【每日一題】喬布斯、甘地、夢露,有聯係嗎? 【Question for Today】Is There Any Relationship Among Jobs, Gandhi and Monroe?
史蒂夫·喬布斯,左撇子,一位令人敬佩的電腦領軍人物。
同樣是弱者,蘋果總裁史蒂夫·喬布斯曾是孤兒,年輕時到過印度探索宗教信仰,(有一本書談過他的這一段經曆)他為什麽沒到中國探索呢?在他腦海裏的中國文字、中國文化、中國信仰又是什麽呢? 喬布斯小時候被人收養,在加州的高中畢業後就讀俄勒岡州波特蘭的裏德學院,隻唸一學期就因為家庭的經濟原因而休學,但他仍在學校裡旁聽書法課等課 程,也因為對書法美術的素養使他對電腦軟體字形美學處理特別重視,讓蘋果電腦日後吸引了許多美術設計工作者來使用。1976年,21 歲的喬布斯與26歲的斯蒂夫·沃茲尼亞克在自家的車房裡成立了蘋果公司。。。 曾有幸與奇才斯蒂夫·沃茲尼亞克通過電郵。。。當向他談到中國年輕人第一次擁有自己的電腦時的那種激動心情時,他表示出極深的理解和同情,令稚雨很感動。。。他是大忙人,忙於設計新電“玩具”,忙於社會公益活動,忙於親自舉辦音樂會,忙於到學校教書。。。 當一個社會的文化,向弱者傾斜時,這個社會才會有生命力,才會有希望。。。 1967年,中國正處於文化大革命的狂風暴雨中,那是一場原本出於支持弱者的運動。請看,也就在那一年,54歲的HP創始人威廉·休利特是如何培養十二歲的史蒂夫·喬布斯的: On Bill's generosity When he was in eighth grade, Steve Jobs decided to build a frequency counter for a school project and needed parts. Someone suggested that he call Bill Hewlett. Finding a William Hewlett in the telephone book, the 12-year-old Jobs called and asked, "Is this the Bill Hewlett of Hewlett-Packard?" "Yes," said Bill. Jobs made his request. Bill spent some time talking to him about his project. Several days later, Jobs went to HP and picked up a bag full of parts that Bill had put together for him. Subsequently, Jobs landed a summer job at HP. He later went on to co-found Apple Computer. 原文載於:http://www.hp.com/retiree/history/founders/hewlett/quotes.html 部分跟帖:
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