Kidder's book is awesome. This article reminded me of Steven Levy's iPod book: It's also very good, not a classic but still worth a read: https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Thing-Shuffles-Commerce-Cooln...
I highly recommend Steven Levy's book, The Perfect Thing, for a more in-depth look at the iPod. Levy did a mini article-ized version of his book for Wired a few years ago: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/ipod.html
……白色耳机不仅在 iPod 的所有营销中与它紧密绑定，在大众的心智里也是如此。关于白色耳机重要性的讨论，可以参考史蒂文·利维的《完美之物》。这点我能理解。我只是不明白这有什么好笑的：我从没见过哪个戴这种耳机的人不用 Mac 的。我觉得我认识的人里没人会觉得那是个好法子去……
…the white headphones being associated with iPods, not only in all of the iPod marketing, but in the minds of the public as well. For a discussion of the significance of the white headphones, see "The Perfect Thing" by Steven Levy. That I get. I just don't see why that's funny: I've never met somebody with the headphones who wasn't using a Mac. I don't think I know anybody who would think that was a good way to…
…the white headphones being associated with iPods, not only in all of the iPod marketing, but in the minds of the public as well. For a discussion of the significance of the white headphones, see "The Perfect Thing" by Steven Levy. iPhonies are expensive: it's parodying the perception that you pay more for Apple products and all you get for the price premium is the status associated with having the products. Steve…
'Frictionless' is much better than 'simplicity' - because simplicity can mean the sacrifice of necessary complexity. But I like Steve Job's definition of simplicity cited by Steven Levy in The Perfect Thing: "Fruit - an apple. That simplicty is the ultimate sophistication" and goes on to describe the iterative development process that eliminates all but the essential needed to deliver the desired experience.
基德尔那本书棒极了。这篇文章让我想起了史蒂文·利维关于 iPod 的那本书：也写得非常好，虽然算不上经典之作，但绝对值得一读：https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Thing-Shuffles-Commerce-Cooln...
Kidder's book is awesome. This article reminded me of Steven Levy's iPod book: It's also very good, not a classic but still worth a read: https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Thing-Shuffles-Commerce-Cooln...
如果想更深入地了解 iPod，我强烈推荐史蒂文·利维的书《完美之物》（The Perfect Thing）。几年前利维曾为《连线》杂志写过一个浓缩文章版的微缩内容：http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/ipod.html
I highly recommend Steven Levy's book, The Perfect Thing, for a more in-depth look at the iPod. Levy did a mini article-ized version of his book for Wired a few years ago: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/ipod.html
……白色耳机不仅在 iPod 的所有营销中与它紧密绑定，在大众的心智里也是如此。关于白色耳机重要性的讨论，可以参考史蒂文·利维的《完美之物》。这点我能理解。我只是不明白这有什么好笑的：我从没见过哪个戴这种耳机的人不用 Mac 的。我觉得我认识的人里没人会觉得那是个好法子去……
…the white headphones being associated with iPods, not only in all of the iPod marketing, but in the minds of the public as well. For a discussion of the significance of the white headphones, see "The Perfect Thing" by Steven Levy. That I get. I just don't see why that's funny: I've never met somebody with the headphones who wasn't using a Mac. I don't think I know anybody who would think that was a good way to…
……白色耳机不仅在 iPod 的所有营销中与它紧密绑定，在大众的心智里也是如此。关于白色耳机重要性的讨论，可以参考史蒂文·利维的《完美之物》。iPhonies 价格昂贵：它是在讽刺人们对“买苹果产品花更多钱、而溢价换来的全都是拥有该产品所带来的身份象征”这种认知。史蒂夫……
…the white headphones being associated with iPods, not only in all of the iPod marketing, but in the minds of the public as well. For a discussion of the significance of the white headphones, see "The Perfect Thing" by Steven Levy. iPhonies are expensive: it's parodying the perception that you pay more for Apple products and all you get for the price premium is the status associated with having the products. Steve…
“无摩擦”（frictionless）比“极简”（simplicity）贴切得多——因为极简可能意味着牺牲了必要的复杂性。不过我挺喜欢史蒂文·利维在《完美之物》里引用的史蒂夫·乔布斯对极简的定义：“水果——比如苹果。极简乃是终极的复杂”，接着他描述了那种为了交付理想体验而砍掉一切非核心部分的迭代开发流程。
'Frictionless' is much better than 'simplicity' - because simplicity can mean the sacrifice of necessary complexity. But I like Steve Job's definition of simplicity cited by Steven Levy in The Perfect Thing: "Fruit - an apple. That simplicty is the ultimate sophistication" and goes on to describe the iterative development process that eliminates all but the essential needed to deliver the desired experience.