What is the meaning of the following words?
Geek: A person regarded as foolish, inept, or clumsy.
Tribute: An act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.
Reverberate: Be repeated several times as an echo.
Visionary:Given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views,orschemes.
Glimpse: A very brief, passing look, sight, or view
Misfit:A person who is not suited or is unable to adjust to the circumstances of his or her particular situation
Prototype: The original or model on which something is based or formed.
Tribute: An act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.
Reverberate: Be repeated several times as an echo.
Visionary:Given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views,orschemes.
Glimpse: A very brief, passing look, sight, or view
Misfit:A person who is not suited or is unable to adjust to the circumstances of his or her particular situation
Prototype: The original or model on which something is based or formed.
II. Say if the following statements are true or false:
- Steve never betrayed a friend: T
- He has inspired the youngest generation: T
- If he needed a friend he would do anything for him: F
- It was difficult to smile in a conversation with him: T
III. Answer the following questions
When did Steve Jobs die?
How did he die?
He died of pancreatic cancer
What was the impact of his death?
The dead of Steve Jobs was shocking for some people, he was very important and famous, he litteraly has formed what society is now.
What tributes did he receive?
People were showing candles and flowers in the inventions that he has done, like Ipads or Iphones
According to Jobs: What fact makes you realize that the world is more than what you were taught? Explain
That the things that are around you were invented by people that were not even smarter than you, and if they could made chance, why can you make them.
Where did Steve J. spend his childhood?
In San Francisco
What did Jobs and Fernandez do together?
They talk about some electronical proyects
Who introduced S. Jobs to S. Wozniak?
Fernandez.
What was the first invention together? How did it work?
They made what it was called a Electronic kit, is like a telephone, that can make free calls all around the world.
How did Robert Cringely meet both Steves?
They meet each other in a parking lot.
What happened to Apple 1 in 2010?
It was auctioned.
What was Ronald Wayne’s participation in Apple’s early days?
He was the reefery in the fights that the Steve's had.
In what ways was calligraphy important in Job’s life?
The calligraphy was important for the aesthetics of his products
What did Jobs do after dropping out of college?
He went to India to study Buddhism
Why was he interested in Zen Buddhism?
He wanted to know the truth of nature.
What company develop the first prototype mouse?
Xeros
What materials were used in the first Apple prototype mouse?
A deodorant ball and a butterdish.
What was the impact of his death?
The dead of Steve Jobs was shocking for some people, he was very important and famous, he litteraly has formed what society is now.
What tributes did he receive?
People were showing candles and flowers in the inventions that he has done, like Ipads or Iphones
According to Jobs: What fact makes you realize that the world is more than what you were taught? Explain
That the things that are around you were invented by people that were not even smarter than you, and if they could made chance, why can you make them.
Where did Steve J. spend his childhood?
In San Francisco
What did Jobs and Fernandez do together?
They talk about some electronical proyects
Who introduced S. Jobs to S. Wozniak?
Fernandez.
What was the first invention together? How did it work?
They made what it was called a Electronic kit, is like a telephone, that can make free calls all around the world.
How did Robert Cringely meet both Steves?
They meet each other in a parking lot.
What happened to Apple 1 in 2010?
It was auctioned.
What was Ronald Wayne’s participation in Apple’s early days?
He was the reefery in the fights that the Steve's had.
In what ways was calligraphy important in Job’s life?
The calligraphy was important for the aesthetics of his products
What did Jobs do after dropping out of college?
He went to India to study Buddhism
Why was he interested in Zen Buddhism?
He wanted to know the truth of nature.
What company develop the first prototype mouse?
Xeros
What materials were used in the first Apple prototype mouse?
A deodorant ball and a butterdish.
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