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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Wrong-man-for-the-jobs-kutcher-will-butcher-the-role/ I never thought I’d be writing about Ashton Kutcher. Because honestly, Kutcher doesn’t affect my existence. I don’t watch the TV shows or films that he’s in, I don’t follow him on Twitter, and I try my hardest avoid any stories with “Moore” or “Kutcher” in the title. I don’t care. And that’s OK. But then I read yesterday that he was going to be playing Steve Jobs in an upcoming biopic and suddenly his very existence made me rage. I cannot describe the absolute horror I experienced that Charlie Sheen’s stand-in was going to be playing the former Apple founder. But haven’t you heard? Kushton is an internet guru. Ask anyone. No. I’m serious. Ask anyone. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Wrong-man-for-the-jobs-kutcher-will-butcher-the-role/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Wrong-man-for-the-jobs-kutcher-will-butcher-the-role/#item8171 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Your workplace, circa 2000. Employee: “I’ve got an idea for an entertainment device that can hold an entire music collection. It is beautifully designed, fits in your shirt pocket and can retail for under $500. What do you think?” Chief: “We appreciate your input Steve, but it doesn’t quite synergise with our six-month strategic outcomes moving forward”. What would have happened if, ten years ago, someone came up with the idea for the iPod in your workplace? Would it have got up? Would it even have got past the initial pitch? And if it did get considered for development, would the original, brilliantly simple concept have ended up as the final product, or would something like this have happened … http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/theres-a-fine-line-between-genius-and-prickdom/ Your workplace, circa 2000. Employee: “I’ve got an idea for an entertainment device that can hold an entire music collection. It is beautifully designed, fits in your shirt pocket and can retail for under $500. What do you think?” Chief: “We appreciate your input Steve, but it doesn’t quite synergise with our six-month strategic outcomes moving forward”. What would have happened if, ten years ago, someone came up with the idea for the iPod in your workplace? Would it have got up? Would it even have got past the initial pitch? And if it did get considered for development, would the original, brilliantly simple concept have ended up as the final product, or would something like this have happened … penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/theres-a-fine-line-between-genius-and-prickdom/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/theres-a-fine-line-between-genius-and-prickdom/#item6907 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Your workplace, circa 2000. Employee: “I’ve got an idea for an entertainment device that can hold an entire music collection. It is beautifully designed, fits in your shirt pocket and can retail for under $500. What do you think?” Chief: “We appreciate your input Steve, but it doesn’t quite synergise with our six-month strategic outcomes moving forward”. What would have happened if, ten years ago, someone came up with the idea for the iPod in your workplace? Would it have got up? Would it even have got past the initial pitch? And if it did get considered for development, would the original, brilliantly simple concept have ended up as the final product, or would something like this have happened … http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-11-10-2011/ This should be quite successful. Take a look at this line of Steve Jobs action figures by WHOA TOYS. They’ve been pinging around the interwebs. Before you say “too soon”, the line came out just after The Man resigned. We often hear people ask why we don’t idolise scientists and inventors over sportsmen. But I think it’s nice Jobs has received so much acclaim for his accomplishments. What do you think? And it’s Tuesday. What’s on your mind, folks? penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-11-10-2011/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-11-10-2011/#item6886 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Your workplace, circa 2000. Employee: “I’ve got an idea for an entertainment device that can hold an entire music collection. It is beautifully designed, fits in your shirt pocket and can retail for under $500. What do you think?” Chief: “We appreciate your input Steve, but it doesn’t quite synergise with our six-month strategic outcomes moving forward”. What would have happened if, ten years ago, someone came up with the idea for the iPod in your workplace? Would it have got up? Would it even have got past the initial pitch? And if it did get considered for development, would the original, brilliantly simple concept have ended up as the final product, or would something like this have happened … http://www.thepunch.com.au/hot-topics/apple/ penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) http://www.thepunch.com.au/hot-topics/apple/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/hot-topics/apple/#item6888 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Your workplace, circa 2000. Employee: “I’ve got an idea for an entertainment device that can hold an entire music