On: Steve Jobs single-handedly restructured the mobile...

[houseabsolute]

> do the hard part

Relatively speaking: any moron can design a circuit board. What I mean is that, given a set of inputs and desired outputs, there are probably tens of thousands of engineers around the world who could design the iPod's circuit board. Given a set of design principles and a vision, there are probably hundreds or even thousands of designers around the world who could have come up with something similar to the iPhone. But how many people can

- see that vision and

- gather together the right minds and organize them in such a way that they implement it?

Most events have compound causes, but Steve Jobs was probably the biggest member of the cause for the iPhone event.

[sliverstorm → houseabsolute]

Nobody said he didn't deserve a lot of credit. It's the 'single-handedly' they are objecting to.

[houseabsolute → sliverstorm]

In that case, I'd say it qualifies as arguing over semantics since "CEO does X" is an oft-used stand-in for "CEO leads company to do X."

[ojbyrne → houseabsolute]

Semantics perhaps, but the phrasing was particularly off-putting in this article. I know it was the first thing I noticed. I don't think I'd want to work for Chris Dixon.

[houseabsolute → ojbyrne]

I am impressed by your making that determination from a single article. That kind of decisiveness can be useful. Or maybe you have other data.

[ojbyrne → houseabsolute]

His posts appear regularly here, and I was being polite.

[MaysonL → houseabsolute]

And, perhaps most importantly, do the hard-assed negotiation and reality distortion with the telcos.