I got more thrill out of them than I have out of any piece of high tech in years. The best ideas have to win, otherwise, good people do not stay. They did such a great job designing these washers and dryers. The following quote from Steve Jobs is spot on accurate: 'If you want to hire great people and have them stay working for you, you have to let them make a lot of decisions and you have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. These guys really thought the process through. They are really wonderfully made and one of the few products we’ve bought over the last few years that we’re all really happy about. They’re too expensive, but that’s just because nobody buys them in this country. We ended up opting for these Miele appliances, made in Germany. We’d get around to that old washer-dryer discussion. When MobileMe launched in the summer of 2008, it was plagued with problems. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations,' said Jobs in a quote within the book. Steve Jobs fired the guy in charge of MobileMe in front of a crowd of Apple employees. Did we care most about getting our wash done in an hour versus an hour and a half? Or did we care most about our clothes feeling really soft and lasting longer? Did we care about using a quarter of the water? We spent about two weeks talking about this every night at the dinner table. 'Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. We ended up talking a lot about design, but also about the values of our family. Steve Jobs (1955 - ), Co-founder of Apple. We spent some time in our family talking about what’s the trade-off we want to make. They use a lot less soap, a lot less water, but they come out much cleaner, much softer, and they last a lot longer. Most important, they don’t trash your clothes. The Europeans make them much better – but they take twice as long to do clothes! It turns out that they wash them with about a quarter as much water and your clothes end up with a lot less detergent on them. It turns out that the Americans make washers and dryers all wrong. We didn’t have a very good one so we spent a little time looking at them. Our family just bought a new washing machine and dryer. Steve Jobs I want to put a ding in the universe. Steve Jobs Things don't have to change the world to be important. Steve Jobs I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren't random. “Design is not limited to fancy new gadgets. Steve Jobs Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.
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