorse Vesto and its team and services. We are not current advisory clients of the Vesto.3. I went to Notre Dame and spoke to the Art of Investing class. You can listen to the full conversation here. ----(8:00) She knows the ecosystem in which she operates better than anyone.(8:30) If Anna had a personal tag line it would be: I just have to make sure things are done right.(16:00) He had a desk with nothing on it except a buzzer underneath, so that when he was done with you, which was in about five minutes, his assistant could come in and whisk you away.(17:00) What is the number one thing you hope people learn from you? To be decisive and clear.(19:00) The Vogue 100 is a private club whose members pay $100,000 a year just for access to Anna.(29:00) She did not second guess herself.(30:00) She was meticulous about everything.(32:00) Her focus was singular. She was very clear minded about wanting to do work that she thought was the best.(38:00) She knew that killing stories was necessary to let people know that you had standards.(41:00) Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda. (Founders #281)(44:00) Anna ran the magazine with iron fisted discipline.(48:00) With Anna you get two minutes. The second minute is a courtesy.(49:00) It is slothful not to compress your thoughts. — Winston Churchill(52:00) Anna intentionally builds relationships with the most powerful people in her industry.(52:00) Anna saw the potential for the industry and how she can expand the power and the influence that her individually, and Vogue as a brand, by just combining all these people that are already in the ecosystem and then intentionally putting them together. When they work together it becomes stronger. And as a result of what she created, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.(53:30) The power she has cannot be understated. The way in which she accumulated the power was fascinating. She aligned everybody's interest, with her at the center.(1:05:00) She's not just building up a personal brand. She's not just building up Vogue. She's building up the entire industry.(1:06:00) Relationships last longer than money.(1:06:00) Resist any cheapening of the brand, however popular and lucrative it might be in the short term.(1:08:00) Anna told him don't spend any time and money building out the perfect store in New York. Just roll racks into the unfinished space and start selling clothes. (He ignored this advice and went out of business)(1:11:00) More resources:Front Row: Anna Wintour: The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue's Editor in Chief by Jerry Oppenheimer The September Issue (Documentary)The Devil Wears Prada (Movie)73 Questions with Anna Wintour73 More Questions with Anna Wintour ----Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested, so my poor wallet suffers.” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast
What I learned from rereading Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda.This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Quick and straightforward exits for Founders.Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best Subscribe to listen to Founders Daily — (a new Founders AMA feed will be added as an extra benefit very soon!)[2:01] We're going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because perfection is not attainable. But we are going to relentlessly chase it because, in the process, we will catch excellence.[2:01] I'm not remotely interested in being just good.[3:00] Gentlemen, this is the most important play we have. It's the play we must make go. It's the play that we will make go. It's the play that we will run again, and again, and again.[4:00] In any complex effort, communicating a well-articulated vision for what you're trying to do is the starting point for figuring out how to do it.[4:00] A significant part of attaining excellence in any field is closing the gap between the accidental and intentional, to achieve not just a something, or even an everything, but a specific and well-chosen thing.[6:00] Every day at Apple was like going to school, a design-focused, high-tech, product-creation university.[8:00] A story about Steve's clarity of thought.[9:00] Although Steve's opinions and moods could be hard to anticipate, he was utterly predictable when it came to his passion for products. He wanted Apple products to be great.[11:00] The decisiveness of Steve Jobs.[16:00] Steve wasn't merely interested in paying lip service to this goal. He demanded action. Steve found the time to attend a demo review so he could see it. His involvement kept the progress and momentum going.[17:00] Put yourself in your customer's shoes. Hack away the unessential.[17:00] People do not care about your product as much as you do. You have to make it simple and easy to use right from the start.[18:00] Steve Jobs believed that stripping away nonessential features made products easier for people to learn from the start and easier to use over time.[19:00] Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success by Ken Segall[22:00] Don't rest on your laurels. Steve said: “I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next.”[24:00] The sooner we started making creative decisions the more time there was to refine and improve those decisions. (The sooner you start the more time you will have to get it right.)[26:00] The simple transaction of buying a song, and of handing over a credit card number to Apple in order to so, became part of what Steve had begun calling “the Apple experience." As a great marketer, Steve understood that every interaction a customer had with Apple could increase or decrease his or her respect for the company. As he put it, a corporation "could accumulate or withdraw credits" from its reputation, which is why he worked so hard to ensure that every single interaction a customer might have with Apple-from using a Mac to calling customer support to buying a single from the iTunes store and then getting billed for it-was excellent. —— Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli (Founders #265)[29:00] Studying great work from the past provides the means of comparison and contrast and lets us tap into the collective creativity of previous generations. The past is a source of the timeless and enduring.