Steve Jobs was an absolute legend, a true vissionary, innovator and modern day genius. He has changed the way we think about technology and changed the world for good. He will be sorely missed. My thoughts go out to his family. May he rest in peace.
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Steve Jobs Has Passed Away
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Haven't posted in over 2 years, but if anything is going to bring me back, it's this news.
How many people can say they truly changed the world for the better? Few, but Steve Jobs is certainly one of them. His impact on the world has been incredible - he changed how we communicate and how we live. Personal computing, user interfaces, laptops, mobile media and communication devices - none of them would be at the stage they are today if it wasn't for Steve. We have lost a true pioneer and innovator and it may be another generation or two before we see another passionate visionary of the same calibre.
RIP Steve, truly, RIP.
How many people can say they truly changed the world for the better? Few, but Steve Jobs is certainly one of them. His impact on the world has been incredible - he changed how we communicate and how we live. Personal computing, user interfaces, laptops, mobile media and communication devices - none of them would be at the stage they are today if it wasn't for Steve. We have lost a true pioneer and innovator and it may be another generation or two before we see another passionate visionary of the same calibre.
RIP Steve, truly, RIP.
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Reading this made me feel so upset, he didn't deserve what he got. As they say "The good die young". I guess it really is true..
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Hour after hour, I become more and more tearful. He was a great man and as I am watching all these records from keynotes it's harder and harder to believe that he passed away. :'(
RIP Steve Jobs, you will be missed by many many people.
My thoughts are with your family and friends at this sad time.
Ross
My thoughts are with your family and friends at this sad time.
Ross
I'm surprised by how saddening this is, despite the fact that we've anticipated this day for years.
The sense of grief is stronger than I ever would have guessed and today seems even worse than yesterday.
The sense of grief is stronger than I ever would have guessed and today seems even worse than yesterday.
i will miss him and am keeping him in my prayer. i read this neat article about him this afternoon also http://bit.ly/nP7uJI 
True but we all clung on to the hope that Steve would recover and even return to his old CEO role in the future, we knew he was ill but we didn't know how ill he was, he looked weak in that photoshopped TMZ pic but for all we knew he could have been undergoing chemo and would recover.
Plus he didn't step down from Apple he stayed as chairman which gave me anyways a sense of hope that he was doing ok but taking on less duties.
You have to live on the moon not to know he was sick but in the absence of official information there was always hope, now there is none, it was still a shock.
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I didn't ever want this day to come. RIP Steve Jobs and thank you for everything you made possible.
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I didn't ever want this day to come. RIP Steve Jobs and thank you for everything you made possible.
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Where .... where do I begin?
I went to bed at 11pm last night, checked my Facebook and Twitter feeds, had a final read on MacRumors, then put my head down for the night. I awoke this morning to a barrage of texts, I didn't need a newsfeed to tell me the news; Steve had passed away.
In my personal life I'm known as the "Apple Guy", I guess to those around us who're not huge fans of the company, that's what we're all referred to at some point. Many people have told me when they heard the news, they immediately thought of me, and the amount of texts on my phone this morning when I awoke at 6:40am is testament to that.
Getting ready for work was a blur, I wanted to sit and read the website reports and the comments of our American cousins who'd heard the news hours earlier, but that had to wait until tonight. I left for work, subdued and saddened, yet I found myself being asked "Why" by many other friends and work colleagues.
"Why are you mourning a man who you paid money to for shiny toys"?
"Why are you upset about someone who made computers"?
"You didn't know him, you only bought his company's stuff".
It struck me today that only those from the Apple family understand the Apple family. To the outside, we're a "cult" or "religion", but it's nothing as creepy as that, not in the slightest. I'm upset about Steve because first and foremost, it's a human tragedy. Yes, people die all over the world every day so what makes Steve so important, but different people at different times in different peoples lives mean many different things. There is no order of importance, no need to prioritise.
Steve made Apple's products feel personal. When Steve came on stage at Macworld, WWDC, All Things D, and other product unveilings, it felt like you were seeing a relative who had moved far away for the first time in a long time. It's hard to put into words, some people I know have gone as far to suggest Steve pulled "the best sales pitch ever" on all of us, which you know might well be true, but given the philosophy of Apple and it's products, I don't believe is entirely true. He made things personal, his enthusiasm for his products and company was unrivalled, and I guess we all bought into that energy, that vision, that ideal.
It's important to remember that Steve, while the vision behind the insanely great products Apple released, is not the only reason they exist. Steve assembled a phenomenal team of talented people who have set the roadmap for the company for at least the next five years.
And finally, and most importantly, we have to think of Steve's family. His wife Laurene and his three children who survive him, my heart and prayers go out to them at what is a difficult time. I also pray for the day a cure for this horrible, disgusting disease is found. Many of us here, myself included, have lost a relative long before their time to this horrendous illness.
