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Steve Jobs' Funeral Today, No Public Memorial Event Planned
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That's a very nice gesture from them.
His death still hasn't sunk in yet, and probably won't until the next keynote. It still feels to sudden...
R.I.P Steve. You influenced and changed my idea of how to perfect presentation.
R.I.P Steve. You influenced and changed my idea of how to perfect presentation.
I feel like I'm an ordinary guy
They treat me strange, so tell me why.
I always try to do what's right.
That doesn't mean I don't feel fright.
I do feel fear. I do get scared.
That time was just because I cared.
I might get hurt or maybe die,
But I can't just sit idly by.
Why do they all say I'm so brave?
That situation simply was real grave.
I'm sure that others would do like me.
But not so folks would jump with glee.
Then shake my hand and slap my back,
And tell me that I have a knack
To be a hero and make them proud
And say a word to the grateful crowd.
For I believe that fear is strong.
But I cannot do what is wrong.
I simply just do what I can.
I'm not a hero, just a man.
So please do not treat me so kind.
It's something that still blows my mind.
Instead, be heroes one and all.
Let's teach our children to stand tall.
http://www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/wall/4_hero.html
They treat me strange, so tell me why.
I always try to do what's right.
That doesn't mean I don't feel fright.
I do feel fear. I do get scared.
That time was just because I cared.
I might get hurt or maybe die,
But I can't just sit idly by.
Why do they all say I'm so brave?
That situation simply was real grave.
I'm sure that others would do like me.
But not so folks would jump with glee.
Then shake my hand and slap my back,
And tell me that I have a knack
To be a hero and make them proud
And say a word to the grateful crowd.
For I believe that fear is strong.
But I cannot do what is wrong.
I simply just do what I can.
I'm not a hero, just a man.
So please do not treat me so kind.
It's something that still blows my mind.
Instead, be heroes one and all.
Let's teach our children to stand tall.
http://www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/wall/4_hero.html
Its wonderful that we are honoring Steve.
He was an inspiration for so many, and beyond the products he created - he has left a lasting impression on the world. He struggled very hard to make his dreams a reality. What is amazing is those dreams were destined to improve all of our lives, whether we wanted them to or not!
He made incredible products, but it doesn't end there. It is what those products enable us to do that will make the world even better.
He was an inspiration for so many, and beyond the products he created - he has left a lasting impression on the world. He struggled very hard to make his dreams a reality. What is amazing is those dreams were destined to improve all of our lives, whether we wanted them to or not!
He made incredible products, but it doesn't end there. It is what those products enable us to do that will make the world even better.
It is absolutely insane how many people act as if a family member has died. If anything this just reinforces the cult like perception of Apple fans. He did great things. I get it, theres going to be tons of articles about him, but the reaction from the public and the amount of articles that talk about and to people who have never even met him is astounding and incredible fake.
Wrong. See below.
Jobs was a Buddhist.
I believe he was Buddhist, not Jewish.
Shiva (pronounced shih' vah) is the Jewish mourning ritual.
Shiva (pornounce shee' vah) is a Hindu god.
Perhaps you confused, or kind of merged the two.
Also, in jewish tradition, the deceased must be buried within 24 hours. Sitting Shiva then goes on for 7 days.
Don't be angry out of a lack of understanding. If you don't feel the same way, leave it be.
What I'm gonna say is not trolling or in bad taste so please think before you condemn me.
I hope Jonny Ive designed the urn.
I hope Jonny Ive designed the urn.
Really? I wonder how many people actually cried when Einstein died, or Beethoven died, people who have never met them. It's not insane at all, what's insane is that you judge people for it. And I mean it in the clinical sense. I'm sure your behavior has some name in psychology textbooks.
I'm not angry, I'm disappointed in people.
No need to get so defensive. And yes the same goes for them.
it would be great if Apple makes a special video about Steve and shares it with all of us. That would be great way to remember Steve forever. No need for a public memorial service. His family has gone through enough pain already.
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Maybe they should freeze and preserve him until his illness could be reverted or cured. Or make a clone of him.
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Maybe they should freeze and preserve him until his illness could be reverted or cured. Or make a clone of him.
Respect the feelings of others...or no one will respect yours
As for the cult-like perception... yes, so?