collection. It is beautifully designed, fits in your shirt pocket and can retail for under $500. What do you think?” Chief: “We appreciate your input Steve, but it doesn’t quite synergise with our six-month strategic outcomes moving forward”. What would have happened if, ten years ago, someone came up with the idea for the iPod in your workplace? Would it have got up? Would it even have got past the initial pitch? And if it did get considered for development, would the original, brilliantly simple concept have ended up as the final product, or would something like this have happened … http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/wikileaks-does-a-news-of-the-world-job-on-steve-jobs/ After 30 years of making the world a happier place, Apple co-founder and chairman Steve Jobs died yesterday, age 56. The world mourns the man some have called the Edison of our time. People around the world took to social networks yesterday to express their condolences. Bill Gates tweeted: “I will miss Steve immensely”. Tony Hawk said: “Steve Jobs was the man”. Barack Obama’s statement, “There may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented,” got retweet after retweet.  While this was happening, Wikileaks was also tweeting about Steve Jobs. Except in doing so, the organisation was committing a journalistic crime taken straight from the playbook of the News of the World. You wouldn’t even read what they published on TMZ. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/wikileaks-does-a-news-of-the-world-job-on-steve-jobs/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/wikileaks-does-a-news-of-the-world-job-on-steve-jobs/#item6866 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Your workplace, circa 2000. Employee: “I’ve got an idea for an entertainment device that can hold an entire music collection. It is beautifully designed, fits in your shirt pocket and can retail for under $500. What do you think?” Chief: “We appreciate your input Steve, but it doesn’t quite synergise with our six-month strategic outcomes moving forward”. What would have happened if, ten years ago, someone came up with the idea for the iPod in your workplace? Would it have got up? Would it even have got past the initial pitch? And if it did get considered for development, would the original, brilliantly simple concept have ended up as the final product, or would something like this have happened … http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/goodbye-to-theapple-of-our-eye/ Steve Jobs has died at the age 56. The technology mogul who founded the Apple Company with childhood friend Steve Wozniak in 1976 has faced considerable health problems over the past few years, including a battle with pancreatic cancer in 2004 and a liver transplant in 2009. His colleagues at Apple have posted a warm message of farewell to their founder, paying tribute to his creative genius: “The world has lost an amazing human being,” they said. Jobs has been a hot topic here at The Punch in recent weeks. Simon Sharwood claimed he made the world a happier place. Yesterday Dan argued against the seemingly addictive Jobs business model. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/goodbye-to-theapple-of-our-eye/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/goodbye-to-theapple-of-our-eye/#item6860 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Your workplace, circa 2000. Employee: “I’ve got an idea for an entertainment device that can hold an entire music collection. It is beautifully designed, fits in your shirt pocket and can retail for under $500. What do you think?” Chief: “We appreciate your input Steve, but it doesn’t quite synergise with our six-month strategic outcomes moving forward”. What would have happened if, ten years ago, someone came up with the idea for the iPod in your workplace? Would it have got up? Would it even have got past the initial pitch? And if it did get considered for development, would the original, brilliantly simple concept have ended up as the final product, or would something like this have happened … http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/an-apple-a-day-then-jobs-wants-you-to-chuck-it-away/ Another week, another Apple product feted as the Second Coming in gadget form. Wait, hang on a minute. . . Apple are pretty good at hype, but it seems like they’ve been a little too good at it this week. Apple fan-boys and -girls (and shareholders) were roundly disappointed this morning with the launch of a slightly improved iPhone 4, the 4S. They were let down after whipping themselves up into a frenzy of iPhone 5 speculation over the past week. But give it 9 days, when the smartphone is set to be released here, and you’re sure to see Apple-maniacs queueing from one end of your nearest capital city to the other to get their hands on the new smartphone. Their existing year-old iPhones will just get tossed. That’s a feature of Apple products. Your latest whizz-bang gizmo is always just a few short months away from being made obsolete by a product with only slightly more whizz and a pinch more bang. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/an-apple-a-day-then-jobs-wants-you-to-chuck-it-away/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/an-apple-a-day-then-jobs-wants-you-to-chuck-it-away/#item6852 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Your workplace, circa 2000. Employee: “I’ve got an idea for an entertainment device that can hold an entire music collection. It is beautifully designed, fits in your shirt pocket and can retail for under $500. What do you think?” Chief: “We appreciate your input Steve, but it doesn’t quite synergise with our six-month strategic outcomes moving forward”. What would have happened if, ten years ago, someone came up with the idea for the iPod in your workplace? Would it have got up? Would it even have got past the initial pitch? And if it did get considered for development, would the original, brilliantly simple concept have ended up as the final product, or would something like this have happened … http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-steve-jobs-made-the-world-a-happier-place/ Steve Jobs has quit as Apple CEO. This is sad news for everybody who fell in love with gadgets that were simple to use, and enormously fun to play with. The secret of Steve Jobs’ success is making customers deeply happy. Steve Jobs changed the world with a manic insistence that his customers must be so happy with his products that they want to buy them again and again. You’d think every entrepreneur on the globe would do likewise, but no-one cares about customers like Jobs. And that’s why he has changed the world. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-steve-jobs-made-the-world-a-happier-place/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-steve-jobs-made-the-world-a-happier-place/#item6570 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Your workplace, circa 2000. Employee: “I’ve got an idea for an entertainment device that can hold an entire music collection. It is beautifully designed, fits in your shirt pocket and can retail for under $500. What do you think?” Chief: “We appreciate your input Steve, but it doesn’t quite synergise with our six-month strategic outcomes moving forward”. What would have happened if, ten years ago, someone came up with the idea for the iPod in your workplace? Would it have got up? Would it even have got past the initial pitch? And if it did get considered for development, would the original, brilliantly simple concept have ended up as the final product, or would something like this have happened … http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-ipad2-it-wont-feed-the-hungry-or-cure-the-sick/ Every time my train goes under Central Station, my phone calls cut out. There is - despite what people who have real problems will tell you - nothing more infuriating. It’s 2011. Obama has promised a Mars mission and I can’t even get reception in a tunnel. These aren’t the only techno gripes I have on this mediocre day of April. How come I have an app on my phone that tells me which M. Night Shyamalan movie sucks the most, but I don’t have one that brushes my teeth for me? Why am I still losing car keys, tying my own shoelaces and having to move my eyeballs to focus on a different point in space? Why are we wasting money on things like better healthcare and infrastructure, when we could be inventing a gizmo that detects and automatically scratches itches? How is it that in this wondrous age of techno-wizardry, my mouth cannot yet produce milk to go with my cereal? C’mon! penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-ipad2-it-wont-feed-the-hungry-or-cure-the-sick/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-ipad2-it-wont-feed-the-hungry-or-cure-the-sick/#item5570 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Your workplace, circa 2000. Employee: “I’ve got an idea for an entertainment device that can hold an entire music collection. It is beautifully designed, fits in your shirt pocket and can retail for under $500. What do you think?” Chief: “We appreciate your input Steve, but it doesn’t quite synergise with our six-month strategic outcomes moving forward”. What would have happened if, ten years ago, someone came up with the idea for the iPod in your workplace? Would it have got up? Would it even have got past the initial pitch? And if it did get considered for development, would the original, brilliantly simple concept have ended up as the final product, or would something like this have happened … http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-24-02-2011/ Happy birthday to Apple co-founder, CEO and all-round mega-rich guy, Steve Jobs. He was born on this day in 1955. And it’s Thursday at The Punch. What’s on your mind? Share it here. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-24-02-2011/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-24-02-2011/#item5213 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Your workplace, circa 2000. Employee: “I’ve got an idea for an entertainment device that can hold an entire music collection. It is beautifully designed, fits in your shirt pocket and can retail for under $500. What do you think?” Chief: “We appreciate your input Steve, but it doesn’t quite synergise with our six-month strategic outcomes moving forward”. What would have happened if, ten years ago, someone came up with the idea for the iPod in your workplace? Would it have got up? Would it even have got past the initial pitch? And if it did get considered for development, would the original, brilliantly simple concept have ended up as the final product, or would something like this have happened …