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Steve Jobs Has Passed Away
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How depressing. An amazingly talented guy that had everything to live for.
Cancer has become an industry partially funded by the Federal Government. If we really want to see a cure for cancer stop funding the never ending research and instead offer a large reward for every cure discovered. Suddenly there would be cures all over the place.
The food supply is also a disgrace-ban GMO's, corn syrup, artificial colors, anything that has shown to be a cancer causing agent.
RIP Steve Jobs
Thank you for improving the quality of life for all of us
Cancer has become an industry partially funded by the Federal Government. If we really want to see a cure for cancer stop funding the never ending research and instead offer a large reward for every cure discovered. Suddenly there would be cures all over the place.
The food supply is also a disgrace-ban GMO's, corn syrup, artificial colors, anything that has shown to be a cancer causing agent.
RIP Steve Jobs
Thank you for improving the quality of life for all of us
I feel genuine bereavement on what has to be the death of one of the most influential men in history. His visions and his ethos is shaping the world around us and to know he isn't here, to see his amazing products and services thrive under conditions moulded by the man himself saddens me. It's not just through apple his effect on this world is felt but through cinema. His involvement in Pixar has brought us some childhood classics such as Toy Story and Finding Nemo. His charm and charisma is unconquered throughout the technology world and his transformation of media gatherings and product launches to fully blown events has been unsuccessfully duplicated (much like his products).
He turned desire into necessity through design, interface and advertising. His way with words firmly plants his position as one of the top wordsmiths and can strike cords in most people. A few SteveJobs quotes:
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
"You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."
"When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through."
"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me ... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me."
It's a regrettable shame that Steve merely had business recognition through profit and product acceptance and not through sentimental recognition. He was denied a knighthood by Gordon Brown for a not attending an event hosted by Gordon. If ever a man deserved it, it's Steve.
He is the modern day Edison of whom wasn't afraid to explore unknown routes when he asked himself, "if today was my last day alive, would I be happy doing what i'm doing?"
Thank you Steve for absolutely everything. Not for the immediate, but the past and the future.
He turned desire into necessity through design, interface and advertising. His way with words firmly plants his position as one of the top wordsmiths and can strike cords in most people. A few SteveJobs quotes:
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
"You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."
"When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through."
"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me ... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me."
It's a regrettable shame that Steve merely had business recognition through profit and product acceptance and not through sentimental recognition. He was denied a knighthood by Gordon Brown for a not attending an event hosted by Gordon. If ever a man deserved it, it's Steve.
He is the modern day Edison of whom wasn't afraid to explore unknown routes when he asked himself, "if today was my last day alive, would I be happy doing what i'm doing?"
Thank you Steve for absolutely everything. Not for the immediate, but the past and the future.
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Rest in Peace, Steve Jobs. You were a great man and will be missed by many. I'll never forget you Steve, and I'll never forget your legendary presentations. Thank you for everything you did and all the incredible products you provided to the world. 
I can't believe it to be honest. The world has lost a treasure. I feel as if I've lost a friend, I just can't put it into words.
I heard about this on my iPhone 4, without you Steve, I wouldn't have.
Your legacy will live on forever.
I can't believe it to be honest. The world has lost a treasure. I feel as if I've lost a friend, I just can't put it into words.
I heard about this on my iPhone 4, without you Steve, I wouldn't have.
Your legacy will live on forever.
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Of all the words that will be used to express the significance of this loss I hope that at least some of them will somehow be worthy of the task.
R.I.P. Steve Jobs
Of all the words that will be used to express the significance of this loss I hope that at least some of them will somehow be worthy of the task.
R.I.P. Steve Jobs
One
One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...life
One
One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...life
One
I have mixed feelings:
Jobs' tactics and tips will fill MBA textbooks for decades to come.
So now this leaves us with Cook and Ballmer as friendly rivals. I wonder how this will play out...
- Sadness that a uniquely brilliant creator, business leader and marketer is gone.
- Happiness that he took a company that was from all accounts headed for oblivion, and turned it into the gleaming jewel of today's business world. True to his knack for timing, he exited the game while on top.
Jobs' tactics and tips will fill MBA textbooks for decades to come.
So now this leaves us with Cook and Ballmer as friendly rivals. I wonder how this will play out...
I am truly too saddened by this news. Just hours ago, many were complaining about the new iPhone 4S. We get something that did not live up to our expectations and lose something that did live up to them...and beyond. RIP Steve, you brought style to the game.
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As I'm writing this on my iPhone I come to realize why Apple products have been so successful - because they have soul. Each Apple device radiates welcoming warmth with which it was designed and built. It feels as if they have a soul, a soul of you, Steve. It's been an honor to be your contemporary.
As I'm writing this on my iPhone I come to realize why Apple products have been so successful - because they have soul. Each Apple device radiates welcoming warmth with which it was designed and built. It feels as if they have a soul, a soul of you, Steve. It's been an honor to be your contemporary.
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