RIP Steve Jobs
Tears are falling and my heart is aching, but I am forever grateful to this visionary man for all he did and all he inspired.
I can talk for hours on how intertwined I am with Macintosh and Apple products; how they truly changed my life; how much joy I’ve had over the decades being involved with the Mac community, attending MacWorlds, waiting on what seemed like endless lines to listen to Steve Jobs speak at keynotes. Instead, I’ll say that I was one of the many heading to an Apple store to leave condolences, which is such a strange, strange thing to do. I’m feeling totally out of whack, which also doesn’t make much sense. And I feel incredibly sad, yet so grateful to have been a part of it all for a long time, although not nearly long enough.
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. …
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” —
Think Different ad campaign, Apple Inc.
Thank you, Steve, for changing the world and for changing my world for the better.
If you’ve never viewed his 2005 Commencement Address at Stanford, you’re in for some inspiring words. In part, “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. … Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
October 5th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Thank you.
October 6th, 2011 at 7:17 am
A visionary who changed our world.
October 6th, 2011 at 9:41 am
:(
October 6th, 2011 at 11:47 am
thank you for posting the stanford speech–
his products and persona have always been a part of my career as a graphic artist. So hard to imagine he is not with us anymore.