ideaboner: ” … Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough...
amazing speech by Obama because I learned about his death on a device Steve helped create. My world wouldn’t be the same on a pc” … Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.
By building one of the planet’s most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American…
I’m reblogging a lot of this stuff without comment because it is very good and respectful. As the night wanes, however, I am reflecting upon how much Steve Jobs and Apple has influenced my life.
My first experiences with computers was on an apple IIe. In fact, I actually owned an Apple IIc growing up.
I am currently typing on a MacBook Pro and am lusting after an Ipad 2.
This says nothing of his influence with Pixar or the fact that Steve Jobs went to high school in my home state.
In a very inarticulate way, I am trying to express my feelings of loss over a true visionary—someone who has had a hand in shaping this century as much as Edison or other industrial revolutionaries.
And yet, we should not be speaking of a loss, because the technological and economic model that Jobs has contributed to has given and is still giving to the world. Can you be more than an individual, a single being? Jobs has exceeded human limitations to become an icon.
