Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]that is fascinating, thanks for sharing this, Steve On Jan 27, 2010, at 9:55 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > I can see the roof of Steve Jobs' house out the window of my study where I > am sitting to type this email. When I pass by in the evening I often see > him washing dishes at his kitchen sink, under a window that looks out onto > Santa Rita Avenue). In years past I used to see him often in the organic > produce section of the local grocery store. > > Here's a Google Street View of his house: > > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1995+waverley+st&sll=37.445797,-122.157574&sspn=0.148825,0.21286&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1995+Waverley+St,+Palo+Alto,+Santa+Clara,+California+94301&ll=37.434641,-122.140766&spn=0.00243,0.003589&z=19&layer=c&cbll=37.43471,-122.140929&panoid=Xu0vtebUVWDmWWr7pO8wTg&cbp=12,84.53,,1,-4.52 > > He tried to recruit me a long time to come work for NeXT, and fed me > breakfast at Late for the Train in Menlo Park and drove me there and back > in his ancient black Porsche 911. (These days he drives an E55 AMG, at the > speed limit). > > Two of my brothers have worked for him, one as a direct report. One of my > daughters (an occasional LUG member) works for a group in Apple that Steve > really cares about (Keynote). Through the years I've written half a dozen > letters to him suggesting new products or radical changes to existing > products. (I'll take credit for thinking up the Airport Express, if you > please, except that I really wanted to put a modem in it). > > I respect his privacy too much to ever walk up to him on the sidewalk and > interrupt him and try to pretend I'm his friend. But I see him frequently > and I've talked to him a few times and I know a lot about him. > > He's real. He does not seek adulation. He seeks to change the world with > technology, and he has discovered that if he receives adulation, he has > more leverage for doing that. I respect him, I admire what he is doing, > and I think the world is a much better place for him being in it. He > really is changing the world in a way that people who receive less > adulation aren't managing. > > And the famous RDF -- the Reality Distortion Field -- is absolutely real. > When you are around him, in his presence, you will believe whatever he > wants you to believe. Once you walk away you can't remember why you > believed it, but you remember that you did. I've always thought that the > RDF was him somehow sharing his ability to see into the future; when > you're physically close enough to him and he's paying enough attention to > you, you can also see into the future, though maybe not as clearly as he > can. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information