[29:00] Design is how it works. —Steve Jobs[31:00] Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham (Founders #275, 276, 277)[34:00] Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products by Leander Kahney. (Founders #178)[37:00] Our clarity of purpose kept us on track.[38:00] Concentrating keenly on what to do helped us block out what not to do.[40:00] Steve Jobs on the importance of working at the intersection of liberal arts and technology:“The reason that Apple is able to create products like the iPad is because we've always tried to be at the intersection of technology and liberal arts, to be able to get the best of both, to make extremely advanced products from a technology point of view, but also have them be intuitive, easy to use, fun to use, so that they really fit the users. The users don't have to come to them, they come to the user.”[42:00] Steve Jobs provided his single-minded focus on making great products, and his vision motivated me.Subscribe to listen to Founders Daily—I use Readwise to organize and remember everything I read. 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If you are the kind of founder that we study on this podcast and you are looking for a long term partner go to 87capital.com--[3:11] His mind was never a captive of reality.[5:16] A complete list of every Founders episode on Steve Jobs and the founders Steve studied: Steve Jobs's Heroes[7:15] Steve Jobs and The Next Big Thing by Randall Stross (Founders #77)[9:05] Steve Job's Commencement Address[9:40] Driven and curious, even when things were tough, he was a learning machine.[10:20] He learned how to manage himself.[12:45] Anything could be figured out and since anything could be figured out anything could be built.[14:10] It was a calculation based on arrogance. — The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen (Founders #255)[18:00] We were no longer aiming for the handful of hobbyists who liked to assemble their own computers. For every one of them there were a thousand people who would want the machine to be ready to run.[17:40] He was a free thinker whose ideas would often run against the conventional wisdom of any community in which he operated.[19:55] He had no qualms about calling anyone up in search of information or help.[20:40] I've never found anybody who didn't want to help me when I've asked them for help.I've never found anyone who's said no or hung up the phone when I called. I just asked.Most people never pick up the phone and call. Most people never ask.[21:50] First you believe. Then you work on getting other people to share your belief.[24:55] All the podcasts on Edwin Land:Land's Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It by Peter C. Wensberg (Founders #263)A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War by Ronald Fierstein (Founders #134)Land's Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It by Peter C. Wensberg (Founders #133)The Instant Image: Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experienceby Mark Olshaker (Founders #132)Insisting On The Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land and Instant: The Story of Polaroid (Founders #40)[25:00] My friend Frederick's newsletter I was interviewed for[30:20] He was an extraordinary speaker and he wielded that tool to great effect.[31:00] Never underestimate the value of an ally. — Estée Lauder: A Success Story by Estée Lauder. (Founders #217)[32:50] If you go to sleep on a win you're going to wake up with a loss.[33:00] Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace and Jim Erickson (Founders #140)[34:20] Software development requires very little capital investment. It is basically intellectual capital. The main cost is the labor required to design and test it. There's no need for expensive factories. It can be replicated endlessly for practically nothing.[38:10] He cared passionately and he never dialed it in.[39:45] To Pixar And Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History by Lawrence Levy (Founders #235)[42:58] Time carries most of the weight.[43:30] People that are learning machines and then refuse to quit are incredibly hard to beat. Steve jobs was a learning machine who refused to quit.[44:17] Steve Jobs and The Next Big Thing by Randall Stross (Founders #77)[49:40] Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull[50:30] There were times when the reactions against Steve baffled Steve.I remember him sometimes saying to me: Why are they upset?What that said to me was that he didn't intend to get that outcome. It was a lack of skill as opposed to meanness. A lack of skill of dealing with other people.[55:50] Creative thinking, at its best, is chalk full of failures and dead ends.[56:40] Successful people listen. Those that don't listen don't last long. —Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #212) [58:40] You can't go to the library and find a book titled The Business Model for Animation. The reason you can't is because there's only been one company Disney that's ever done it well, and they were not interested in telling the world how lucrative it was.[1:01:20] The company is one of the most amazing inventions of humans.[1:02:25] The only purpose for me in building a company is so that the company can make products. One is a means to the other.[1:04:00] Personal History by Katherine Graham (Founders #152)[1:10:11] Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda[1:11:12] What am I focusing on that sets me apart from my competitors?[1:13:00] The channel? We lost $2 billion last year. Who gives a fuck about the channel?[1:15:21] Time carries most of the weight. Stay in the game as long as possible.[1:16:41] The information he'd glean would go into the learning machine that was his brain. Sometimes that's where it would sit, and nothing would happen. Sometimes he'd concoct a way to combine it with something else he'd seen, or perhaps to twist it in a way to benefit an entirely different project altogether. This was one of his great talents, the ability to synthesize separate developments and technologies into something previously unimaginable.—Get 60 days free of Readwise. It is the best app I pay for. I could not make Founders without it.----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast
