Steve Jobs Rigged The First iPhone Demo By Faking Full Signal Strength And Secretly Swapping Devices Because Of Fragile Prototypes And Bug-Riddled Software — The Engineers Were So Nervous They Got Drunk During Presentation To Calm Their Nerves
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The late Steve Jobs, renowned for his innovative vision at Apple Inc., faced a unique challenge in 2007 with the first iPhone presentation. The device was a groundbreaking concept, but it wasn't ready for a public debut. Jobs, known for pushing boundaries, orchestrated a presentation that was more of an artful illusion than a demonstration of a fully functional product. Jobs insisted on a live presentation, deviating from the norm of prerecorded demonstrations common in Silicon Valley. To ensure

• Steve Jobs faked full signal strength and swapped devices during the first iPhone demo due to fragile prototypes and bug-riddled software.

• Engineers got drunk during the presentation to calm their nerves.

• Despite the challenges, Jobs successfully completed the 90-minute demonstration without any noticeable issues.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      His gift was the gift of gab, and he was an asshole, but I will give him credit for co-founding Apple and for the NeXT and Pixar.

      I think the NeXT was the most enjoyable desktop computing experience I’ve had in my life.

    • sunbeam60@lemmy.oneEnglish
      336·
      2 years ago

      In my career, I’ve learnt the hard way that every crowning achievement starts with a bullshitter being cursed by a bunch of engineers - the very same engineers who years later laud the bullshitter as the person with the tenacity to drive them to achieve greatness.

      • JdW@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        2 years ago

        That’s a load of bull. None of those nameless Apple engineers that really engineered all that Apple crap lauded Jobs, that was only media and sycophants like you.

        I dare you to name one real life instance in “your career” when -named- engineers were happy with marketing bozo’s taking credit for their work and actual genius. You can’t as it never happened in the history of time.

        The actual arrogance to suggest that those poor engineers should have been happy that someone was there to "teel them what to do. Wow. Just wow. Maybe leave your mom’s basement and stop sniffing the glue for a day this weekend…

        • sunbeam60@lemmy.oneEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          JdW clearly thought not very much of my thoughts and someone decided the name-calling warranted a removal. That said, I’ve responded to JdW with a direct message to share some examples I’ve been part of in my time. I do believe it’s a pattern you come to recognise after 20+ years in software development.

        • Guy Fleegman@startrek.websiteEnglish
          21·
          2 years ago

          Ken Kocienda, the engineer who led the team that created the original iPhone keyboard and predictive text system, wrote a book titled “Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs.” So there’s at least one real engineer for you who speaks highly of Jobs.

          They aren’t nameless. They write books and go on podcasts, their thoughts on Jobs are available to us. Plenty of them praise Jobs for driving them to do their best work.

          • sunbeam60@lemmy.oneEnglish
            31·
            2 years ago

            Be careful, you’re stepping out of the “all bosses are capitalist, exploitative assholes and if you aren’t out in the field ploughing, you’ll be next against the wall in our cultural revolution”-zone that’s considered acceptable on Lemmy.