Look, some people have got "it." Whatever "it' is. And it may not be "it" to you--but to others that "it" seems to change their lives if not the world. Maybe this person really did change something important in fact and deserve the veneration, like an Einstein changing physics or an Elvis changing music. Or maybe they were just someone that changed that important thing for certain people, personally. Either way, it's human nature for us to gravitate to such people be they a yoga guru, Princess Diana, a basketball star or a true leader like Martin Luther King, jr. This is what creates cults, no question. But so what? The Beatles had their cult--far more than Steve did--with screaming, weeping fans--didn't mean they didn't make great music or that John Lennon didn't deserve to be lionized or mourned when he died.
If you don't get why anyone would feel this way about this or that person, you don't get it and that's fine. But I know that there is someone in your life, or will be, who you do or will feel the same about. A singer or artist or scientist or leader...or yoga teacher, who may not know you personally, but who speaks to you, has changed your life or just done something that made your life different or better. And if you think about how you feel about that person, and, presuming they're alive, how you'd feel if they died, then you'll understand what we're feeling, and you'll know that it's absolutely genuine.
You don't have to understand. You don't have to sympathize. You don't have to like it or approve of it. But I think you should respect it, if only because you will want others to respect--not mock or insult your genuine feeling when it happens to you. And it will. You're in a glass house there. Don't throw stones.
It isn't fake from our perspective, and it's really insulting to say so. Shame on you.
As for the cult-like perception... yes, so?Look, some people have got "it." Whatever "it' is. And it may not be "it" to you--but to others that "it" seems to change their lives if not the world. Maybe this person really did change something important in fact and deserve the veneration, like an Einstein changing physics or an Elvis changing music. Or maybe they were just someone that changed that important thing for certain people, personally. Either way, it's human nature for us to gravitate to such people be they a yoga guru, Princess Diana, a basketball star or a true leader like Martin Luther King, jr. This is what creates cults, no question. But so what? The Beatles had their cult--far more than Steve did--with screaming, weeping fans--didn't mean they didn't make great music or that John Lennon didn't deserve to be lionized or mourned when he died.
If you don't get why anyone would feel this way about this or that person, you don't get it and that's fine. But I know that there is someone in your life, or will be, who you do or will feel the same about. A singer or artist or scientist or leader...or yoga teacher, who may not know you personally, but who speaks to you, has changed your life or just done something that made your life different or better. And if you think about how you feel about that person, and, presuming they're alive, how you'd feel if they died, then you'll understand what we're feeling, and you'll know that it's absolutely genuine.
You don't have to understand. You don't have to sympathize. You don't have to like it or approve of it. But I think you should respect it, if only because you will want others to respect--not mock or insult your genuine feeling when it happens to you. And it will. You're in a glass house there. Don't throw stones.
There's nothing to defend, what's happening here is very natural. Human psyche is much more complicated than you think. People can get attached to other humans they haven't met. People can get attached to animals, even objects. And this is not categorized as an illness in psychology, it's a very natural phenomenon.
And saying that you are disappointed in people, that's actually a good example of abnormal behavior.
Like others have said the tradition is the cremation and the ashes to be scattered at sea. But whatever they do i would like to know, just curious i guess. I don't want to know where they did it or where they buried him but i would like to know what they did. And hopefully in the new HQ or this current one there will be a nice memorial. I wonder if the Woz was at the funeral. That is hear nor there but hopefully all will be revealed in the Bio.
Lets not forget that he left behind a wonderful family.
Laurene Powell Jobs is Founder and Chair of the Emerson Collective, an organization that works with a range of entrepreneurs to advance domestic and international social reform efforts. The Collective primarily focuses on achieving scalable solutions to improve academic outcomes for under-resourced students in America's public schools and has made strategic investments in a number of results-driven education reform ventures. Additionally, the organization brings together individuals working on innovative solutions to pressing social problems and provides a venue for dialogue with members of the broader community.
Ms. Powell Jobs also serves as president of the board of College Track, an after-school program she founded in 1997 to prepare underserved high school students for success in college. Started in East Palo Alto, College Track has expanded to serve students in Oakland, San Francisco, and New Orleans. The program’s intensive academic and extracurricular program is designed to ensure admittance to and graduation from college. All of the program's graduates have completed their secondary education and gone on to college.