Jeffrey and Squirrel reflect on a tweet from Ken Kocienda about what worked for Apple in designing the iPhone, what they think is missing from this advice, and what it tells us about improving our own delivery. SHOW LINKS: - Ken Kocienda's tweet https://twitter.com/kocienda/status/1526564985995857921 - Creative Selection: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/37638098-creative-selection --- Our book, Agile Conversations, is out now! See https://agileconversations.com where you can order your copy and get a free video when you join our mailing list! We'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show. Email us at info@agileconversations.com
Uppvärmning/uppföljning Dune 2 i open source-version. Merlin pratar sönder saker - Fredrik SLÅS av en INSIKT Christian lyssnar inte på The Talk Show Apple uppdaterar Studio Display – kameran blir bättre men INTE BRA 37 Signals blev Basecamp och heter nu 37 Signals igen Jocke köper grill Mastodon har fått 83500 nya medlemmar på en vecka After Steve - ny bok vi bör hålla ögonen på Ämnen Fredriks provperiod på Apple arcade är slut - en SKAKANDE rapport Vilka är våra favoritmiljardärer? Quake Film och TV Jocke tar paus från TV – CHOCKAR alla! (Gör jag?) Att se om Tenet - det lönar sig Tokyo Vice: 5/5 BMÅ (J) The Life Aquatic - uppföljande diskussion Isle of Dogs: 4/5 BMÅ (J) Länkar Dune II Dune II - the maker https://world.hey.com/jason/37signals-hello-again-117eae60 Wine The talk show Senaste avsnittet av Talk show Glenn Fleishman Avsnitet med Ken Kocienda Creative selection Basecamp - produkten Hey 37signals - företaget en period känt som Basecamp Jockes grill After Steve Paul Allen Idea man - Allens självbiografi Howard Hughes The aviator Quake-remastern Facing worlds Anatomy of a scandal Sex, lögner och videoband Ensam hemma Tenet Tokyo vice The life aquatic Isle of dogs Jacques Cousteau Fullständig avsnittsinformation finns här: https://www.bjoremanmelin.se/podcast/avsnitt-306-kvack-kvack-quake.html
Have you ever felt that the iPhone's autocorrect text system was really "ducking" annoying? Well, you're not alone. In fact, Ken Kocienda is the inventor of the iPhone autocorrect system and he has officially gone on record to talk about what he was thinking when he created it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this wide-ranging conversation from April 2019, a16z's Frank Chen sits down with Ken Kocienda, a longtime software engineer and designer at Apple from 2001 to 2017, who wrote a book about his career there, called Creative Selection.They discuss Ken's unconventional path from freelance photographer to software engineer at Apple, his work on many core products from Safari web browser to iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch and features like Autocorrect, what it was like to demo new products for Steve Jobs, and more.
We share notes about a phenomenal book that describes the product philosophy of Apple. Recommended by Keith Rabois. Find it on Amazon: Creative Selection - Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/152900473X/ref=ox_sc_act_image_2?smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&psc=1 Dieter Rams documentary: https://www.hustwit.com/rams/ Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
Uppföljning/uppvärmming Jocke är sjuk Christians kollegor hånar podd-formatet “Sköna grabbar pratar om ingenting.” Det finns ett poddformat för alla. Hur gjorde Steve Jobs när han poddade på scen? Fettisdagen, vad har ätits? Fredrik har lite uppföljning, och fastepanik utbryter Dockuppföljning, typ: Fredrik har funderat på hur han kombinerar tangentbord och pekdon. Vi diskuterar livsfarliga tangentbordsgenvägar Ämnen Putin gör vad han kan för att koppla bort Ryssland från den civiliserade världen - hur mycket och var har vi nyhetsknarkat/doomscrollat? Riho Terras, Anders Östlund, The Kiyv independent Film och TV Senaste Talk show med Ken Kocienda - eminent. Mer sånt. Länkar Utveckla Digitala influencerpodden När Steve Jobs spelade in podd på scen Burger kings semmelburgare Åsas i/utanför Kungälv - varmt rekommenderade semlor Fastan Starlink Anders Östlund The Kyiv independent Rhio Terras Nordengren och Epstein i P1 Talk show med Ken Kocienda Creative selection Fullständig avsnittsinformation finns här: https://www.bjoremanmelin.se/podcast/avsnitt-298-podda-fran-hoften.html
In this episode you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School. Timestamps: 01:02 2022 App Camp! 02:00 7 Apps Created By Black Developers 15:22 Implementing Custom Scrolling In Our App 32:27 Facebook Blaming Apple For Record Losses 38:07 Something cool! We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: 7 Apps Created By Black Developers Inspired By The Black Community https://www.codecademy.com/resources/blog/apps-built-by-black-developers/ A Strategy For Great Work by Ken Kocienda https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2014/237xxcyp7vhx2xt/237/237_a_strategy_for_great_work.pdf Facebook blames Apple after a historically bad quarter, saying iPhone privacy changes will cost it $10 billion https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-blames-apple-10-billion-loss-ad-privacy-warning-2022-2 Something cool! Georgia couple becomes first African-American owners of an autonomous grocery store https://flipboard.com/video/waga/454fd783c8 Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"
Special guest Ken Kocienda joins the show to talk about his years at Apple and the creation of the original iPhone.
