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Segway CTO joins Apple
Doug Field, former chief technology officer at Segway, has joined Apple as vice president of product design. As you know, the Segway is the two-wheeled transportation device that Woz loves (he even plays polo with it), but gave President Bush a bit of trouble.We wish Doug good luck in his new position at Apple. However, I am a bit nervous that he's the VP of product design, because it's impossible to ride a Segway and not look like a total tool.
[Via MacDailyNews]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
adam said 1:43PM on 7-07-2008
"...it's impossible to ride a Segway and not look like a total tool."
incorrect, sir! job bluth!
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Scott said 2:29PM on 7-07-2008
G.O.B. makes his point, not yours.
Drew said 4:09PM on 7-07-2008
Illusions, Dad! You don't have time for my illusions!
harrywolf said 1:59PM on 7-07-2008
Apple is thinking about areas where the paradigm of the product and its use is stuck in the past, where the product hasnt changed because no-one wants to, or knows how to, 'break the game'.
Transport is one area where this is very much the case.
An Apple designed vehicle of some kind, which breaks the game (like the iPhone) is a possibility, in conjunction with an automaker like Toyota.
(it wont be GM....)
Or maybe they just want his knowledge of the battery technology or some such mundane thing?
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Aron T said 2:14PM on 7-07-2008
Seems to indicate Johnny Ive might be a strong successor to Jobs...
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Hawke said 2:18PM on 7-07-2008
Dave, please leave the childish desire to poke fun at someone who was told to get on a segway that wasn't turned on over at some other blog.
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Victor Agreda Jr said 2:43PM on 7-07-2008
Remember when Jobs was given a sneak peek at the then-mysterious transportation device from Dean Kamen? He panned the *design* of the thing. Perhaps because he noticed the dorkiness, who knows.
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Sean Flanagan said 2:29PM on 7-07-2008
Woz is not a tool! You take that back!
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jeff said 2:42PM on 7-07-2008
I didn't realize this was a Segway haters area. Doug Field is a really talented and successful designer. Too bad we have to cut him down like that.
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Fritz Laurel said 2:43PM on 7-07-2008
Woo hoo -- self-stabilizing gyros in all Macs from here on out!
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jayz said 3:02PM on 7-07-2008
Its a shame people assume Segway riders are just tools.
My mother has MS, and her Segway has enabled her to stay active, as a volunteer, wife, mother and friend. She scoots along on this fantastic device.
People assume all the time that she is just lazy, and I see the scowls when we are together, and it breaks my heart, for her and everyone who has not the open mind or patience to not jump to conclusions without knowing the full story.
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mark said 3:27PM on 7-07-2008
Biggest flop ever of a product. Hope they keep this guy on a short leash.
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Rob said 9:16PM on 7-07-2008
Sorry but the biggest product flop of all time was Sir Clive Sinclair's (early UK personal computer innovator) C5 or perhaps the Edsel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5
alex cutter said 5:58PM on 7-07-2008
I rode one of these over the weekend and it made me gay.
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