Comments on: Apple CEO Tim Cook expands executive team, Senior VP Hardware Engineering Bob Mansfield will not retire

By: MacRaven

MacRaven — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:52:00 +0000

So what Peter? Some of the very best, brightest and most dedicated to their work have been my gay co-workers. One plus in their column is most (not saying all) have no kids to distract their single minded purpose to advance their abilities and their career. Most of the rest of us have to juggle a kid or two, or more in the 24 hours in a day mix of actual time in a day and mental energy spent solving all their problems even when you aren’t home.

By: MacRaven

MacRaven — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:41:03 +0000

Count me in as “disturbed.”

By: MacRaven

MacRaven — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:38:29 +0000

Is this like the Ginger or MaryAnne thing? I think the T-Mobile girl is MaryAnne. I always liked MaryAnne best.

By: Rastamouse

Rastamouse — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:21:37 +0000

They don’t even serve a proper sentence when they are caught and convicted;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2036431/Disgraced-Tory-Lord-Hanningfield-jailed-fiddling-expenses-released-prison.html

Scum. Utter scum, the lot of them.

By: Tomcs

Tomcs — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:45:50 +0000

Ever heard of alphabetical order, Orange? I wouldn’t get too excited.

By: janekg

janekg — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:55:35 +0000

Good to see Bob Mansfield still around at Apple Inc. .. ‘Still waters run deep’.

By: Derek Currie

Derek Currie — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:39:24 +0000

Well, I won’t agree with going all ABSOLUTIST about it. But there sure has been a parade of deadly dick ‘Lords’ in recent UK history.

By: Rastamouse

Rastamouse — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:32:38 +0000

As a UK citizen I can tell you that anyone with “Lord” before their name is a self serving asshole who will lie, cheat and basically defraud anyone and anything in order to get what they want.

It’s actually a great way to tell if someone can’t be trusted.

By: Derek Currie

Derek Currie — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 06:39:09 +0000

Now if he became ‘Lord Jonathan Ive’, that’s a bit more interesting. Then again, I’m told the House of Lords in the UK is now just this side of pointless.

By: Figurative

Figurative — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 06:16:25 +0000

Oh, please. Maybe they just concentrated on getting the VERY best people for the job instead of filling some imagined racial/gender profile. I have no doubt that Apple wouldn’t hesitate in minute to put a transgendered, black, bald, handicapped woman in a position of leadership if she was the best and the brightest.

By: Now, Now...

Now, Now... — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 04:43:27 +0000

Not looking to be flamed or upset the Apple cart, but is it more disturbing that the “inner circle” shows no gender/racial diversity? What gives? Surely through Apple’s ranks or Silicon Valley as a whole, they could find one who has the equivalent knowledge, training and experience. You know, to add a different point of view or perspective during meetings and such.

As a side note, did this page ever show something different regarding gender and racial makeup?

By: John C. Randolph

John C. Randolph — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 04:26:32 +0000

You don’t know him. He’s a world-class software engineer like Bertand, and he’s also a highly talented engineering manager. I know a lot of people in his organization, and they couldn’t wish for anyone better to run their department.

-jcr

By: Orange

Orange — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 03:49:22 +0000

Is it just me that finds it disturbing that that clown Browett is right next to Tim Cook?

By: hannahjs

hannahjs — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:21:06 +0000

“People often make the joke that all men think about is sex, maybe in a couple of years the word will instead be tech.” Years? How about right here, right now?

http://www.t3.com/news/men-willing-to-go-celibate-for-the-new-iphone-5-study-finds

By: hannahjs

hannahjs — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:08:03 +0000

Pretty in pink. You’ll notice that, unlike fashion-challenged Minka Kelly, this young lady knows when to wear matching pumps, and it contributes to the overall presentation.

By: hannahjs

hannahjs — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:54:21 +0000

A charming girl, but, once again, the only shots of her feet are barefoot. She has awful taste in shoes.

By: Ballmer's left nut

Ballmer's left nut — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:35:51 +0000

The T-Mobile chick is Carly Foulkes. Here she is.

