tHe s•W•i•P•e•S eMaiL !Friday, August 8th, 2025 Swipe:This was the original Apple Newton that was released two years after Steve Jobs was fired from Apple. It was a flop :-(
The product was cool, kind of like the first "Palm Pilot" type device, but it was way too early. It was pre-internet, expensive, bad battery life, and just not useful enough for people at $700 in 1993 (that's like $1,600 now). Steve Jobs was a product genius, with almost everything he made being a success because he could tell what people would actually use and want.....and after he got fired I think a team thought this expensive product would work, but it didn't. This flop reminds me of the Apple Vision Pro and some other Apple products (like their Alexa competitor) that were very technologically advanced, but not exactly what people wanted. It took 5 years worth of technological advancements before the iPhone was released, and a technology like the Newton was finally ready for prime time. My opinion is that if Steve Jobs were alive today he never would've released something like the Apple Vision Pro with all it's VR capabilities....but rather a simple, stylish, lightweight set of glasses with basic text/image interface on it. I think the important lesson underneath all this is knowing what specifically people want before making it. Wisdom:Most people aren't depressed.....they need a quest!
Humans are unique in that we ruminate on the past, the future, or events that are happening 5,000 miles away that we have no impact on. People need to have quests and things to distract them from this, and pour their energy into more productive things like family, friends, career, community. Interesting:This is a funny image showing that prioritizing great content, making great stories, and making great systems is still what works right now...but a lot of attention is paid to letting AI rip and make hundreds of thousands of low-authority pages:
In my personal consulting, I'm seeing a lot of companies try all-AI content, but then quickly realizing it's not landing as well. People don't want mass amounts of content, they want real results/stories/examples they can emulate. AI can of course help make this, but just putting out a bunch of random AI advice won't be a defensible business for very long at all (bc everyone can do it, so it's no longer as valuable). Picture:It’s hot in Austin during summer so water activities are fun. We snuck into a buddies pool and used it |
