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Reality distortion field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reality distortion field is a term coined by Bud Tribble at Apple Inc. in 1981, to describe company co-founder Steve Jobs' charisma and its effects on the developers working on the Mac project. Later...
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Steve has a reality distortion field." ; "A what?" ; "A reality distortion field. In his presence, reality is malleable. He can convince anyone of practically anything. It wears off when he's not around, but it makes it hard to have realistic schedules.
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Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field: As Powerful As Ever 2 comments ... And while I was madly blogging on my cell phone while the keynote was going on, I did jot some notes about just how he sets up what is fondly referred to as his reality distortion field. My conclusion: there's no magic here.
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; Think Apple's products are "really great," "incredible," "amazing," "really easy" to use, The above video's been making the rounds -- it's all of the adjectives cut out of the recent Apple event, and compiled together into a machine-gun lineup of just how Apple sets up their products. ... More Apple Analysis...
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Cult of Mac: a blog about the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone - and the people who love them ... The problem is that if you try to copy steve jobs “reality distortion field” your audience would not think: -Wow that guy is great at speaking!
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So when you wonder why, exactly, the company would have Playsforsure not work with the Zune or release a digital USB speaker system (whose best features required USB) at a time when few computers had USB at all, the answer is the Redmond Reality Distortion Field. It's not our fault. Really...
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The reality distortion field isn’t something he projects willfully; it’s an extension of his own certainty. Remember his on-stage demo last year of the Motorola Rokr iTunes-compatible phone? His contempt for the device was palpable;
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Robert - in this case I think you're casting your own reality distortion field. The device doesn't yet exist and I'm quite certain you've not yet touched one. There are three of them in existence - according to Jobs.
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The latest example is a story on Newser.com by media reporter Michael Wolff, headlined Apple Dies. Its premise: “the logical answer to what happens at Apple without Jobs is that it dies. What you have, demonstrably, is a company without any managerial wherewithal beyond Jobs.” ... "A new reality distortion field" Comments...
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