By: Tessellator

Tessellator — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:34:42 +0000

Nope, not even in the same league, the tmo girl is Carly Foulkes. Cute girl, no doubt, but no supermodel.

By: Tessellator

Tessellator — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:28:03 +0000

That Minka, she’s such a minx.

By: ken1w

ken1w — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:56:53 +0000

Maybe, but it’s the work of smart “engineering” guys like Bob Mansfield to make something that is “conceptual” into something that is it “practical.”

Ten years ago, I did not imagine that an “iPhone” (with all of its capabilities) could be squeezed into something so compact by 2007. Steve Jobs, Jonathan Ive, and Apple’s “designers” DID imagine it. Existing technology made it conceptually possible. But Bob Mansfield (and his “hardware engineers”) made it PRACTICAL, into a “real” commercially successful product that could be manufactured and sold by the tens of millions.

By: auramac

auramac — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:44:37 +0000

The products are the “Hot Babes.”

By: MacRaven

MacRaven — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:43:10 +0000

Good line up if they’d get rid of Browett the new Retail idiot. Wonder how many strikes he’s allowed before he’s out.

By: MacRaven

MacRaven — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:41:47 +0000

Is she the pink T-Mobile babe? Looks similar.

By: Nerd Beautiful

Nerd Beautiful — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:21:53 +0000

STFU

By: Rorschach

Rorschach — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:48:42 +0000

Pat, ‘Sir’ isn’t a ‘Royal’ title, it’s a title bestowed on any member of society by the Head Of State, the Queen. It does not make you royalty, and it means a heck of a lot to the person who it’s given to, as it’s a mark of considerable achievement, and recognition of that achievement.
It’s something you are never going to get no matter how long you live, because you’ll never achieve anything of any significance.
You sad little man.

By: castelbuono

castelbuono — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:37:08 +0000

I’m in the wrong profession. Next life…make-up artist or fashion photographer.

By: abcd

abcd — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:35:36 +0000

Is it something like this?
http://www.iarpa.gov/SHO_Presentations/2_POC_for_IARPA_SHO_06-02-2011.pdf

By: Fangirl

Fangirl — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:31:28 +0000

Craig Federighi, aka ‘HairForceOne’ from the most recent keynote?

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:21:48 +0000

Not relevant in the USA. British Royal titles mean nothing outside to Commonwealth and not that they mean anything in Britain either.

By: Karandras

Karandras — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:19:30 +0000

Just need shot of the dixons guy and replace him with some one that has a clue. Then it’s all good news!

By: peterblood71

peterblood71 — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:10:12 +0000

Don’t forget partially gay.

By: ken1w

ken1w — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:07:22 +0000

Glad to hear Bob Mansfield is staying. In his “future products” role, he’ll probably be the guy who figures out how to do a practical holographic display (or a direct mind interface).

By: Ballmer's left nut

Ballmer's left nut — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:57:39 +0000

Knock yourself out. Minka Kelly…hot babe.

By: Apple is Always Right

Apple is Always Right — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:56:54 +0000

good move

By: Grinco

Grinco — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:49:26 +0000

Apple’s entire executive team is middle aged, white and male.

By: althegeo

althegeo — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:47:45 +0000

WTF?

Where is the hot babe?

Even Yahoo can afford a hot babe.

By: Ballmer's left nut

Ballmer's left nut — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:37:45 +0000

I’ve never warmed to Federighi the way I have with Bertrand Serlet. Federighi strikes me as an automaton more interested in the whiz bang of Mac OS X whereas Bertrand was someone who understood what made the users tick and hence, built an OS that was user friendly rather than chockfull of useless gimmicks that Mountain Lion is now.

By: lawrence

lawrence — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:26:12 +0000

on the leadership page, shouldn’t it say Sir Jonathan Ive, not just plain Jonathan Ive?

Just wondering…

By: breeze

breeze — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:15:25 +0000

Who said money can’t buy you love?

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:05:28 +0000

This is GOOD stuff!