Future iPhone models may use satellites for emergency SOS communication, Apple buys classical music service Primephonic, Apple Wallet for ID feature coming to Georgia and Arizona first, how to hard-lock your iPhone, and App Store policy changes. Follow our hosts @stephenrobles on Twitter @Hillitech on Twitter Support the show Support the show on Patreon or Apple Podcasts to get ad-free episodes every week, access to our private Discord channel, and early release of the show! We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts Stephen's Classical Music Picks Mozart: Requiem by Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner on Apple Music Infinity by VOCES8 on Apple Music Dreamland by Alexis Ffrench, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & James Morgan on Apple Music Gloria - The Sacred Music Of John Rutter by The Cambridge Singers & John Rutter on Apple Music Links from the show iPhone 13 will support satellite communications, says Ming-Chi Kuo Future iPhone could feature satellite calls & messages, but probably not in 2021 Apple plans blood pressure monitor, thermometer for future Apple Watch 'No Chance' of blood pressure sensor for 'Apple Watch Series 7' Apple may delay MacBook Pro launch over chip shortages Apple buys Primephonic, plans classical Apple Music app Classical Musicians Review AirPods Max - YouTube Ken Kocienda on Classical Music - Tweet Apple reveals first states to use Apple Wallet for ID, driver's licence Use the side, Home, and other buttons on your iPhone - Apple Support Article Apple will let 'reader' apps link to websites for account setup & management South Korea ends Apple, Google control of app store payments Japan Fair Trade Commission closes App Store investigation Tim Cook wants to debut one more big product category before he retires MacBook Pro battery message - Tweet More AppleInsider podcasts Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts. Tune in to our HomeKit Insider podcast covering the latest news, products, apps and everything HomeKit related. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or just search for HomeKit Insider wherever you get your podcasts. Podcast artwork from Basic Apple Guy. Download the free wallpaper pack here. Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: steve@appleinsider.com
A software engineer at Apple for over 16 years, Ken Kocienda was deeply involved with the development of the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Safari web browser. From the design of the first software keyboard to the invention of autocorrect, this episode is an insider’s account of the creative decision-making process at the forefront of technological innovation. In this episode of Create the Future, we delve into the fast-paced world of software engineering, as Ken shares a glimpse into Apple’s secretive creative process and demo-driven culture. We discuss his pioneering work designing novel user interfaces for the iPhone, learn what it was like to pitch for Steve Jobs, and explore how his passion for the humanities continually influences his work. New episodes of ‘Create the Future: An Engineering Podcast’ every other Tuesday. www.qeprize.org/podcasts
Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses privacy, curation, and AR, Find My opens to third-party accessories, and classic games come to Apple Arcade. If you have questions or comments on the show, tweet at @stephenrobles and @Hillitech, or email us here. Find us in your favorite podcast player by searching for "AppleInsider" and support the show by leaving a 5-Star rating and comment in Apple Podcasts . Do you host a podcast discussing technology or Apple devices and would like an AppleInsider staffer to appear as a guest? Let us know by sending a message to: steve@appleinsider.com and we'll be in touch! Sponsored by: ExpressVPN: AppleInsider listeners can get three extra months when you sign up for a year of service! Get the most secure and fastest VPN service today by visiting: expressvpn.com/appleinsider StartMail: Start securing your email privacy with StartMail. Sign up today and get 50% off your first year! Visit startmail.com/ai to learn more. Links from the show Sway: Is Apple's Privacy Push Facebook's Existential Threat? on Apple Podcasts Creative Selection, book by Ken Kocienda Tim Cook 'probably' leaving Apple in next ten years Another $1 million scam app surfaces amid App Store legal battles Tim Cook talks Parler, politics, Tesla, privacy, and Apple in AR in wide-ranging interview The frontrunners for next Apple CEO: Speculating on Tim Cook's successor Tim Cook says Apple wants to use AR to make conversations better Apple’s Find My network now offers new third-party finding experiences Find your keys, wallet or anything you don't want to lose - Chipolo Apple debuts Find My network for third-party accessories Leaked images of revamped iPad Pro and iPad mini show few changes Apple MacBook and iPad production may be delayed over global chip shortage Apple Arcade adds new 'Timeless Classics' and 'App Store Greats' categories Only 36% of Apple Podcasts' 2M titles have 10 or more episodes Intel uses MacBook Pro to promote its chips after attacking Apple LG quits the 'incredibly competitive' smartphone business Google I/O 2021 set for May 18 through May 20, free for the first time T-Mobile launches unlimited 5G Home Internet service Watchsmith 2.0 Apple Original podcast 'The Line' launches ahead of Apple TV+ documentary Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: steve@appleinsider.com
Variations 16, 17, 18. Bach was a consummate craftsmen -- he knew not just how to write music, but how to build it. In this Interview, we speak with pianist Jeffrey LaDeur and his student, Ken Kocienda. Kocienda was lead software engineer behind the Apple iPhone and developed a strong affinity for the Goldbergs. Kocienda and Ladeur discuss parallels between music and design, and how constraints can actually enhance creativity. Interviews recorded in San Jose, California on January 2, 2018 and in San Francisco, California on July 2, 2019. Photo credits: Jiyang Chen (LaDeur) Musical recording credits available at https://www.thirtybach.com/podcast-episodes/bach-would-have-been-a-good-programmer
