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"RIP Steve Jobs! The Legacy? Follow Your Heart!"
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A Visionary Who Leaves Behind Quite the iLegacy
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Oct 6, 2011
- by devora
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Death is always sad, but I've never been one to get too emotional over the death of a public figure. Someone who I didn't personally know. Someone who I had never met. However, in the case of Steve Jobs, I'm deeply saddened to the point of numbness.
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Steve Jobs literally changed the world. He revolutionized technology and in turn, those products went on to affect many people's lives in positive and profound ways. His genius-ness enriched our lives through innovations that changed the way that we consume and create music, movie, news, and other information and entertainment, and even changed the way that we communicate with each other, the way we learn, the way we think, and the way we live.
Just to name a few.
Not to mention that many influential and successful young entrepreneurs in the tech sphere of the past couple of decades cite Steve Jobs as a huge inspiration.
Looking back on Steve Jobs' life story and experiences, it's apparent that he's lived a colorful and unconventional life with a lot of bumps in the road. No one could have predicted that someone who lived a life like Steve's to get to the point where he ended up. He was an accident, born to unwed parents who gave him up for adoption. His first chosen set of adoptive parents changed their minds about adopting him. He dropped out of college. He traveled to India in search of spiritual enlightenment. He experimented with psychedelics. He got fired from his own company. He got diagnosed with cancer.
Et cetera, et cetera. You know the story.
Yet, I'm sure that no one can imagine anyone else but Steve as the one who made Apple what it is today. Like it says on his tribute on the Apple site, "Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built".
No one says it better or tells his story better than Steve himself, nor is there a better way to showcase his charisma. These two videos will give you the chills, and in light of his passing, especially his third story in the second video:
At only age 56, Steve left us far too soon. He had so much more living to do and so much more to contribute to the world. In spite of the multiple medical leave of absences that he took in recent years, he still made it a point to be a part of every major product and strategic decision at Apple. Looking back on his last years, despite his failing health, it's obvious that he was still brimming with ideas, that he was highly, highly passionate about Apple, technology, and changing the world, and that he had so much more that he wanted to share. He must have worked right up to the point until he really felt like he physically could not give anymore, only resigning less than a month and a half before his passing.
"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose". Let this be a lesson to us to live life to the fullest and to take risks into the unknown, no matter how scary. Seriously, go out and live. Boldly. Do something. Find ways to change the world. Spend a little money if you need to. You can't take it with you.
R.I.P. King of Silicon Valley.
Thank you for all that you've shared with us and for being such a visionary and inspiration to so many.
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MichaelN
December 13, 2011
Great review! The library had my reserved copy available the other day but I had to turn it back because I am in the middle of a huge book (Stephen King's 11/22/63) and these new books all have very short loan times so I felt I wouldn't be able to finish it on time. I put a new hold on it so eventually I will get it.
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Madpenguin
October 07, 2011
Nice write up. You seem to have been really into this one.
devora
October 07, 2011
Thanks, Frank! This man was an inspiration to me and I so love the products that he's created over the years.
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djevoke
October 06, 2011
wow...couldn't have said it better myself! Great tribute to a true American Icon!
devora
October 06, 2011
Thanks, Sam!
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woopak_the_thrill
October 06, 2011
excellent tribute, Dev!
devora
October 06, 2011
Thanks, Woo!
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Sheri_in_Reho
October 06, 2011
Nicely done, Devora.
devora
October 06, 2011
Thank you, Sheri!
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Infamouselguapo
October 06, 2011
Awesome job, Devora. What an inspiring speech he gives. I found myself making notes of what he said. Is it possible for me to share this on Facebook or Twitter
devora
October 06, 2011
I took notes myself. And I would be flattered if you shared my post -- you can see share buttons right under the review title at the top. Thanks for your kind words, Larry!
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Scotman
October 06, 2011
Well-written, very well thought out! I can't see the vids at work but will check them out later. Good work. Coincidentally, Steve Jobs and I were born in the same year, 1955, which gives ME pause as well! I have had myself screened for the same cancer that Jobs was fighting and glad to say I'm in the clear. I have not accomplished the world-spanning work he has, but I think in my own small way I've had some impact on my community and friends as I think we all have when we put our minds to it. Oops, I'm rambling. Thanks @devora!
devora
October 06, 2011
Thank you, Jim. Do check out the videos when you get the chance. They're nothing amazing. No need for apologies; that's a good, optimistic outlook to have :)
Scotman
October 06, 2011
Thanks!
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October 06, 2011
R.I.P. Steve Jobs. I don't think any other death of a public figure has made me this sad before. Thank you for being the visionary that you were and changing the way that we communicate with each other and our relationship with technology. You leave behind quite a legacy.
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A great visionary who changed the face of several high-tech industries forever. Proved beyond reasonable doubt that one man's vision can be much more valuable than all the consumer research out there. Hope to see him make a full recovery and hold the helm of Apple for the foreseeable future.
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January 18, 2011
A Genius who helped Apple leapfrog past Microsoft. Apple will miss your vision. Hoping you have a speedy recovery!
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Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American computer entrepreneur and inventor. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer.
In the late 1970s, Jobs, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula and others, designed, developed, and marketed some of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series and later, the Macintosh. In the early 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of the mouse-driven graphical user interface. After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher education and business markets. NeXT's subsequent 1997 buyout by Apple Computer Inc. brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he has served as its CEO since then.
In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd which was spun off as Pixar Animation Studios. He remained CEO and majority shareholder until its acquisition by the Walt Disney Company in 2006. Jobs is currently a member of Walt Disney Company's Board of Directors.
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In the late 1970s, Jobs, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula and others, designed, developed, and marketed some of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series and later, the Macintosh. In the early 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of the mouse-driven graphical user interface. After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher education and business markets. NeXT's subsequent 1997 buyout by Apple Computer Inc. brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he has served as its CEO since then.
In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd which was spun off as Pixar Animation Studios. He remained CEO and majority shareholder until its acquisition by the Walt Disney Company in 2006. Jobs is currently a member of Walt Disney Company's Board of Directors.
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