{"id":25077,"date":"2011-10-11T10:43:59","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T15:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=25077"},"modified":"2011-10-11T10:43:59","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T15:43:59","slug":"dodge-retort-steve-jobs-a-few-encounters-of-my-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/dodge-retort-steve-jobs-a-few-encounters-of-my-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodge Retort: Steve Jobs, a few encounters of my own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/johnwp.jpg\" alt=\"john\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7167 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By John Dodge<\/p>\n<p>Steve Jobs would have to be at the top of anyone\u2019s list of American innovators and pioneers. Not just modern day, but over a century or more. His name belongs next to Edison, Bell, Ford, Franklin and his long time pal and nemesis, Bill Gates.<\/p>\n<p>Jobs was brilliant, tyrannical, funny, driven and many other things that typify game-changers. He will be endlessly eulogized over coming days and weeks and written about for years and decades. What I can uniquely offer are a few  encounters I had with Jobs and the perspective of someone who has covered computers and IT since January, 1980.<\/p>\n<p>Steve was crazy like most visionaries. Many thought his brilliance would be limited to the Apple I and Apple II. His follow-up to those creations was the  expensive and clunky Lisa, which used this insane input device called a mouse used to point at and click on desktop icons. Little did we know\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><BR CLEAR=RIGHT><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/dodgeretort.com\/general\/steve-jobs-a-few-encounters-of-my-own\" target=\"_blank\">Article continued here<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt appears with permission from John Dodge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/johnwp.jpg\" alt=\"john\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7167 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jobs was brilliant, tyrannical, funny, driven and many other things that typify game-changers. He will be endlessly eulogized over coming days and weeks and written about for years and decades. 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