When I accepted this job as editor of GOOD, one of my best friends had two pieces of advice for me on being a boss. One, hire an awesome assistant. Two, set aside some time every week to "Steve Jobs it." That's right, a verb. An action. This was my friend's way of advising me to step away from the day-to-day and think creatively, not just about where everything seems to be headed but where you want it to go. To him, and probably to a lot of people, Steve Jobs embodied this particular way of thinking about the workplace and the wider world.
I've tried to take his advice. I carve out four hours every Friday morning for Steve Jobsing—working from home, away from meetings and phone calls and (somewhat less successfully) email, for an uninterrupted solo brainstorm session. I can't say it's "worked," exactly, as I have yet to solve all of journalism's problems. But I can certainly say it has made me more sane and made me better at my day-to-day job.
In his well-circulated Stanford commencement speech in 2005, Jobs said, "Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose." Those few hours a week I spend Steve Jobs-ing are my way of remembering what is and isn't worth losing.
I am by no stretch of the imagination an Apple fangirl. I do not own an iPhone and got my first Mac this year. But I've always admired Steve Jobs as a thinker and a visionary, and am deeply saddened by the news of his death. The best tribute, I think, is for all of us to take a few hours each week to "Steve Jobs it." We've got nothing to lose.
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The white iPhone 4 has slowly become the modern day unicorn; you may believe it exists, but we haven't been shown any evidence from Apple that it does, or that the device is even in full production yet. The Cult of Mac tries to shed some light on the situation by explaining the real reason behind the white iPhone 4 delay.
According to the blog, an Apple connection told them the real reason behind the white iPhone 4 delay is due to the fact that it cannot take good pictures because of light leakage around the camera lens, especially when using the flash.
“You don’t get accurate pictures on the white iPhone because of the color of the glass back. It washes out the pictures,” said the anonymous source at Apple.
The source went on to say that this problem was not spotted until the last minute at a special facility that Apple had set up for testing cases.
There have been many rumors surrounding the delay; from light leakage around the body of the device to mismatched home and body colors. The most recent delay has many wondering if Apple will ever release the white iPhone 4. However, only time will tell.
You can read more about this delay on the Cult of Mac website.
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