taking a moment to acknowledge the passing of perhaps one of the greatest men in several lifetimes… I think when history looks back, he’s going to be listed in the company of people like Newton, Galileo, Da Vinci, and Edison.
Steve Jobs shaped the way we interfaced with computers, the way we allowed ourselves to express ourselves, and brought the personal computer interface to non-technical people.
He touched millions and created paradigms on top of paradigms.
He was, for lack of better words, fucking brilliant.
And at 56, he’s gone. He burned bright, he burned gloriously, and he burned fast.
Go well, Steve. May your journey thrive.
-Written on an iPad2.
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I’m a PC girl now, but I started on a Mac 512k when I was 9? Maybe 10? We got an Apple IIe when I was in high school. It was a weird transition to go to Tech and figure out the whole PC thing, but Windows came along…which, of course, was inspired by the Mac’s UI.
Oh, and I love my iPod. I am blown away by the ingenuity and brilliance that came out of his company.
Cancer sucks.
I worked on an Apple IIe in junior high–and I live by my iPod.
The Onion had on its cover as a headline for Jobs’ death: “Last Person on Earth Who Knew What He Was Doing Dies.”