genius

What is a genius? Is a genius someone who has a brilliant idea or a brilliant invention? Is it someone who is smart in many fields or is it someone who knows how to make a ton of money?  A genius can be all those things. We all have our own definition of genius. Even the romans had their own interpretation of a genius. The romans believed a genius was not a very intelligent person. But now when you hear someone say genius we automatically think that the person is really smart or that person had a brilliant invention. In my opinion you don’t have to be a Harvard graduate to be a genius or to be a Steve Jobs and create apple which is a multibillion dollar corporation. I think to be a genius you just have to have that one great idea and run with it. Even though I said you didn’t need to be a Steve Jobs to be a genius, however he is one of the most modern geniuses of our time, along with Mark Zuckerburg who created Facebook and Ken Kuaragi who created the PlayStation three. Yes there are many more geniuses but those are just some who stand out. The center of attention I want to address is Steve Jobs. The man accomplished amazing goals but just like all the rest he had to start somewhere. When someone says Steve Jobs what do you think? I either think Mac or IPhone. But Steve’s first invention was a personal computer which later evolved into Mac. But what I want to focus is Steve Jobs invention of the IPhone. I mean most of us have saw an iPhone or own one. Think of all the planning it would take to make it work. Just trying to think about how hard it was to interlink the app store or iTunes with the millions of songs or the millions of games that are right at your fingertips. I mean think about the first cellphone. You didn’t have texting, face time, games or anything. Plus the thing was a size of a brick and you could only call on it. But now the IPhone allows you to video chat with friends on face time or Skype. There is also the GPS feature on it in case your lost or going on a trip.  There are even apps for business proposals and to check your email and even keep track of your fantasy teams if you’re a sports buff. I think the newest thing they have out now is called the square which is a credit card reader. Which means no more typing your long credit card number out on eBay, or whatever site you are buying stuff off of, you can now just swipe your card through the square just like you would in a store? Also you even have the internet browser if you need to search something and you even have Siri, which is your own personal assistant where you can set memos and be notified if you have an appointment or an assignment due for class, and you can watch movies. That still doesn’t cover all of it either you also have a camera that can take videos and pictures. The point is Steve Jobs had an idea and stuck with it to make it work. But he didn’t just stop at the very first IPhone which was the iPhone 3. He had many more IPhones each one getting better and better with more things you can do on it starting from the IPhone 3 up to the latest IPhone which is the IPhone 5, which that is what makes him a genius. He kept working to make it better and better and is still working on more new features for IPhones in the future some of the ideas are the holographic keyboard and the projection to watch movies on.