The Irreplaceable Steve Jobs.

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people.

“Unfortunately, that’s too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have."

[Wired, February 1996]

RIP Steve Jobs. Here's to making technology simple and easy to use. May that continue to happen for many years to come.

Comments

[Jee Dale]

I absolutly agree with the post. People who create something feel guilty because they don't do this stuff. That's like a kind of inspiration and dream. Anyone can create someting. Just need to have some experience. Think more over your idea plus experience and the commodity is ready))