Interesting video, particularly seeing him reminisce about their hacker roots ("liberating" designs, "studying" what other companies are doing, buying parts on "thin air and enthusiasm") and "building tools". His justification for that is talking about how technology enables people. The same rhetoric that he used ever since, even if his position on "liberation" of technology changed somewhat over the years. I really still enjoy his presentations, particularly the more intimate and insightful ones like this one. But with all the talk about building bicycles, I wish he hadn't spent his later years building so many cars.
Don't get me wrong - I love to see how the iPad just shattered the barrier of entry for non-technical users, even though I'm a FOSS guy. But I do think that it was at too great (and an unnecessarily so) a cost to the understanding of that technology.
[edit]Oh yeah, forgot to say: A post mildly critical of Mr. Jobs - Keep the downvotes coming!
Don't get me wrong - I love to see how the iPad just shattered the barrier of entry for non-technical users, even though I'm a FOSS guy. But I do think that it was at too great (and an unnecessarily so) a cost to the understanding of that technology.
[edit]Oh yeah, forgot to say: A post mildly critical of Mr. Jobs - Keep the downvotes coming!