Don't Ignore Marc Newson, Jeff Williams’ Significance, The WSJ’s Hit Piece Against Jony Ive

Today's Above Avalon daily update includes the following stories: 

  • Don't Ignore Marc Newson

  • Jeff Williams’ Significance

  • The WSJ’s Hit Piece Against Jony Ive

In yesterday’s update, we focused on the environment and factors leading up to last week’s news involving Jony Ive and Jeff Williams. I’m happy with how that update turned out as I think it captured the essence of what is taking place.

In today’s update, we are going to focus more on the future and my thoughts on how some of these changes may play themselves out in the near term. We will also talk about the WSJ’s article regarding Jony Ive’s departure. Needless to say, there were issues found with the piece.

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