60 Minutes Steve Jobs Video, Biographer discusses 9 month delay for cancer operation

Early cancer detection is key to cure the disease.  My dad died of colon cancer caught too late that metastasized and spread to his liver.  My brother, sister and I all get colonoscopies every 5 years.

In this video Steve Jobs biographer discusses how pancreatic cancer was found in Steve Jobs and he refused for 9 month to be operated on.

Steve was a bit of health nut, but some health issues cannot be cured with diet, exercise, and meditation.  Steve wished the cancer would go away.

How many data center issues are too painful to deal with and people wish the problem would go away.  It seems foolish in hindsight that Steve Jobs didn't get the operation, but it is human nature to hope things get better without painful surgery.

Steve Jobs Lesson to learn for Data Centers, Start with customer experience

The data center has some phenomenally smart mechanical and electrical engineers designing more efficient power and cooling systems.  DCIM is a hot topic for software to run data centers.  ZDNet has a blog post on the 100-year legacy of Steve Jobs.  One point made that is a quote from Steve Jobs is a lesson that is hard to learn.

“One of the things I’ve always found is that you’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology. You can’t start with the technology and try to figure out where you’re going to try to sell it. I’ve made this mistake probably more than anybody in this room and I’ve got the scar tissue to prove it, and I know that it’s the case. As we have tried to come up with a strategy and a vision for Apple, it started with ‘What incredible benefits can we give to the customer? Where can we take the customer?’ [It's] not starting with ‘Let’s sit down with the engineers and figure out what awesome technology we have and how are we going to market that?’”

Almost everyone does what Steve says not to do.

‘Let’s sit down with the engineers and figure out what awesome technology we have and how are we going to market that?’”

The nice thing is some of my entrepreneur friends are ex-Apple including myself we embrace this approach.

One of the things I’ve always found is that you’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology.

We've been sharing some of our product ideas with innovative data center operators, and we are pleasantly surprised on how much they like our approach to solving the customer problem.  We actually don't even really talk about the technology.  One of the guys who I shared the solution said you guys are using the "Challenger Sale" technique.

In The Challenger Sale, Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson show how this critical finding has turned conventional wisdom on its head. While most companies focus on building customer relationships, the best focus on pushing customers’ thinking, introducing new solutions to their problems and illuminating problems customers overlook. That is, they challenge their customers.

Here is data that shows the challenger approach wins.

It's kind of logical to buy solutions from those who push your performance.  How many fanatical loyal Apple fans feel like they have products that push their experience of life.  Steve Jobs was a genius who learned some hard lessons that made him better in his 40s and 50s than in his 30s.

Jeff Bezos shows a Data Center Image just like Steve Jobs did

Publishing data center pictures be on the web Is something that is forbidden.  Unless you are the CEO.

Jeff Bezos shows a picture of Amazon's Web Services data centers to support Amazon Silk.

Is Jeff Bezos coping Steve Jobs when he discussed iCloud?  Check out my post on what Steve Jobs showed in his keynote.

"Full of stuff.  expensive stuff."  More laughs.  Who would ever call millions of dollars of IT equipment stuff?  You won't see Jobs calling an iPhone, iPod, or iPad stuff.  Do you think he is making fun of the other stuff he doesn't make?

Steve Jobs Resignation triggers more traffic

Steve Jobs Resignation has media people coming up with content that discusses Steve's past. One of the entertaining ones for me is getting 833 hits to a blog post I wrote back in May 21, 2010 regarding Google's Vic Gundotra labeling Steve Jobs as "Big Brother."

Here is the post that all of a sudden gets 833 hits but is over a year old.

Google's Vic Gundotra labels Apple's Steve Jobs as "Big Brother" A Draconian future, a future where one man...

FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2010 AT 11:36PM

Google's Vic Gundotra goes on the offensive vs. Apple with a declaration of Steve Jobs as a Draconian Big Brother 1984 theme.  eWeek and many others spread the news.

Gundotra met with Google's Android mobile operating system creator Andy Rubin, who told him that it was critical to create a free, open operating system that would enable innovation of the stack. Rubin also told him that if "Google did not act we faced a Draconian future, a future where one man, one company, one device, one carrier would be our only choice."

One of the rumors I heard was Google was tempted to spoof the infamous Mac 1984 commercial, but decided that was going too far.

Here are screen shots from Vic's declaration of a Draconian Future.

Steve Jobs CEO Resignation Letter

Steve Jobs resigned today.  And, being a great designer, made his statement in few words that are …

August 24, 2011

Letter from Steve Jobs

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

Steve