In the description about this blog it says that I will blog occasionally about what it’s like to lead a company that provides on-demand software…But I have never really written much about that aspect of my job.
Today I surfed by Fred Wilson’s blog, as I have done for 7 years and read a fascinating piece on “What a CEO Does…” and I could totally identify with this (as well as some of the comments made immediately after. So I would like to share this with the readers here. I think that reading it will give a good perspective on my job!
Well I think it’s actually a dilemma that a lot of people have right now…a seminal zeitgeist dilemma!…
I lost my kindle – my favorite ebook reader (see previous post) – And now what do I do?
Do I buy another kindle? Or do I splurge and get myself an iPad?
I mean it’s not like I have a deficit of devices… and I am kind of a contrarian…this post is being written on the android nexus one after all, not on an iPhone.
But there’s something very tempting about that beautiful thing…that iPad…clearly that’s where Steve Jobs has it totally right: it’s all about desire not about need (wasn’t that the question everyone asked at the launch – ‘who needs this thing?’ – ‘what’s it good for?’).
Desire for beauty, desire for the new, desire for more, desire for change, desire for image…because in reality I don’t think I really need an ipad… I’ve got a great macbook pro; I’ve got the nexus one; I have a blackberry; I have a mac mini at home and I had a kindle… till Thursday…
How many devices does one man need?
All I need to do is replace my kindle…right? And it’s a third of the price of the iPad…so in the battle between reasons and desire who will win?
So you tell me.. the heart or the mind? Form or function? Beauty or the beast? A kindle or an iPad?
"It's About Time" is the blog of TOA Technologies CEO Yuval Brisker. It offers Yuval's thoughts on customer service, customer experience management, mobile workforce management, software and technology, and other musings of a technology company leader
