tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post1956287525412786965..comments2024-03-26T16:11:44.515-04:00Comments on All Things Ruffnerian, a Design Blog and More: Designer Spotlight: Steve JobsMark D. Ruffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-54186782391890700462012-01-19T11:09:00.582-05:002012-01-19T11:09:00.582-05:00Thanks for the compliment, Anyes! If it's true...Thanks for the compliment, Anyes! If it's true that we use only 10 percent of our brain, does that mean that I use only 5 percent from each side?!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-1419310929970513182012-01-19T09:36:22.832-05:002012-01-19T09:36:22.832-05:00Hi Mark,
Artist who have the ability to use both s...Hi Mark,<br />Artist who have the ability to use both sides of their brain, are remarkably successful in a commercial/industrial context. S. J. was probably one of the best example of this type of individual.<br />It strikes me that you use both sides of your brain as well.<br />Anyes<br />XXAnyes K. Busby - Studio Vignette Fine Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00989650562190771548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-77717349992567375062012-01-16T10:45:12.845-05:002012-01-16T10:45:12.845-05:00Hi, Theresa - You might be interested in viewing (...Hi, Theresa - You might be interested in viewing (if you haven't already done so) Steve Jobs' 2005 commencement address at Stanford University. It speaks to your comment:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLcMark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-81468191589742681472012-01-16T09:43:22.121-05:002012-01-16T09:43:22.121-05:00I love the ways Steve Jobs has made my life easier...I love the ways Steve Jobs has made my life easier. This just proves that our exposure to different things in life will color our future decisions. They can only be better from the diversity of our lives. Thanks Mark!Theresa Cheekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429069123185290732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-68220209593453623472012-01-15T11:28:30.366-05:002012-01-15T11:28:30.366-05:00Hi, Rosemary - Boy, oh boy, does your comment stri...Hi, Rosemary - Boy, oh boy, does your comment strike a chord! Recently a non-Apple friend asked me to look at her computer because her printer was cutting off part of a document. No problem, I thought. Something like that could have been quickly resolved ten different ways on my computer. The short story is that I was completely stumped by the incredible limitations of her system. Experiences like that really make one appreciate the Apple.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-31762406309390203222012-01-15T04:12:14.832-05:002012-01-15T04:12:14.832-05:00Every time I use my Apple computer I am grateful t...Every time I use my Apple computer I am grateful to Steve Jobs. Sometimes I try to help a friend out with her computer, not an apple, and then I am even more grateful.<br />Because I appreciate good design, the Apple fulfils that area too.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-39201294602010968382012-01-14T22:17:45.489-05:002012-01-14T22:17:45.489-05:00Thank you, Windlost! My blogging has brought me in...Thank you, Windlost! My blogging has brought me in touch with the nicest people.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-4224859395990364352012-01-14T21:52:42.408-05:002012-01-14T21:52:42.408-05:00What a beautiful post Mark. :D
P.S. On your pro...What a beautiful post Mark. :D<br /><br />P.S. On your profile, so many of your favorite things are my favorite things too! Ahhh...so nice to find kindred spirits on this here beastly web.Windlosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17014227226507484798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-30771601133961916722012-01-14T18:02:20.279-05:002012-01-14T18:02:20.279-05:00Hello, Yvette - Steve Jobs had so much more of an ...Hello, Yvette - Steve Jobs had so much more of an impact than just designing the Apple computer. As the biography's book jacket says at the very beginning, "Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers (Apple), animated movies (Pixar), music (iTunes, iPods), phones (iPhones), tablet computing and digital publishing (iPad).*<br /><br />*The parenthesises are mine. I would add that if you are not a Macintosh user, whatever computer you are using has been greatly enhanced by industry standards (innovations) that came from Jobs.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-66102145683205469422012-01-14T17:40:23.533-05:002012-01-14T17:40:23.533-05:00Hello, Jane and Lance: I think you have found the ...Hello, Jane and Lance: I think you have found the perfect description of Steve Jobs' success. He was tremendously incisive and knew what people wanted from technology. I think also that he saw the big picture far into the future. I read somewhere that he considered remote controls terribly outdated and was working on something to supercede them.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-87233039886065598652012-01-14T17:36:24.504-05:002012-01-14T17:36:24.504-05:00Hello, Karena - xoxoHello, Karena - xoxoMark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-26229930532871317302012-01-14T17:34:28.936-05:002012-01-14T17:34:28.936-05:00Hello, Parnassus - Aside from being very smart, fr...Hello, Parnassus - Aside from being very smart, from an early age Steve Jobs was very observant. He grew up with adoptive parents who encouraged everything he did and who indulged him to a fault. His adoptive father stressed craftsmanship in all things, and though he was relatively unschooled, was a huge influence on Steve.<br /><br />Two factors lead to Jobs not having furniture in his first house. First, he was enamored of Zen Buddhism, and he enjoyed practicing the tenet of less is more, and second, he was such a perfectionist that he had a hard time making up his mind when he looked at furniture. The book does say that Jobs appreciated and eventually owned the furniture of Ray and Charles Eames.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-61311397421659162052012-01-14T14:59:07.006-05:002012-01-14T14:59:07.006-05:00A nice and concise overview of Steve Jobs, a man I...A nice and concise overview of Steve Jobs, a man I knew next to nothing about - except that I knew he had something to do with computers and Apple. (I know next to nothing about technology. But I think I know a bit more about design.)<br /><br />Thanks, Mark. He sounds like he was a fascinating man. Maybe I'll take a look at his bio...Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-60162923600454074232012-01-14T11:26:56.380-05:002012-01-14T11:26:56.380-05:00Hello Mark:
What fascinating snippets into the lif...Hello Mark:<br />What fascinating snippets into the life and mind of Steve Jobs. He certainly was an original thinker and seemed to us to have the canny ability to reduce everything to its simplest terms which makes his designs so perfect in our view.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-26427043123553515702012-01-14T10:04:23.413-05:002012-01-14T10:04:23.413-05:00Mark the book sounds just as fascinating as the ma...Mark the book sounds just as fascinating as the man himself! Than you for sharing these insights into on of the most creative minds of the century!<br /><br />Xoxo<br />Karena<br /><br />Art by KarenaKarenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-5428377676423398192012-01-14T02:36:48.438-05:002012-01-14T02:36:48.438-05:00It is interesting how many of Jobs' innovation...It is interesting how many of Jobs' innovations arose from observing the quality in the world around him, not just from engineering skill or from some innate sense of fitness or creativity. This seems an object lesson for those who feel that should only study or accept what they feel is 'directly useful' to them, although this is preaching to the choir for readers of this and similar blogs. <br /><br />On the flip side, I'm not sure that a house with no chairs comes under the rubric of "user friendly".<br />--Road to ParnassusParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.com