03-29-2015, 09:25 PM
RAMd®d wrote:
saying that he had gotten “real negative on smartwatches” — only to later turn around and describe it as a “ little piece of art.”
Because he's negative on smart watches means he'd not allowed to appreciate one as art?
Let's note that the "negative on smartwatches" remark was made in November of 2014, while the "little piece of art" comment was made on February of this year. In other words, he had three months to change his mind, possibly after learning more about the watch. So it wasn't what I think of as "only to turn around and say", personally.
Woz seems to be the kind of person who blurts out whatever he is thinking at the time -- and I guess this time he was thinking that a $17,000 watch was the last thing he would have imagined when he and Jobs started Apple Computer. I'm sure that's true. But he doesn't run the company now, and I'm sure he's well aware of that.