case focuses on Steve Jobs‚ current (and former) CEO of Apple Computer. The case describes how Apple is using the success of the iPod to reemerge as a serious competitor in the computer industry. Topics covered include creativity‚ personality‚ leadership‚ and motivation. Primary emphasis is placed on creativity by detailing how the iPod was developed with Steve Jobs at the forefront. Discussion could center on the three-component model of creativity and how it applies to Steve Jobs. For example
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Street Smarts over Book Smarts Gerald Graff is a Professor of English and Education in the University of Illinois at Chicago. In Graff’s essay‚ “Hidden Intellectualism”‚ Graff compares street smarts to book smarts. Graff debates the common belief that having book smarts gives one an intellectual advantage over other forms of intellectualism. Gerald Graff supports this belief by telling a personal story‚ explaining where the education systems fails‚ and stating that people stereotype intellect with
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1 The Smart Car In 1991‚ Nicolas Hayek‚ chairman of Swatch‚ announced an agreement with Volkswagen to develop a battery-powered "Swatch car." At the time‚ Hayek said his goal was to build "an ecologically inoffensive‚ highquality city car for two people" that would sell for about $6‚400. The Swatchmobile concept was based on Hayek’s conviction that consumers become emotionally attached to cars just as they do to watches. Like the Swatch‚ the Swatchmobile (officially named "Smart") was
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Paul Jobs (Steve Jobs) was born on February 24 in San Francisco to Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah Jandali. In the same year‚ Steve Jobs was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs and named Steven Paul Jobs. Clara worked as an accountant and Paul was a Coast Guard veteran and machinist. As a boy‚ he and his father would work on electronics in the family garage. Paul would show Steve how to take apart and rebuild electronics‚ a hobby which inspired coolness‚ firmness‚ and mechanical abilities in Steve. In elementary
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24 January 2013 SMART Goal Reflection My SMART goals were to have my binder organized‚ always‚ and to take more effective‚ organized and neater notes. Every day‚ when I got home after school‚ I would organize the loose papers I would shove into my backpack at school when I was in a hurry. For my notes‚ I would write down the main points‚ and do more research on the topic‚ and take notes on that. And if I had to take notes from a textbook‚ I would take my notes on my laptop. I chose these two goals
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Stephen Robert Irwin‚ also known as Steve Irwin‚ is known all over the world as a naturalist and television personality. He spent his life preserving the environment‚ protecting animals‚ and helping those in need. Steve was‚ and still is‚ one of the most influential environmentalists of his time. Steve Irwin was born on February 22‚ 1962 in Essendon‚ Victoria‚ Australia. Irwin was the only child of Bob and Lyn Irwin. Bob was a herpetologist and Lyn was a wildlife rehabilitator. It was because of
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9/30/2014 Smart TV - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Smart TV From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia A smart TV‚ sometimes referred to as connected TV or hybrid TV‚ (not to be confused with IPTV‚ Internet TV‚ or with Web TV) is a television set or set-top box with integrated Internet and Web 2.0 features‚ and is an example of technological convergence between computers and television sets and settop boxes. Besides the traditional functions of television sets and set-top boxes provided
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Steve Jobs. Though‚ Steve Jobs is not a college graduate‚ he is still a very successful man. Jobs speaks from the heart‚ and uses personal experiences to relate to his audience. Jobs uses emotional anecdotes to show their own character and history. He starts his life story off with an account of how his “biological mother was a young‚ unwed graduate student” (Jobs) when she had decided to put Jobs up for adoption. Such an emotional story‚ and having such a disadvantage with such a destitute
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The Smart Medical Home is the result of work across several disciplines at the University of Rochester‚ New York. Housed at the Center for Future Health‚ the home showcases medical technology in a home setting. The Smart Medical Home at first glance looks like a regular apartment with a dining room‚ living room‚ bedroom and kitchen. However‚ upon closer inspection‚ you can see the adjoining room filled with high-tech computers and gadgets that are meant to help us live a healthier and happier future
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some‚ family comes to mind when they think of dinner every night together and how involved their parents are in their lives. Someone else may think of family as people living together‚ and relying on each other within an economic relationship‚ but nothing more than that. Although all families are different and unique‚ most have very similar conflicts along with comparable relationships. In the short story A Cap for Steve‚ there is a father and son relationship that most people are familiar with
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