Håkan Lidbo is a musician, artist, innovator, designer, and founder of the Rumtiden Idea Lab, an unconventional creative workspace in Stockholm.The work of Håkan and his collaborators stretches across music, art, installations, games, robots, software, public installations, and more. It's quite difficult to define exactly what they do, which is a testament to their vision: "bringing totally new ideas into the world that weren't here before."Håkan himself is wildly prolific (he has released more than 350 records and held a world record for the fastest-releasing musical artist in the early 2000s) and an embodiment of innovation. I sat down with him to talk about how he's able to place himself outside conventional structures and traditions while thriving as a productive and creative leader.http://designdisciplin.com/hakan-lidbo# Related Books, Links, and Resources- Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: https://geni.us/antifragile-dd- Change by Design by Tim Brown: https://geni.us/change-by-design- Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley and David Kelley: https://geni.us/creative-confidence- Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda: https://geni.us/creative-selection-dd- Elektron Music Machines: http://elektron.se/- Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari: https://geni.us/homo-deus-dd- How To by Michael Bierut: https://geni.us/how-to-dd- How to Fly a Horse by Kevin Ashton: https://geni.us/how-to-fly-a-horse- Reason Studios (formerly Propellerhead Software): https://www.reasonstudios.com/- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari: https://geni.us/sapiens-dd- Simone Giertz: https://www.simonegiertz.com/- Teenage Engineering: https://teenage.engineering/- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson: https://geni.us/almanack- The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley: https://geni.us/art-of-innovation- The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: https://geni.us/bed-of-procrustes- The Ten Faces of Innovation by Tom Kelley: https://geni.us/ten-faces- Zoom H1N (Håkan's voice recorder): https://geni.us/zoom-h1n# Connect with Design Discipline- Website: http://designdisciplin.com- Podcast: http://podcast.designdisciplin.com- Instagram: https://instagram.com/designdisciplin/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/designdisciplin/- YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCtXM3JdnERaNOiFKaHZJL_w- Bookstore: http://designdisciplin.com/bookstore# Connect with Håkan Lidbo- Personal Website: https://www.hakanlidbo.com/- Website for Rumtiden: https://www.rumtiden.com/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/hakanlidbo- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hakan_lidbo/# Episode Bookmarks00:00:00 What does Håkan Lidbo do?00:04:29 The Structure of Rumtiden00:12:26 Håkan's Story00:28:08 From Art to Platform00:35:05 Learning Imagination00:41:40 "Design"00:55:14 Books00:56:24 Places and Tools00:57:47 Lego01:02:21 Swedish Synthesizers01:06:14 Collaboration and Singing Tunnels01:12:54 Failure and Art01:16:34 Inspirations01:22:02 Closing
In this video I will talk about the Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs book by Ken Kocienda. Steve Jobs was one of the most revolutionary entrepreneurs and CEOs of all time. This books talks about what it was like to work under him, and what was his design principles and how he developed the iPhone and iPad. Twitter: https://twitter.com/AttilaonthWorld YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCADpTO2CJBS7HNudJu9-nvg
In this episode, Scout talks with Ken Kocienda, a Software / app developer about his work at Apple (Safari, autocorrect and the original iPhone keyboard) what machine learning is, what made him pursue a career in technology, his new game UpSpell, and more! Ken Kocienda's twitter- @kocienda Scout's Socials- Instagram- @scouttechpodcast and twitter is @scouttechpod --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scouttech/message
Former Apple software engineer and designer Ken Kocienda, whose work included the original iPhone and the development of touchscreen autocorrect, has created his first iOS app, Up Spell. The fast-paced, fun word game challenges users to spell all the words you can in two minutes and uses a lexicon of words Kocienda built to allow […]
Mark is on his way back to the states. A slew of new rumors have been released in additon to awards given out at Apple's best of December event. Will Touch ID make a return to future iPhones? Lastly Mark and Jonathan talk about trying to be productive. Email: mail@everydayrobots.tech Twitter: @_ everydayrobots @jonjon1251 @swiftymf Our Site: EverydayRobots.tech Links: Bloomberg reports on software meeting for iOS 14 Touch ID iPhone rumors Mini LED displays may come to Mac's and iPads Apple's Best of Apps and Games 2019 CalZones iOS App Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda
What I learned from reading Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans by A.J. BaimeBecome a Misfit today for access to the entire back catalogue of premium episodes, two extra podcasts a month available no where else, and lifetime access to my Evernote notebook containing notes from 265+ podcasts and lectures on entrepreneurship.Racing was the most magnificent marketing tool the industry had ever known. (0:01)Founders vs Managers (8:05)Founders Podcasts on Henry Ford #9, #26, and #80 (9:06)The passion Enzo Ferrari had for his products (9:52)The same broad features keep recurring over and over again/ In their detailed appearance these broad features are never twice the same (11:13)Steve Jobs on passion. (13:31)Steve Jobs on building the Macintosh/ Artisans have soul in the game (17:23)Enzo Ferrari’s schedule at 58 years old / His early life (18:28)Ferrari’s 3 principles for winning (23:31)How Enzo Ferrari started his company / Racing as marketing / Ferrari’s personality and his philosophy on building a business (25:43)Enzo Ferrari’s extreme level of dedication (30:12)How Enzo Ferrari describes his product (31:13)How and why the Ford/Ferrari negotiations begin (32:17)How Enzo Ferrari described the process of building a product (41:00)The advantage founder led companies have / I made a mistake here. I said Les Miles when I meant Ken Miles. Les Miles is a football coach. Ken Miles is a race car driver. (43:30)Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda (46:21)Enzo Ferrari on why he doesn’t have a social life (47:29)You don’t understand. When I go in there, if I don’t really and truly believe I am the best in the world, I had better not go in at all (48:20)Enzo Ferrari played chess while everyone else was playing checkers (54:28)It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one’s ability. (57:43)A list of all the books featured on Founders Podcast.
