Celebrating Makers

Yesterday at AllThingsD, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple said

I want to build great products, I want to build great products. If we do that, the other things follow. Companies are confused and think their goal is revenue, or certain profit, or a stock price.  Those things you can’t focus on and make better.  You have to focus on the things that lead to those.

This morning, Aaron Sorkin, the famous screenwriter of The Social Network and working on an adaptation of Walt Isaacson’s Steve Jobs said

"I try to write what I'd like and what I think my friends would like, and then keep my fingers crossed and hope I can make a living."

It is so nice to see this focus on making high-quality stuff! 

In that vein, I loved this recent BusinessWeek gallery on forgotten inventors including Eugene Polley who invented the wireless remote.

And I love that BestBuy has brought back its SuperBowl ad which celebrates mobile innovators.

Here’s to the product dreamers and engineers!