billanastas.com » apple http://billanastas.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:28:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 500 million apps downloaded http://billanastas.com/2009/01/17/500-million-apps-downloaded/ http://billanastas.com/2009/01/17/500-million-apps-downloaded/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:47:02 +0000 bill anastas http://www.billanastas.com/blag/?p=863 500 million apps downloaded

500 million and counting!

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from urbandictionary.com:

Short for reality-distortion field. An expression used to describe the persuasive ability of managers like Steve Jobs (the term originated at Apple in the 1980s to describe his peculiar charisma). Those close to these managers become passionately committed to possibly insane projects, without regard to the practicality of their implementation or competitive forces in the marketpace.

Steve Jobs is extremely demanding of all those around him and has a very low tolerance for anything but excellence. Because he can be shockingly blunt in his dealings with others, he is often portrayed as abusive, but this is dead wrong. He simply demands/expects great things from everyone around him. I honestly believe he can’t understand why anyone would want to waste their time doing anything less than great.

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