May you rest in peace Steve ... I thank you for giving us great products, I thank you for showing me your amazing company that I now love with a passion, and I thank you most of all for just being you.
This video I put together simply shows still images of Steve from the early days of Apple through each of the major product launches he overseen. It's simply titled, "Thank you".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pa7EqgNAsc
I went to bed at 11pm last night, checked my Facebook and Twitter feeds, had a final read on MacRumors, then put my head down for the night. I awoke this morning to a barrage of texts, I didn't need a newsfeed to tell me the news; Steve had passed away.
In my personal life I'm known as the "Apple Guy", I guess to those around us who're not huge fans of the company, that's what we're all referred to at some point. Many people have told me when they heard the news, they immediately thought of me, and the amount of texts on my phone this morning when I awoke at 6:40am is testament to that.
Getting ready for work was a blur, I wanted to sit and read the website reports and the comments of our American cousins who'd heard the news hours earlier, but that had to wait until tonight. I left for work, subdued and saddened, yet I found myself being asked "Why" by many other friends and work colleagues.
"Why are you mourning a man who you paid money to for shiny toys"?
"Why are you upset about someone who made computers"?
"You didn't know him, you only bought his company's stuff".
It struck me today that only those from the Apple family understand the Apple family. To the outside, we're a "cult" or "religion", but it's nothing as creepy as that, not in the slightest. I'm upset about Steve because first and foremost, it's a human tragedy. Yes, people die all over the world every day so what makes Steve so important, but different people at different times in different peoples lives mean many different things. There is no order of importance, no need to prioritise.
Steve made Apple's products feel personal. When Steve came on stage at Macworld, WWDC, All Things D, and other product unveilings, it felt like you were seeing a relative who had moved far away for the first time in a long time. It's hard to put into words, some people I know have gone as far to suggest Steve pulled "the best sales pitch ever" on all of us, which you know might well be true, but given the philosophy of Apple and it's products, I don't believe is entirely true. He made things personal, his enthusiasm for his products and company was unrivalled, and I guess we all bought into that energy, that vision, that ideal.
It's important to remember that Steve, while the vision behind the insanely great products Apple released, is not the only reason they exist. Steve assembled a phenomenal team of talented people who have set the roadmap for the company for at least the next five years.
And finally, and most importantly, we have to think of Steve's family. His wife Laurene and his three children who survive him, my heart and prayers go out to them at what is a difficult time. I also pray for the day a cure for this horrible, disgusting disease is found. Many of us here, myself included, have lost a relative long before their time to this horrendous illness.
May you rest in peace Steve ... I thank you for giving us great products, I thank you for showing me your amazing company that I now love with a passion, and I thank you most of all for just being you.
This video I put together simply shows still images of Steve from the early days of Apple through each of the major product launches he overseen. It's simply titled, "Thank you".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pa7EqgNAsc
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An Icon Created Icons
Steve Jobs was an icon who created icons, both literally and figuratively -- his creations a lifelong presence and inspiration in my humble life. For that, I am ever grateful. He will be truly missed.
Steve Jobs was an icon who created icons, both literally and figuratively -- his creations a lifelong presence and inspiration in my humble life. For that, I am ever grateful. He will be truly missed.
Whether you liked him or not, you can't deny he was the most influential figure in the tech industry for the last decade. Build up Apple twice, the 2nd time more successful then the 1st. Made kids and adult smile with Pixar's Toy Story.
My condolences to his family.
R.I.P. Steve.
My condolences to his family.
R.I.P. Steve.
Myself and a co-worker thought that it would be fitting if we could somehow organize the night that Steve Jobs is laid to rest where everyone goes outside at a certain set time across the U.S. when it is dark and we put our iPhones, iPods, iPads and point them to the sky so they display a glowing and bright white Apple logo on their screens (sample attached)..or even just the trademark white glowing screen of Apple devices.
We would need obviously someone to create a simple iOS application for this that displays a illuminated/glowing Apple Logo on a black background on the screens of these iOS devices and it would be a free download so everyone could participate it so we can pull this off.
I think this would be a fitting tribute to Steve. And I think it would be stunning if we saw the imagery of this from above from the various cities.
We would need obviously someone to create a simple iOS application for this that displays a illuminated/glowing Apple Logo on a black background on the screens of these iOS devices and it would be a free download so everyone could participate it so we can pull this off.
I think this would be a fitting tribute to Steve. And I think it would be stunning if we saw the imagery of this from above from the various cities.
Such a sad day, I knew he wasn't well but I had always hoped that maybe it was slightly exaggerated by the stock sharks. The man pulled the greatest comeback any of us will ever see in our lifetime. I only hope that Tim Cook and the rest of the Apple staff can keep his ideals and vision alive for a long time to come.
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