Steve Wozniak! The Innovative Santa brought by the inexperienced helpers

Gw baru aja selese nulis tentang Woz untuk sebuah majalah. Woz, Santa Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder. Tapi sebenernya gw gatel untuk cerita seberapa harusnya "it could have been better". I'd like to bitch a bit here, if you don't mind :D

Selasa kemaren, 17 Juli 2012, Steve Wozniak  hadir di Indonesia, Balai Kartini tepatnya, di acara seminar Innovation & Creativity. Event ini diselenggarakan oleh 3ocean, di sponsori oleh segenap merek lumayan dweeeehhh.... (dari rokok, operator telp sampai internet provider)

Acara kebagi 4 sesi:

1. Sesi 1: dimoderatori Steny Agustaf, pembicaranya Daniel Tumiwa, that talks about e-commerce and multiply.. I kinda know most of the stuff already.. 
2. Sesi 2: Trio kwek-kwek, temen-temen gw who I admire! hahaha.. agak bias nih jadinya. Well.. Rene Suhardono, Ligwina Hananto and Yoris Sebastian was a great combo. Rene talks about passion & purpose, Wina talked about finance in a different-non-boring way, while Yoris talks about the difference between Innovation & Creativity! Great Session!
3. Sesi 3: Peter Gontha, dengan segala hormat Pak, saya sempet hampir ketiduran.. sampe Bapak cerita tentang pembantu rumah tangga Bapak, ngetwit, nanya sesuatu padahal sama-sama di rumah. Lama-lama lucu Pak.. & ternyata, saya kalah banyak gadgetnya dari Bapak.. guys, can you believe that.. he brings alon his iPhone 3, iPod Touch, Blackberry Torch 2, USB flash drive and Samsung S3 (which he keeps mentioning over & over)
4. Woz!

I walked in as a media but ending up getting a free Gold ticket! why? karena... nampaknya err.. gak gitu laku. H-1 masih banyak tiket belum laku & semakin banyak kuis gratisannya. Bukan kaya konser yang udah ngantri di rumah promotornya, abis dalam waktu kurang dari 1 jam :s..

Keliatan sepi banget 3 sesi awal, Sesi 4 sedikit lebih banyak sih.. tapi masih banyak seat kosong & gak kebayang berapa tiket gratis, berapa media & berapa diskonan! I felt sorry for the promotor. keyword: felt! past tense!

I mean.. di sesi 4, di sesinya Woz. dari 1 jam 10 menit dia dijadwalin ngomong.. Q&A-nya itu 3/4nya sendiri! Talkshownya kaya gak kearah! Pertanyaan bentuk apapun diterima tanpa ada pertanyaan yang berbobot dari moderator, Farhan.

I can see Farhan was not a very techie guy. He's funny, made me laugh but failed to made me smarter though. Or maybe I was comparing him with Larry King, I dunno.. 1 pertanyaan dari dia, which tentang "keterbukaan" dia (err.. temanya innovative & creativity ya?) abis itu dilempar ke penonton. Lucunyaaaaa... pertanyaan penonton tuh kemana2.. 

• ada yang nanya dia dapet ide dari mana: jawaban Woz agak standar.. mo tidur, atau lagi mandi :/
• ada yang nanya cerita dia tentang berenti sekolah:.. want that? read his book
• ada yang nanya pendapatnya tentang Apple ke depan gmn... (newsflash, he's not inside of Apple anymore..soo.. umm..) trus pertanyaan tambahannya parah sih.. "will Apple create a robot?" .. what.. the....... 
• ada yang nanya tentang floating hoverpoint (yang sebenernya adalah floating point integer).. NAH! gw ngomong apa coba? sama, gw jg gak tau waktu duduk disitu. baru aja gw googling sih.. Itu jadi kaya diskusi one on one! gw yakin banyak banget yang bengong waktu Woz jelasin... Ngobrol aja berdua sob sambil ngebir (judging by the size of his belly)

Sanking banyaknya yang mau nanya, Steve sampe bilang "stick around the area, meet me after this and we can can talk more!"YEAH RIGHT!! bisa ya? MENURUT NGANAAAA?

I wanted to ask a question, tapi gak kepilih :S.. my question was going to be (secara semua pertanyaannya gak ada yang jelas):

"You supports Kim dotcom, the megaupload guy who created file sharing website, while you are here talking about being innovative & creative. Then why support a guy who leads people to piracy, where's the innovation & creativity in there?" 

I feel the EO was not too experienced in this. Considering the price published.. 2 - 3 juta!.. This event is not that "innovative & creative" .. untung gw gratisan! x)

Btw, panitia nyediain door prize lho.. meet and greet & poster ditanda tangan! "kreatif" ya? :/

“Do you think any company can ever beat Apple?”

“No. Because I dont think about that”

*photo courtesy of @kefassendy*