In addition to her work with the Emerson Collective and College Track, she serves on the boards of directors of Teach For America, NewSchools Venture Fund, Stand for Children, New America Foundation and Conservation International. She also serves on the White House Council for Community Solutions and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
http://www.philanthropyforum.org/forum/Powell_Jobs_Bio_2011.asp?SnID=1754567269
An extremely private person in life and also in death. I wasn't expecting a public memorial.
Its still sinking in that he is no longer with us. I've been watching his past keynotes all last night. Even though he may have laid out 4 years worth of product roadmaps it won't be the same. They may build an iMac or iPhone using Steves plans but he may have changed something last minute or decided to do something another way further down the line. The designers will be asking themselves would Steve have done it this way, and they'll never know. Even best laid plans can never be followed to the letter.
As someone said above I don't think his passing will fully sink in until Apples next keynote. Which will be the first product release without any final input by Steve, which will be a very sad moment.
But in the end what really matters is the family he left behind who have to go on without their husband and father who was taken from them too soon. RIP Steve.
Its still sinking in that he is no longer with us. I've been watching his past keynotes all last night. Even though he may have laid out 4 years worth of product roadmaps it won't be the same. They may build an iMac or iPhone using Steves plans but he may have changed something last minute or decided to do something another way further down the line. The designers will be asking themselves would Steve have done it this way, and they'll never know. Even best laid plans can never be followed to the letter.
As someone said above I don't think his passing will fully sink in until Apples next keynote. Which will be the first product release without any final input by Steve, which will be a very sad moment.
But in the end what really matters is the family he left behind who have to go on without their husband and father who was taken from them too soon. RIP Steve.
We've setup a page for people to submit their messages and also took pictures of all the notes at Toronto's Apple store...
add your message at messagetosteve.com
also the page has been paid for to be hosted and up for at least 10 years... that's at least what we could...
Thank You Steve
add your message at messagetosteve.com
also the page has been paid for to be hosted and up for at least 10 years... that's at least what we could...
Thank You Steve
I don't know.. but his death affected me more than I had thought it would. I guess its because I have been a mac user (and a bit of an enthusiast) since I was in my early teens. I just seems like he should still be around, its too early for him to have gone. I guess this upsets me a bit also because he kinda looked like my dad (same age also) and he was never around. Anyway, this is probably the least atheist thing I have ever thought - I hope there is a 'next place' and if heaven looks like the new apple campus in its orchards I won't complain!
When I read Wednesday night, October 5, that Steve jobs had died, I felt a profound sense of loss and sadness.
It was a spontaneous reaction - and 3 days later I still feel that sadness, as if a friend or family member died. It's strange I know, since I never met the man.
Ever since I purchased a Macintosh SE, I've been sold on Apple. What an amazing machine. And Apple has continued to produce more amazing machines. Devices that have changed the world in many ways.
Holding my iPod Touch, I see such a dedication to the aesthetic, and such a demand for quality, it pleases me. Add to that the enjoyment of watching the amazing Pixar films.
Now that he's gone I despair that without this visionary, uncompromising man, consumer technology will slowly degrade into mediocrity.
About 1 month ago I visited the Apple Campus at Cupertino for the first time and drove around 1 Infinite Loop. I am happy to have done that.
The film "Pirates of Silicon Valley" seems to bring Steve Jobs back, if just for a while.
God bless the spirit of Steve Jobs.
It was a spontaneous reaction - and 3 days later I still feel that sadness, as if a friend or family member died. It's strange I know, since I never met the man.
Ever since I purchased a Macintosh SE, I've been sold on Apple. What an amazing machine. And Apple has continued to produce more amazing machines. Devices that have changed the world in many ways.
Holding my iPod Touch, I see such a dedication to the aesthetic, and such a demand for quality, it pleases me. Add to that the enjoyment of watching the amazing Pixar films.
Now that he's gone I despair that without this visionary, uncompromising man, consumer technology will slowly degrade into mediocrity.
About 1 month ago I visited the Apple Campus at Cupertino for the first time and drove around 1 Infinite Loop. I am happy to have done that.
The film "Pirates of Silicon Valley" seems to bring Steve Jobs back, if just for a while.
God bless the spirit of Steve Jobs.
