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There’s not a lot of management at Apple—only about six layers between any employee and Jobs. So if Apple begins with Steve Jobs’s experience of technology, it ends with its employees’ experience of Steve Jobs. “You might go awhile without seeing him,” says a former software engineer. “But you are constantly aware of his presence. You are constantly aware that what you’re doing will either please or displease him. I mean, he might not know who you are. But there’s no question that he knows what you do. And what you’re doing. And whether he likes it or not.

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Emotional Design… presents scientific evidence that attractive thing work better. Since being happy broadens our thought processes and facilitates creative thinking, attractive products that make us happy can improve our ability to use them. In effect, they work better because we work better.

Ambient Findability (p. 56)

This made me laugh (at Signal vs. Noise)

Jamis B. weird terminology here
Jamis B. “Dental PPO plans are available on a stand-alone basis for groups with 10+ lives”
Jamis B. lives?
Jason F. lol
Jamis B. so one cat plus 1 programmer ought to cover it

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