Steve Jobs' Commencement Speech @ Stanford
Jul 14, 2005, 12:36a - Life
I finally got a hold of the full-text of Steve Jobs' commencement speech at Stanford. I found it particularly inspiring, so I've copied it below. He delivered this speech on June 12, 2005.
"I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the
finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college.
Truth be ... more »
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Sachin
- Jul 14, 2005, 9:43a
You can get the mp3 here:
http://www.wiredatom.com/jobs_stanford_speech/
Mahesh
- Aug 24, 2005, 8:15a
This story is definetely inspiring. I was just browsing and came across your blog, and onto this article. Initially, i thought, it will be a boring one. But as i kept on reading, soem of the ones, touched me, and at one point, i almost felt like crying ( do not know why ), when he touched the death issue!.
Great one...
Mahesh.
Easy, New, Free, Rare
Jul 5, 2005, 10:52p - Culture
Our culture can be mashed together, boiled down, and crystallized into just four simple adjectives: "easy", "new", "free", and "rare".
We spend much of our time inventing easier ways of doing things. Google is a very easy way to look up information; Starbucks is a very easy way to get coffee; the car is the easiest way to travel short ... more »
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Justin
- Jul 13, 2005, 4:01p
I'm sure there are others, but I feel like one significant one that you're omitting is some notion of "cool" or "sexy." The iPod, for example, continues to be successful in the face of newer, easier, rarer, less expensive competition primarily because of the status enjoyed by its owners.
Nikhil
- Jul 13, 2005, 11:26p
Yeah, "cool/sexy" is definitely a quality missing from the post. One interesting difference of this quality is that it is more of an intangible. If you add the word "Free", "New" or "Rare" to the item you want to sell, it will sell better than without the term. "Sexy" can't just be used as a marker but has to really be an innate quality of the product itself.
Agreeing to Agree
Jul 5, 2005, 10:35p - Democracy
So many things can go wrong when leading a group; by far the most difficult to deal with is disagreement. Getting a group of people to agree on a course of action must be the most straining yet important thing that any of us can do. Group disagreement permeates all walks of life, from the local Little League team deciding ... more »
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Jason
- Jul 12, 2005, 1:28p
I agree with this. It is hard to lead a group when everyone inately thinks individually. I have found in my personal experience that the roadblocks generally do come from one usually powerful individual. The problem with any system to manage this in any operation is the human element. Generally, pride and/or a fear of losing one's power or the desire for moreare what detract from or bring to a complete hault what may otherwise be a fruitful group effort. How does one effectively counter something as primal as pride? It can be done but - man does it make life difficult! People also tend to operate with this (bizarre) "us and them" attitude in most situations, stroking their sense of pride and self worth by pointing the finger or building fences. This is most likely what leads to groups' inabilities to work together or join forces. Anyway, I'm sure you didn't plan to spawn such a long comment with this post but all in all, I like what you've written here. Thanks.
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