Steve Jobs

What do the quotes below tell you about Steve Jobs?

Because people who are crazy enough to think they can

change the world are the ones who do.

My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to make

them better.

Dont let the noise of others opinions drown out your

own inner voice.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to

an environment where excellence is expected."

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter

to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something
wonderful, that's what matters to me."

Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have

a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart,
and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things
with them."

1. The movie is divided into three parts, corresponding to three launches of important products. What are the
products and when were they introduced?
1. year ..
2. .. year ..
3. year ..
2. Why was it difficult to fix Mac when it couldnt say hello?
.
3. Why didnt Jobs want to distribute the copies of TIME?

4. The title THE MAN OF THE YEAR 1984 came to.
5. Where does Joanna Hoffman come from?
6. What, according to Jobs, does the LISA product name come from?


7. Why did Jobs want to wear a white shirt with a breast pocket during the launch?

8. What did Steve Wozniak ask Jobs before the launch?

9. What was the purpose of the Black Cube?

10. What University did Jobs graduate from?

11. What is missing in the Black Cube?

12. Lisa is listening to a Joni Mitchell song Both Sides Now in two versions. What are the differences between
the versions according to Lisa?

13. Who is John Sculley?

14. Why did Jobs leave Apple?

15. What did Joanna Hoffman receive her awards for? How many times in a row?

16. What was the REAL purpose behind creating the Black Cube?

17. What was the Newton?

18. Why was Jobs angry with Lisa?

19. Who paid Lisas tuition?

20. Why did Lisa need a therapist, according to Andy?

21. Andy Hetzfeld. vs Andy Cummingham. Who is who?

22. What does the name of Apple Computer come from? What legend could have been connected with it?


23. What was the slogan promoting iMac?

24. What band do Woz and Steve refer to during their argument before the 3rd launch?

25. Why is Lisa so bitterly resentful of her father?

26. The prediction of which Apple product can we hear during the conversation between Lisa and her father on
the roof?

27. Where did iMac take its shape from?

28. Give five positive and five negative qualities of Jobs character.

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 Steve Jobs
What do the quotes below tell you about Steve Jobs?
Because people who are crazy enough to think they can change
the world are the ones who do.
My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to make them
better.
Dont let the noise of others opinions drown out your own
inner voice.
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to
an environment where excellence is expected."
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me.
Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful,
that's what matters to me."
Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith
in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give
them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them."

1. The movie is divided into three parts, corresponding to three launches of important products. What are the
products and when were they introduced?
1. Macintosh year 1984
2. Black Cube year 1988
3. iMac year 1998
2. Why was it difficult to fix Mac when it couldnt say hello?
Because Mac required special tools and they forgot to bring tchem to the launch
3. Why didnt Jobs want to distribute the copies of TIME?
Because Mac wasnt on the cover
4. The title THE MAN OF THE YEAR 1984 came to a computer.
5. Where does Joanna Hoffman come from? Poland
6. What, according to Jobs, does the LISA product name come from?
At the beginning of the film he says it comes from Local Integrated Systems Architecture.
At the end of the film he admits he named the computer after his daughter.
7. Why did Jobs want to wear a white shirt with a breast pocket during the launch?
Because a diskette can fit in it.
8. What did Steve Wozniak ask Jobs before the launch?
To acknowledge the Mac II team
9. What was the purpose of the Black Cube?
A computer for schools and colleges.
10. What University did Jobs graduate from?
None. He dropped out after the first semester.
11. What is missing in the Black Cube?
The OS (operating system)
12. Lisa is listening to a Joni Mitchell song Both Sides Now in two versions. What are the differences between
the versions according to Lisa?
The first one was girlish, the other one was regretful
13. Who is John Sculley?
A former Pepsi-Cola president, Apple CEO from 1983 to 1993. Steve Jobs persuaded Sculley to move to Apple.
Jobs believed Sculley was responsible for his dismissal from Apple.
14. Why did Jobs leave Apple?
Because there was a difference of opinions between Jobs and Scully and in the conflict the Board sided with
Sculley and voted to deprive Jobs of managerial duties.
15. What did Joanna Hoffman receive her awards for? How many times in a row?
For standing up to Jobs, three years in a row.
16. What was the REAL purpose behind creating the Black Cube?
To launch the product without the OS until NeXT finds out what Apple is going to need; then create a product
Apple needs and return to Apple
17. What was the Newton?
one of the first PDAs, palmtops
18. Why was Jobs angry with Lisa?
Because she didnt oppose to her mother selling the house Jobs had bought for them
19. Who paid Lisas tuition?
Andy Hertzfeld
20. Why did Lisa need a therapist, according to Andy?
Because she needed a strong male role model.
21. Andy Hetzfeld. vs Andy Cummingham. Who is who?
Andy Hetzfeld works with the computers, Andy Cummingham organises the launches.
22. What does the name of Apple Computer come from? What legend could have been connected with it?
It was the first friendly name they encountered. The name could have been connected with the story of a
British mathematician and cryptographer, Alan Turing, who presumably died of taking a bite of a poisoned
apple.
23. What was the slogan promoting iMac?
Think different.
24. What band do Woz and Steve refer to during their argument before the 3rd launch?
The Beatles.
25. Why is Lisa so bitterly resentful of her father?
Because she read an old issue of TIME in which she read that Jobs denied being her father and hired two
Harvard mathematicians only to prove that 28% od men could have been Lisas father.
26. The prediction of which Apple product can we hear during the conversation between Lisa and her father on
the roof?
The iPod
27. Where did iMac take its shape from?
From the drawing five-year-old Lisa made on Mac
28. Give five positive and five negative qualities of Jobs character.

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