That's just mind-blowing. Wow. Thanks for posting that, Karen. Teresa
"Slow down; you'll get there faster." On Oct 23, 2011, at 9:28 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Did others catch the 60 minutes program tonight? Besides the story on Jobs > himself, there was a second one. > Individuals who have the form of autism that prevents them from speaking are > using voiceover in their ipods to communicate for the first time. > honestly that made me cry. > Parents and children communicating, older individuals with this form of the > disease feeling socially involved and all because apple decided to make sure > all their products could speak to everyone. > > I really HOPE Jobs new about this, the extra research involved as well. > Just again shows how advantageous it is to seek a common ground with > technology, build ways for all to make use of it with the same device. > the text transcript of the stories are on the 60 minutes website I am sure. > Karen > > On Sun, 23 Oct 2011, Dan Roy wrote: > >> Yes, I want this book in audio, but, all I see on amazon is an abridged >> book, I will never buy and abridged book ever! I might have to just get the >> ibook version of it for now. >> >> >> On Oct 21, 2011, at 8:39 AM, Hai Nguyen Ly wrote: >> >>> A glimpse in to the life of a man who changed the life of so many people. >>> >>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/20/steve-jobs-biography-obama_n_1022786.html?1319148475 >>> >>> Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term >>> Presidency' >>> >>> >>> In one of the most hotly-anticipated biographies of the year, "Steve Jobs," >>> author Walter Isaacson reveals that the Apple CEO offered to design >>> political ads for President Obama's 2012 campaign despite being highly >>> critical of the administration's policies and that Jobs refused potentially >>> life-saving surgery on his pancreatic cancer because he felt it was too >>> invasive. Nine months later, he got the operation but it was too late. >>> >>> Those are just some of the tidbits about Jobs' life revealed in the >>> upcoming biography, a copy of which was obtained by The Huffington Post. >>> The publication date of the official biography of the notoriously-secretive >>> Apple co-founder was pushed up after his death in October. "I wanted my >>> kids to know me," Isaacson quoted Jobs as saying in their final interview. >>> "I wasn't always there for them and I wanted them to know why and to >>> understand what I did." >>> >>> Among other details unearthed in the book on the notoriously-secretive >>> Apple co-founder: >>> >>> Jobs' Meeting With Obama >>> >>> Jobs, who was known for his prickly, stubborn personality, almost missed >>> meeting President Obama in the fall of 2010 because he insisted that the >>> president personally ask him for a meeting. Though his wife told him that >>> Obama "was really psyched to meet with you," Jobs insisted on the personal >>> invitation, and the standoff lasted for five days. When he finally relented >>> and they met at the Westin San Francisco Airport, Jobs was >>> characteristically blunt. He seemed to have transformed from a liberal into >>> a conservative. >>> >>> "You're headed for a one-term presidency," he told Obama at the start of >>> their meeting, insisting that the administration needed to be more >>> business-friendly. As an example, Jobs described the ease with which >>> companies can build factories in China compared to the United States, where >>> "regulations and unnecessary costs" make it difficult for them. >>> >>> Jobs also criticized America's education system, saying it was "crippled by >>> union work rules," noted Isaacson. "Until the teachers' unions were broken, >>> there was almost no hope for education reform." Jobs proposed allowing >>> principals to hire and fire teachers based on merit, that schools stay open >>> until 6 p.m. and that they be open 11 months a year. >>> >>> Aiding Obama's Reelection Campaign >>> >>> Jobs suggested that Obama meet six or seven other CEOs who could express >>> the needs of innovative businesses -- but when White House aides added more >>> names to the list, Jobs insisted that it was growing too big and that "he >>> had no intention of coming." In preparation for the dinner, Jobs exhibited >>> his notorious attention to detail, telling venture capitalist John Doerr >>> that the menu of shrimp, cod and lentil salad was "far too fancy" and >>> objecting to a chocolate truffle dessert. But he was overruled by the White >>> House, which cited the president's fondness for cream pie. >>> >>> Though Jobs was not that impressed by Obama, later telling Isaacson that >>> his focus on the reasons that things can't get done "infuriates" him, they >>> kept in touch and talked by phone a few more times. Jobs even offered to >>> help create Obama's political ads for the 2012 campaign. "He had made the >>> same offer in 2008, but he'd become annoyed when Obama's strategist David >>> Axelrod wasn't totally deferential," writes Isaacson. Jobs later told the >>> author that he wanted to do for Obama what the legendary "morning in >>> America" ads did for Ronald Reagan. >>> >>> Bill Gates And Steve Jobs >>> >>> Bill Gates was fascinated by Steve Jobs but found him "fundamentally odd" >>> and "weirdly flawed as a human being," and his tendency to be "either in >>> the mode of saying you were shit or trying to seduce you." >>> >>> Jobs once declared about Gates, "He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped >>> acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger." >>> >>> After 30 years, Gates would develop a grudging respect for Jobs. "He really >>> never knew much about technology, but he had an amazing instinct for what >>> works," he said. But Jobs never reciprocated by fully appreciating Gates' >>> real strengths. "Bill is basically unimaginative and has never invented >>> anything, which is why I think he's more comfortable now in philanthropy >>> than technology. He just shamelessly ripped off other people's ideas." >>> >>> Meeting His Biological Father >>> >>> Jobs, who was adopted, was a customer at a Mediterranean restaurant north >>> of San Jose without realizing that it was owned by his biological father -- >>> from whom he was estranged. He eventually met his real Dad -- "It was >>> amazing," he later said of the revelation. "I had been to that restaurant a >>> few times, and I remember meeting the owner. He was Syrian. Balding. We >>> shook hands." >>> >>> Nevertheless Jobs still had no desire to see him. "I was a wealthy man by >>> then, and I didn't trust him not to try to blackmail me or go to the press >>> about it." >>> >>> Anticipating An Early Death >>> >>> Jobs once told John Sculley, who would later become Apple's CEO and fire >>> Jobs, that if he weren't working with computers, he could see himself as a >>> poet in Paris. "Jobs confided in Sculley that he believed he would die >>> young, and therefore he needed to accomplish things quickly so that he >>> would make his mark on Silicon Valley history. "We all have a short period >>> of time on this earth," he told the Sculleys. "We probably only have the >>> opportunity to do a few things really great and do them well. None of us >>> has any idea how long we're gong to be here nor do I, but my feeling is >>> I've got to accomplish a lot of these things while I'm young." >>> >>> * * * * * >>> For his first interview about the book, Isaacson talked to "60 Minutes" for >>> the Sunday, Oct. 23 episode, telling host Steve Kroft that he was shocked >>> about Jobs's decision to initially skip surgery for his pancreatic cancer >>> -- that such a genius could make such a wrong decision about his own health. >>> >>> "I've asked [Jobs why he didn't get an operation then] and he said, 'I >>> didn't want my body to be opened ... I didn't want to be violated in that >>> way,' said Isaacson. >>> >>> "I think that he kind of felt that if you ignore something, if you don't >>> want something to exist, you can have magical thinking. ... We talked about >>> this a lot," he told Kroft. "He wanted to talk about it, how he regretted >>> it. ... 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