It's funny, I have the exact opposite opinion of Phil.
Back when I worked at Apple we'd watch every presentation because, hey, it's a good excuse to slack off at the office.
Phil was always the most boring guy because you always knew exactly what he was going to say and exactly what kind of non-answers he'd give to questions.
I mean yeah, it's great he hits the mark perfectly every time, but it's also so, so boring. He's the classic marketing shill. I wonder if his name is really even Fill Shiller, it's too perfect.
Thanks. It’s interesting to hear other perspectives.
> Phil was always the most boring guy because you always knew exactly what he was going to say and exactly what kind of non-answers he'd give to questions.
I never felt this way. Maybe it’s because I was never in a place where I could ask him questions or watched a presentation where someone could ask him questions.
> I mean yeah, it's great he hits the mark perfectly every time, but it's also so, so boring. He's the classic marketing shill. I wonder if his name is really even Fill Shiller, it's too perfect.
I didn’t see most of his presentations as marketing shill. Maybe I haven’t been paying much attention to that aspect.
Just a guess, but I assume someone internal to the company has a much different perspective, just because they have more knowledge of how things actually went.
I’ve seen senior folks at my former company do external talks that get rave reviews and my opinion was always “that’s not how it happened at all!”.
Sort of like not eating sausage anymore once you’ve seen how it’s made.
I think his personality worked really well on stage as the guy next to Steve Jobs who ran the Wintel Photoshop filter demos and made excuses for why they aren't as fast as the G4 =p
Back when I worked at Apple we'd watch every presentation because, hey, it's a good excuse to slack off at the office.
Phil was always the most boring guy because you always knew exactly what he was going to say and exactly what kind of non-answers he'd give to questions.
I mean yeah, it's great he hits the mark perfectly every time, but it's also so, so boring. He's the classic marketing shill. I wonder if his name is really even Fill Shiller, it's too perfect.