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人过留声:乔布斯的九句明言
On computers
It takes these very simple-minded instructions – ‘Go fetch a number, add it to this number, put the result there, perceive if it’s greater than this other number’ – but executes them at a rate of, let’s say, 1,000,000 per second. At 1,000,000 per second, the results appear to be magic.
有关计算机
我们需要这些非常简单的指令,如:去取数字,去把它添加到这个数字上,把结果放在那儿,让它比较是否比另一个数字更大。但这系列操作必须以一定的速度来执行,比如,将它设定为1,000,000每秒。接着,当实现了每秒百万的速度,呈现出来的结果就非常神奇。
On design
It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.
有关设计
根据受众需要去设计产品其实是非常难的。因为很多情况下,人们并不知道自己想要的是什么,而是需要你去展示给他们看。
The best sales line ever?
Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?
有史以来最棒的销售线?
你想要用你余下的生命去卖糖水,还是你想有一个机会去改变世界?(小编注:乔布斯用来说服前百事可乐CEO John Sculley 担任苹果CEO时所说的话。)
On character
I’m the only person I know that’s lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. It’s very character-building.
有关品格
我是唯一一个我所知道一年损失了2亿5千万的人。但这对塑造品格很有帮助。
On good design
That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
有关好的设计
这一直是我的一个座右铭——集中和简单。简单,可以比实现复杂的东西更难。你必须花很多力气去让你的思维变得简单、有条理。但最终它的价值非常大,因为一旦你到达了那一步,你就可以撼动山脉了。