Join longtime Apple software engineer Ken Kocienda in conversation with a16z Deal and Research operating partner Frank Chen for an insider’s account of how Apple designed software in the golden age of Steve Jobs, spanning products like the first release of Safari on MacOS to the first few releases of the iPhone and iOS (very first codename: "Purple"). Ken vividly shares about the creative process, how teams were organized, what it was like demo'ing to Steve Jobs, and many other fun stories. This episode originally aired as a YouTube video, and throughout, we repeatedly probe the question: is Apple's obsession with secrecy during the product development process a feature or a bug?
AI is already all around us - predicting that next word in your text or email and helping companies communicate with their customer base. Today, Becky and Navneet tackle AI and Communication, with help from Ken Kocienda, a developer of your friend-or-foe, autocorrect, and Arul Menezes, head of Microsoft’s revolutionary Machine Translation efforts. Is AI changing the way we communicate for better, or worse?
Imagine working on a project that would change not only technology but human history? For Ken Kocienda, that was a reality. He became a part of project purple, which was the original iPhone, and his biggest failure led him to be one of the first 8 software people on the project.
Ken Kocienda gives an inside look into Apple’s software development process during his 15 years at Apple. He was there during the release of Safari, iPhone, and iPad. The book is a must read for anyone who develops products or is interested in Apple. This post highlights some of my favourite themes from the book. http://www.gregoryschmidt.ca/writing/book-highlights-creative-selection #Apple #Design
Ken Kocienda created — among other things — the iPhone spellcheck.
Ken Kocienda created — among other things — the iPhone spellcheck.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Today we speak to a guy that most people love and hate. He is the inventor of the touchscreen keyboard autocorrect for the original iPhone. Sometimes autocorrect saves your life, other times it just gets in the way. We will speak to Ken Kocienda who was a software engineer and designer for more than 15 years and he has a new book out about working during the Golden Age of Steve Jobs. I'll even ask why auto correct always writes out DUCK when you're trying to type ****. Next, it was a spectacular fall we all witnessed for a man once known as America's Dad. Bill Cosby was sentenced to 3-10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand and was taken away after his hearing in handcuffs, an image that many thought they would never see. Cosby was accused of sexual misconduct and rape by 60 women. Claudia Rosenbaum, reporter for Buzzfeed News, joins us for more on Cosby and his classification as a sexually violent predator. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
The story of Apple’s success with the iPhone is that they didn’t make a product people wanted, they made a product people didn’t even know they needed yet but very soon had to have it. Today we’re talking to Ken Kocienda, the creator of auto-correct on your iPhone, about what it was about Apple that […]
A new book by former Apple principal engineer Ken Kocienda spills the secrets of the company's famous design process that has led to spectacularly successful devices. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Kelly dials up Ken Kocienda who was on the design team at Apple to talk about innovation, Steve Jobs and developing the iPhone. [audio http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3560872/3560872_2018-10-26-181412.64kmono.mp3]
Two weeks ago we spoke about how all of our training efforts have the potential to create data. This week, we're discussing what that looks like in practice. Sky's Derek Mitchell joins Owen and Ross G to discuss how we can collect and visualise data so that it can help us shape our learning engagements. If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, you can find us on Twitter @RossGarnerGP and @OwenFerguson. Derek is on LinkedIn. To find out more about GoodPractice, visit goodpractice.com or tweet us @GoodPractice or @GoodPracticeAus. You can see Derek's data dashboard by following this link: https://s3.amazonaws.com/goodpractice-podcast/sky-dashboard.pptx If you were intrigued by the use of the term 'Luddite', the BBC has an excellent article explaining the origin of the term. It explains that the Luddites were not anti-technology, but were anti-wage-cuts, which could be a useful lesson for those of us embracing automation at work. The article is available here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17770171 The book that Owen recommended was Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process by Ken Kocienda, available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Selection-Inside-Apples-Process-ebook/dp/B07F18HYX3 Ross recommended Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Going-Hurt-Secret-Diaries-ebook/dp/B06XWDJRGS With thanks to Mike Koenig for his 'Happy Halloween' sound effect, downloaded from http://soundbible.com/2080-Halloween-Vocals.html / CC BY 3.0.
Ken Kocienda is a software engineer who worked at Apple for 15 years under the leadership of Steve Jobs. Ken joins host Harbir Singh on Mastering Innovation to discuss his new book, “Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs,” where he highlights his experiences at Apple working on the first versions of the Safari web browser, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Ken Kocienda, former software engineer at Apple and author of the new book Creative Selection discusses Steve Jobs’ unrelenting focus, harsh leadership strategies, and incredible decisiveness. Read more: https://mackinstitute.wharton.upenn.edu/2018/creative-selection-ken-kocienda/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Ken Kocienda, Former Principal Engineer at Apple and author of "CREATIVE SELECTION: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs." We also caught up with Avery M. Blank, Speaker, Impact Strategist, Women's Leadership Expert, Policy Attorney, Author & FORBES Contributor. DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.
