Steve Jobs

I. Vocabulary

What is the meaning of the following words?

Geek: a digital-technology expert or enthusiast.

Tribute: a gift, testimonial, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or 

esteem.

Reverberate:  to re-echo or resound, to rebound or recoil.      

Visionary: given to or characterized by fanciful or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes.

Glimpse: a very brief, passing look, sight, or view.

Misfit: to fit badly.

Prototype: the original or model on which something is based or formed.

II. Say if the following statements are true or false:

1. Steve never betrayed a friend TRUE
2. He has inspired the youngest generation TRUE
3. If he needed a friend he would do anything for him FALSE
4. It was difficult to smile in a conversation with him TRUE 

III. Answer the following questions:

1. When did Steve Jobs die?  October 5, 2011.
2. How did he die?  He died of respiratory arrest related to the pancreatic tumor (cancer).
3. What was the impact of his death? People knew his health was very bad but anyways his death was very impactful, one the most creative, intelligent and successful man had just died.
4. What tributes did he receive? He has received many tributes like videos, books and at the time of his death he received tributes created on the new “i” devices he made.
5. According to Jobs: What fact makes you realize that the world is more than what you were taught?

That everything that surrounds you was made up by people who are no smarter than you., and you can change it, influence it and you can build your own things.

6. Where did Steve J. spend his childhood? Silicon Valley.
7. What did Jobs and Fernandez do together? They did electronic projects together.
8. Who introduced S. Jobs to S. Wozniak? Fernandez.
9. What was the first invention together? How did it work? The pair developed and electronics kit mimicking telephone router codes to make free calls around the world, the pair moved from phone jacking for fun to building the very first “Apple”.
10. How did Robert Cringely meet both Steves? They met in a meeting of the home group computer club at Palo Alto, specifically in a parking lot.  
11. What happened to Apple 1 in 2010? It attracted even more people and it was sold for £110.000.
12. What was Ronald Wayne’s participation in Apple’s early days? He worked as a referee in a minor difference of opinion between Jobs and Wozniak.
13. In what ways was calligraphy important in Job’s life? For a product to be aesthetic it had to have good calligraphy and that dramatically improved the user experience.
14. What did Jobs do after dropping out of college? After dropping out of college he went on the hippie trail, he travelled to India and he studied Buddhism.
15. Why was he interested in Zen Buddhism? Because he was looking to understand the true nature of things.
16. What company develop the first prototype mouse? Xerox Technology.
17. What materials were used in the first Apple prototype mouse?  The ball of a underarm deodorant and a butter dish, that became the beginning part of the mouse.