take this Jobs and shove it

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 | teh internets | No Comments

I work with mac fan-boys.  breathe mac, live mac, love mac. (hurl)

Don’t get me wrong, OSX was a pretty awesome when it came out (a discussion for another day), but the real beauty is the hardware. Steve Jobs, love him or hate him, put out some pretty nice products during his second term..how you ask? By using them. Think about it…

Jobs wanted an nice mp3 player with nice form factor…IPod.
Jobs wanted an easier way to organize his music…iTunes.
Jobs didn’t want to pay $$$ for songs that suck…iTunes Music Store
Jobs didn’t want to carry around an IPod and cell phone….do I need to keep going?  See the theme?

so what the !@#$ is that supposed to mean?

a) when building a product, the best way to insure success is to use the product in everyday scenarios.  If you have trouble using the product, there’s a pretty good chance that end users will also. If Microsoft had to use Vista 24/7 without tech support, I’m sure things would be different.  I try to design/develop around this  methodology as well, though it does take quite a few revisions before things are finalized (case in point, this blog design)

b) I need to quit screwin around an get an iPhone (like everyone else)

Tags: product design, Steve Jobs