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My guest today is Ken Kocienda, a software engineer/designer at Apple for over fifteen years. After being introduced to the internet in 1994 he taught himself computer programming and made his way through a succession of dot-com-era startups, before landing a job at Apple in 2001. He worked on software teams responsible for creating the Safari web browser, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. The topic is his book Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Pyramid of demos Steve Jobs thought process Apple company philosophy Completely present in the moment Reality distortion field Creative selection Green Bay Packers and Vince Lombardi Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!
Ken Kocienda was a software engineer/designer at Apple for over fifteen years and is now the author of “Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs.” After being introduced to the internet in 1994 he taught himself computer programming and made his way through a succession of dot-com-era startups, before landing a job at Apple in 2001. He worked on software teams responsible for creating the Safari web browser, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Ken entered college with the mindset of becoming a history professor or even a photographer. He had various interests in college, however none of them were in the technology sphere. He moved to Japan after college for a few years and upon moving back to the United States, he was introduced to the internet for the first time and instantly intrigued by it. Ken interviewed for Apple in spring of 2001 before the iPod had been released--Apple was still relying on the Mac as their main revenue stream at the time. Ken had loved Apple products since he saw his first Mac in 1984 so when he was hired on at Apple it was surreal. His first job was to make Apple a web browser of its own – what we all know as Safari today. Later, in 2004, he joined the team to make the software for the iPhone’s touchscreen operating system, among other products. Inspiration, collaboration, craft, diligence, decisiveness, taste and empathy are seven attributes Ken uses to describe how Apple became the success story they are today. Steve Jobs and Apple chased perfection and demanded nothing short of it. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Pyramid of demos Steve Jobs thought process Apple company philosophy Completely present in the moment Reality distortion field Creative selection Green Bay Packers and Vince Lombardi
Stephen Hackett and John Voorhees sit down to talk about Ken Kocienda's book *Creative Selection,* in which he writes about the creation of Safari and original iPhone.
Les Moonves is out as the Chief Executive at CBS amid accusations that sexual harassed and assaulted numerous women over his career, but he won't be going far. Moonves is still set to remain as an unpaid adviser to CBS as part of his termination agreement. My producer Miranda joins us to talk about what his possible payout would be… reportedly set to be over $100 million pending the results of an investigation, and more details from the latest Ronan Farrow story which details the accounts of six new women. Next, we speak to a guy that most people love and hate. He is the inventor of the touchscreen keyboard autocorrect for the original iPhone. We will speak to Ken Kocienda who was a software engineer and designer for more than 15 years and he has a new book out about working during the Golden Age of Steve Jobs. I'll even ask why auto correct always writes out DUCK when you're trying to type F***. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
This week: get ready for the iPhone MAX! Plus: rumors indicate Apple’s new iPhones will receive a serious price cut; Apple is working on the one feature the Watch desperately needs; and Leander reveals Apple’s secret sauce—the design and creative processes Cupertino has developed over the years that have helped them create some of the world’s most iconic products. This episode supported by Easily create a beautiful website all by yourself, at Squarespace.com/cultcast. Use offer code CultCast at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. A business is only as strong as its people, and every hire matters… go to LinkedIn.com/cultcast and get a $50 credit toward your first job post. CultCloth will keep your iPhone X, Apple Watch, Mac and iPad sparkling clean, and for a limited time use code CULTCAST at checkout to score a free CleanCloth with any order at CultCloth.co. Thanks to Kevin McLeodfor the music you hear on today’s episode. On the show this week @erfon / @lkahney / @lewiswallace Possible new name for the 6.5-inch iPhone takes it to the Max https://www.cultofmac.com/573591/possible-new-name-for-the-6-5-inch-iphone-takes-it-to-the-max/ Apple’s marketing team has reportedly been considering losing the Plus suffix that has been used on the largest models since the iPhone 6 Plus came out in 2014 We’ve already head reports that Apple is going to ditch the “Plus” description for its larger iPhones. Now there’s word that the replacement term could be “Max.” If true, this means that the company will announce a week from today the iPhone Xs with a 5.8-inch display and the iPhone Xs Max with a 6.5-inch one. 2018 iPhones could cost just the same as the 2017 models https://www.cultofmac.com/573625/2018-iphone-prices-xs-plus-max/ With most of the specifications of the 2018 iPhones already known, the largest remaining question is price. A report from the German website Macerkoff, who starts by pointing out that the iPhone 8 costs €799, the iPhone 8 Plus sells for €909, and the iPhone X is €1149. Citing two different sources, the site says the 6.1-inch LCD iPhone expected to be announced next week will cost €799, the 5.8-inch replacement for the iPhone X will be €909, and the 6.5-inch OLED device sell for €1149. If that assumption is correct, the 6.1-inch LCD iPhone will be $699, the speed-bumped 5.8-inch iPhone X will be $799, and the the 6.5-inch OLED model will be $999. Apple Watch could get always-on display mode https://www.cultofmac.com/573027/apple-watch-always-on-display/ Apple is developing an always-on display mode for Apple Watch, a new patent application reveals. The feature would give users the ability to see the time — and possibly other information — without having to raise their wrist every time. But Apple wants to make sure OLED burn-in doesn’t become a problem. There are several reasons for that, such as its impact on battery life and the risk that the feature could ruin Apple Watch’s OLED display. The Iconic Pillow Collection by Throwboy https://www.cultofmac.com/573253/spinning-wheel-icon-pillow/ New book shows how Apple makes great software [Review] https://www.cultofmac.com/572869/new-book-shows-how-apple-makes-great-software-book-review/ When Steve Jobs died in 2011, pundits wondered how the company would continue to make great products without him. The question is partly answered by programmer Ken Kocienda’s new book, Creative Selection, which describes his 15 years working at Apple helping to develop the original iPhone, iPad and Safari web browser. The Apple design process of demos, decisions and feedback with Ken Kocienda [Apple Chat podcast] https://www.cultofmac.com/573075/the-apple-design-process-of-demos-decisions-feedback-ken-kocienda/
Ken Kocienda, former Principal Engineer of iPhone software at Apple, discusses his new book, "Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs." Mark Douglas, CEO of SteelHouse, weighs in on Twitter and Facebook testifying before the Senate today on election security. Manuel Henriquez, founder and CEO of Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC), on the IPO market for technology and life sciences companies and the venture lending landscape. Tom McGee, President and CEO of The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), on its inaugural Global Perspectives report, which looks at the impact of the retail real estate industry in economies around the world. Hosted by Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz.
Ken Kocienda is former Principal Engineer of iPhone software at Apple. For over fifteen years, he was deeply involved with development of the user interfaces for Safari, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and many others. His book, Creative Selection, is a historical, technical, and philosophical insider look at what makes Apple... Apple. SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and sign up for free. First 200 people get 20% off the premium course! LINKS: Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube
Over a period of fifteen years, Ken Kocienda had a front-row seat to the development of some of the most innovative technology in history. As a team member, he was responsible for helping develop the software on the iPhone, including being personally responsible for the development of the iPhone keyboard and autocorrect features. In this interview, he shares insights into how Apple's creative process works, what it was like to pitch and demo to Steve Jobs, and how we can all learn from Apple's successes and apply some of their methods to our own life and work. Ken's new book is called Creative Selection. == Today's episode is brought to you by Skillshare. To get 2 months of access for just 99 cents, visit Skillshare.com/creative. The intro music for the AC podcast is by Joshua Seurkamp. End remix is by DJ Z-Trip.
Curious what it was like to work at Apple during its Golden Age of design? What exactly did the creative process look like? On this episode of the Apple Chat podcast, I sit down with Ken Kocienda, a programmer who spent 15 years at Apple during the Steve Jobs era, working on the first versions of the Safari web browser, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. His new book, Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs, chronicles his experiences working at the company and offers an inside look at the creative process that made the team successful.
Victor and William talk through Apple's latest acquisition and some of the rumors leading into the upcoming Apple event, and Victor speaks with Ken Kocienda, author of Creative Selection, Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs. Ken has the distinction of having been the individual directly responsible for keyboard on the first iPhone.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, August 25, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Jason Howell: Nikon officially entered the mirrorless camera arena with the unveiling of the Z7 and Z6. DPReview Science Editor Rishi Sanyal joins to give his hands-on impressions. Jillian Ogle, Founder and CEO of Let's Robot, joins to show off her live streaming platform where anyone can take control of other people's homebrewed robots over the internet. Jason gives his take on two phones: a first look at the Samsung Galaxy Note9 and his review of the Verizon exclusive Moto Z3 which is aiming to be the first to 5G with a future Moto Mod. Megan Morrone chat's with former Apple engineer, and author of "Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs," Ken Kocienda about how he came to be the head engineer on the original iPhone keyboard. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jason Howell Guests: Rishi Sanyal, Jillian Ogle, Ken Kocienda, and Megan Morrone The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live. Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers. Sponsors: RocketMortgage.com/NSS twit.cachefly.com
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, August 25, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Jason Howell: Nikon officially entered the mirrorless camera arena with the unveiling of the Z7 and Z6. DPReview Science Editor Rishi Sanyal joins to give his hands-on impressions. Jillian Ogle, Founder and CEO of Let's Robot, joins to show off her live streaming platform where anyone can take control of other people's homebrewed robots over the internet. Jason gives his take on two phones: a first look at the Samsung Galaxy Note9 and his review of the Verizon exclusive Moto Z3 which is aiming to be the first to 5G with a future Moto Mod. Megan Morrone chat's with former Apple engineer, and author of "Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs," Ken Kocienda about how he came to be the head engineer on the original iPhone keyboard. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jason Howell Guests: Rishi Sanyal, Jillian Ogle, Ken Kocienda, and Megan Morrone The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live. Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers. Sponsors: RocketMortgage.com/NSS twit.cachefly.com