Tag: Make things

  • Make Something Wonderful

    At an internal Apple staff meeting shortly after the iPhone launched in 2007, an employee asked Steve Jobs how Apple would keep its culture and brand intact as it grew. Jobs answered: “One of the ways that I believe people express their appreciation to the rest of humanity is to make something wonderful and put…

  • Put Something Back

    At a designer conference In 1983, Steve Jobs demonstrated a computer called Lisa (named after Job’s daughter) to a group of designers who had never used a computer before. A designer in the audience asked what motivated Apple. Jobs answered: “We feel that for some crazy reason, we are in the right place at the…

  • What Wasn’t There Before

    Music producer Rick Rubin wrote in his book The Creative Act: To create is to bring something into existence what wasn’t there before. It could be a conversation, the solution to a problem, a note to a friend, the rearrangement of furniture in a room, a new route home to avoid a traffic jam. Whether…

  • Make Something Wonderful

    After the iPhone launched in 2007, one employee asked Steve Jobs at a staff meeting how Apple would keep its culture and brand intact as it grew. He answered: One of the ways that I believe people express their appreciation to the rest of humanity is to make something wonderful and put it out there. …