The Blubber

Per GQ Magazine

A recent piece was published taking a closer look into one of the most powerful people in the tech industry today, Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple. The report revealed the CEO's schedule and how he works throughout the day, including his first task, which starts at 5 AM.

At 5 AM, the CEO reportedly gets up and starts treading emails and notes from customers. These emails include their opinions and feelings on Apple products and sometimes even their personal stories.

Cook has maintained leaving his email address open to the public, and although he gets numerous amount of emails, he spends the first hour of his day reading them. Although the CEO cannot read everything, he makes it a habit to become inspired by some of them and even reply to others.

After reading emails, before the sun rises, Cook reportedly does some weight training, among other things that he said he didn't want to do and might not do if he could convince himself not to do them.

After that, Cook heads over to the corporate headquarters. Cook shared his thoughts about conflict, crisis, and curiosity.

Cook: “I try not to let the urgent take over the day... I’m curious, and I’m curious about how things work... If something’s really shallow, you find that people can’t explain it very well.”

Interestingly, a technologist found the Bitcoin manifesto hidden within every Mac since 2018. The Bitcoin whitepaper was published by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto in October 2008.

The technologist, Andy Baio, said he found a PDF copy while trying to fix his printer.

Apple personal computer shipments fell by 40.5% in the first quarter of 2023. This was the worst drop since the last three months of 2000.

In general, all PC makers saw a 29% decline in shipped units, down to just 56.9 million units.

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Resources:

GQ Magazine