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Apple Commemorates 10th Anniversary of Steve Jobs' Passing
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Correction. RIP Apple 2011. It died with SteveRIP Steve Jobs 1955-2011😢
It would be one of the best companies in the world. And it wouldn’t be the most profitable. As it should be. Instead of the modern version of IBM
Today they just say specifications and long boring technological presentations. No humanity, no feeling
I wrote this on another another place online:
AMEN.
Of course, there were many things we didn't like about Jobs--but the same applies for legendary business titans like Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Bill Gates and currently Elon Musk. It was Jobs' vision that made computers far more accessible to many of us, turning science fiction into today's reality.
He is sorely missed by the many, including me.
AMEN.
Of course, there were many things we didn't like about Jobs--but the same applies for legendary business titans like Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Bill Gates and currently Elon Musk. It was Jobs' vision that made computers far more accessible to many of us, turning science fiction into today's reality.
He is sorely missed by the many, including me.
It likely would have been something that already exists today in the market, but in a sub-optimal/unfriendly manner, ripe for exploitation. As were computers, pocketable music players, mobile phones, tablets, etc that Apple snared under SJ.
The Apple Car (whatever that ends up being) under TC's leadership will be the next one.
When I think of Steve Jobs, I dont think of him as a business man. I see him as an imaginative and creative adventurer, trying to create utilitarian devices for people that weren't magical on their own, but BECAME magical when the person interacted with them in the way they saw fit. You could see the joy in his (and Woz) eyes as they soldered and bumped elbows in that little garage, and it was the same look when he held up the iPod and iPhone. He is the only CEO/business person I will ever respect or admire, and I truly believe it wasn't business, it was life, and his mission to share how these devices could make it better and bring people together, that drove him. Missed and Never Forgotten.
Am I alone in thinking that so-called "homage" to Steve Jobs was utter garbage?
For a company with so much money at its disposal, you'd think they could have put together a much better production.
I've seen far more inspiring clips of Steve, and they could have been used, with far more inspiring production.
You'd think they were trying to belittle Steve's massive influence on Apple (and everything else). Or something.
For a company with so much money at its disposal, you'd think they could have put together a much better production.
I've seen far more inspiring clips of Steve, and they could have been used, with far more inspiring production.
You'd think they were trying to belittle Steve's massive influence on Apple (and everything else). Or something.
Microsoft Commemorates 10th Anniversary of Steve Jobs' Passing with Windows 11
I too owe a lot to Steve who responded to a few of my emails and gave me some direction which shaped my career.
Because the video was edited from pass presentation / interview of Steve.
And not the made by current Apple. Which more often makes my cringe.
+1. Preferably all the previous video in ProRes and not some compressed version of it.
Thank you, I was going to ask for it, but thought to go through the comments once. Thank you for posting.
I was doing my PhD when Apple started donating machines to universities in the 1980's. I've actually done quite a lot of word processing on the Lisa, but it struck me as a rather IBM-like machine: complicated, closed, and soulless (for want of a better word). I still shudder when I think of the shelf of manuals that came with it. Then the Mac came out, and suddenly it was a contender for doing data analysis for my research (it had QuickDraw burned into ROM, which made its graphics notably faster than PC's, the SCSI port provided a fast option for storage, printing to a PostScript printer was trivial, and most importantly, it was easy for a mere mortal like me to program (and, yes, I used ZBasic. What of it?). My Mac+ was not only essential for my PhD but for the research of about half a dozen other students in the lab. We collected physiological data on a C-64 and transferred it to the Mac+ for analysis. Worked like a charm. I would not have been able to do that on a PC in the time frame I had as a student.
So, thank you Steve. Rest in peace.
So, thank you Steve. Rest in peace.
I miss Steve Jobs. I feel that Big Tech would be better -- not perfect, but better -- if he was still with us.
I think it's pretty clear that he was and probably always will be the greatest technology presenter among us. His presentations were simply masterful. Humor, thoughtfulness, education, good design, timing. He had it all, and made it look like it came without any effort at all.
He may not have been a perfect human, but who among us can make that claim? He was definitely a perfect tech CEO -- and so much more. The man changed the world. Let's hope someone of his mettle rises up in our tech industry once again. We need more heart in it, in a big way.
I saw him in 2007 and spoke to him.
Interesting guy. He looked like death warmed over even back then. I miss him even if he had an explosive temper, he still could figure out how to sell electronics. Now Apple has an accountant to lead them and a bunch of yes men.
Interesting guy. He looked like death warmed over even back then. I miss him even if he had an explosive temper, he still could figure out how to sell electronics. Now Apple has an accountant to lead them and a bunch of yes men.
I was pretty shocked about the news of Jobs's death ten years ago. And just a few months after getting my first Intel Mac, no less. His innovations and products really helped me and many others to Think Different!
Here's my own commemoration, as my fursona Zak Wolf cosplaying as Jobs in memory of him...
Here's my own commemoration, as my fursona Zak Wolf cosplaying as Jobs in memory of him...
Well, his favorite book was Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda.
You can’t get your point across without bringing others down?