Pixar's Early Days - A Never-Before-Seen Interview With Steve Jobs

[UnbornTao]

 

 

[Leo Gura]

Jobs earned more money from Pixar than Apple.

And Jobs bought Pixar from George Lucas. What a crazy business.

[UnbornTao]

22 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Jobs earned more money from Pixar than Apple.

And Jobs bought Pixar from George Lucas. What a crazy business.

Was particularly interested in his focus on quality storytelling.

In some cases, a gradual decline in quality seems to occur over time, as seen in media franchises such as Disney (in general), The Simpsons, the Star Wars films, or the Elder Scrolls games.

It seems that something is (perhaps "inevitably") lost in that process. Could be called devolution, or complacency?

[Leo Gura]

10 minutes ago, UnbornTao said:

Could be called devolution, or complacency?

Combination of corruption and just burn out.

You can't milk the same cow forever.

The Simpsons should have died decades ago. But those corrupt and creatively bankrupt executives want their $$$.

Edited 3 hours ago by Leo Gura

[Natasha Tori Maru]

 

[Leo Gura]

It's almost like some kind of conformity.

[Leo Gura]

[Natasha Tori Maru]

inc marketing team:

milk it boys and never stop

 

[Natasha Tori Maru]

14 minutes ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

 

This is quite ironic because every iphone lately has been juiced by marketers to death, exactly as Jobs described marketing teams flogging products with the equivalent of a 'new bottle shape' as a product.

[Leo Gura]

Over a founder's dead body is exactly how companies go to hell. Which is why the founder was necessary to create it.

A founder is necessarily non-conformist.

[Natasha Tori Maru]

Indeed, just IMAGINE Job's reaction to what apple has become.

I recall my media teacher in high school - the first iPod had recently come out. We all had huge hard drives for film work, Nokia 3210, iPods (if lucky) and huge camera setups. He said, and I quote 'give it 15-20 years and Apple will have consolidated all of this stuff into a pocket sized media centre + phone everyone carries with them'.

He called it - and he also said Steve Jobs would probably have a ball busting time with business because he was so non-conformist & building something no one could envision.