Everyone dies sometime. But few leave such an indelible mark on hundreds of millions as Steve Jobs has done.
While he did many “insanely great” things, to me - and I am sure many of you will agree - his greatest achievement was getting the computer into the bedroom and drawing rooms. Bill Gates might have put a computer on each desktop, but it was Steve who facilitated the world’s transition from the use of computer as a business tool to it use as a way of life.
What would be the best tribute we could pay to him? I imagine one such could be to get a Steve Jobs for the cleantech / sustainability industry. Cleantech is possibly the most important movement of our time that will determine the future of our planet; yet, today, it is being spoken of and practised by a small bunch of folks worldwide (less than 0.1% of the world - and I am being generous). Just imagine if we could take cleantech into everyone’s bedrooms and drawing rooms - it will be a dramatically more clean and secure world.
This is not easy, though. We will require another Steve Jobs whose thinking transcends linear and logical thinking alone and comes up with disruptive concepts that makes people relate cleantech to some things THEY ALWAYS HAD WANTED TO BUT NO ONE HAD JUST FIGURED.
Can a cleantech Steve Jobs be created? Or is there someone like that already? Can we at CleanTick do something about this? If we could, this will be a tribute Steve would love - someone changing the world once again, and making a life-or-death difference this time round.
All the best, Steve. I have not even seen you, but I, like, hundreds of millions who have never seen you either but have felt your genius, will miss you - a lot.
RIP.
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Steve Jobs has changed the way we think about technology and its usage forever. He has instilled us own view on everything from the personal computer to the music industry. But, for me, the greatest achievement his idea “ecosystem" concept is.
According it he proposed to integrate and connect post-PC devices in one closed system. It gives the superior possibilities to personal users in exchanging of information (it does not matter what it will be: music, words, graphs, business, etc.). It gives freedom for anyone person.
This idea now is inherited by all manufacturers - creation of own closed ecosystems for better business through comprehensive information spreading to customers.
It is possible, that the similar man and businessman more never will be...
However there is no emptiness in nature. Other talented persons should be appear but with other thoughts about peace and business.
I convinced that his life after Earth will be also bright.
Rest in peace.
I am sure that there are many people who are working on various aspects of Cleantech, differentiating between good and bad ideas and technologies is becoming very difficult.
We require a few institutions that merely evaluate all ideas and technologies and discuss the pros and cons and place this in public domain.
This will help prevent reinvention of the wheel, knowing about other peoples failures and for investors and customers to know about new technologies.
A clean technology Wikipedia website is required.
A Steve Jobs for Cleantech?
Yed, we need!
As in the area of PC, He was able to change the feeling from working kit to pleasure kit, so we must find a way to share "Cleantech" to the word changing the feeling !
Make a "Cleantech" action have to look like make a goal, a pleasure, a dream!
RIP
@bhaskar - your idea of a Cleantech Wikipedia sounds like a really useful idea...I have already asked folks at CleanTick to start working on this..
@Anto: your perspective is wonderful...yes, what is required is for the Steve Jobs of cleantech to enable cleantech actions become a goal, a pleasure, a dream...thanks for such a cool insight...
@kyzyl - "But, for me, the greatest achievement his idea “ecosystem" concept is."...yes, that was one of the wonderful perspectives he brought about, when he created an entire ecosystem around iPod, thus sharing and using music one simple and easy (and delightful) process.
How do you think such an ecosystem concept translate to cleantech? Can you think of ways by which such a concept could be applied to renewable energy usage or other cleantech concept usage?
@narsi, I will make emphasis on:
1. Ecosystem is a closed system, but in interaction with other ecosystems. Thus it is not fully closed and some transfer exists.
2. Steve Jobs and Apple under his authority have understood very well that technology has only one destination - to serve people.
3. The product integration of Apple's commodity is perfect. You can have only one apple's device but it totally shows the general approach to the technology. This product has been polished starting from the icons up to productivity. It is unique approach when each devise or each part of it suits each other. It is the Apple's way to think about suits and coincident even of the small parts in all products. Herewith each device plays own role in the system and relations between them are clear, logical and understandable.
4. Apple a stand-alone and single manufacturer, which works out all complex - devices and programs to them, and totally controls and manages own offers.
5. Sometimes it is redundant, but it is more useful than harmful. It gives guaranty that the same move with the same quality it will work in Mac, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, etc.
6. Purchasing Apple's product the kind of treatment (agreement) is. Customer pays money and Apple makes everything for devices’ work reliably, uniformly and predictable. Moreover customers live in the Apple ecosystem without troubles.
Do we ready to do the same or very close to described "ecosystem"? My answer is-yes.
How? First of all, remember about one and single technological destination - to serve people. Neither general environment, nor government or group of people can't be the final the target, only to serve to all people. The start could be in a local place or places but under one idea and one realization.
Secondly, it is necessary to collect and spread the evidential and confirmed information about decision of cleantech. "CleanWiki" is a good beginning for this.
Thirdly, CleanTick gives a good chance to gather specialists for this work. However, each discussion should have the end. Time it is only time, which can’t be renewable. After this, and when solution is made, no discussion can be, only business.
Commonly it is a long story. But we will have a good possibility in the nearest six months.
@Kyzyl - thanks for such a detailed and insightful answer...Yes, I also agree that a CleanWiki will be a great starting point, but we will need to figure out ways by which this Wiki can really make learning about cleantech a pleasure...
By the way, here are some interesting news articles/analyses on the theme of Steve Jobs and Cleantech
http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/07/steve-jobs-clean-tech/
Steve Jobs planned to build a greener Apple headquarters in Cupertino - http://www.b-green-scene.com/2011/06/jobs-build-green-apple-headquarters/ (written before his passing away)
Another interesting news item (though more than a year old, April 2010) - Father of iPod Moves to Cleantech - "Tony Fadell, who was formerly senior vice president of Apple’s iPod division, is the latest Silicon Valley IT expert to make a shift to clean tech.
...“My primary focus will be helping the environment by working with consumer green-tech companies,” told the NYTimes by phone. “I’m determined to tell my kids and grandkids amazing stories beyond my iPod and iPhone ones.”
Source: Clean Technica (http://s.tt/12tTc)
Let's hope folks like Fadell can start making the design and usability difference to cleantech products that they did to computers and electronics..
Looks like Steve Jobs has already started contributing to cleantech, even if in absentia...