Foo - RIP Steve Jobs

:(

http://www.boston.com/Boston/businessupdates/2011/10/steve-jobs-apple-founder-dead/yW26KhPSReaquwjvRwFWiO/index.html

:(

Yeah. 56 was too young.

Damn. Beat me to it.

www.apple.com/stevejobs/

Damn. Beat me to it.

www.apple.com/stevejobs/

Yeah, I had a dupe post up, too.

He didn't die poor:thumb:
Took care of business till the end.

Did Siri do it?

(Sorry... way too soon)

Did Siri do it?

Siri means penis in Georgian.

well, it's a shame, but now we'll get to see how well apple will do on its own.

:(

I have a feeling he's given input to the next couple of generations of Apple products since he knew his time was up. He even cooperated to produce his first authorized biography that will be published in November.

In the end, the world is a far better place because of him, and how many people can you day that about? RIP Steve.

Think Different.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oAB83Z1ydE

I just installed the last fruits of his labor on my iPhone... I updated from iOS5.0 beta 7 to iOS5.0 Golden Master.

To prove my Apple fanboi-ness, here is a list of my apple devices.
2010 MacBook Pro
2007 MacBook (x2)
2004 iBook
2004 PowerMac G5
1999 iMac G3 333MHz (x2... One in Bondi blue and one in Grape)
iPod Touch Second Generation
Original iPhone 16GB
iPhone 3GS 8GB
iPod Shuffle Third Generation (Product RED)
AirPort Express Wireless-N

Used to own:
iPod Video 30GB
iPod Nano First Generation 1GB

I was born in the same year the first Macintosh was introduced (1983).
I lived to witness all the extra ordinary inventions that came out during his tenure at Apple.

For all that I'm extremely happy :)

http://mlkshk.com/r/80SV

The image (http://mlkshk.com/p/80SV)is 512x342, the screen dimensions of the first Macintosh.

From metafilter (http://www.metafilter.com/108093/Steve-Jobs-RIP)

Wow, way too young. :(

http://rad.smugmug.com/photos/i-vDCnphs/0/O/i-vDCnphs.jpg

RIP

Insanely great.

RIP Steve.

I was born in the same year the first Macintosh was introduced (1983).
I lived to witness all the extra ordinary inventions that came out during his tenure at Apple.

For all that I'm extremely happy :)

Me too. I'm a pretty devoted apple fan too. 2008 Macbook Pro, iPod 160 gig (I LOVE this), iPad 2, iPhone 4.... never been disappointed since I switched over. May he rest in peace.

Certainly a Visionary with a capital V.

Whipped up this video in iMovie.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0iKOIK7kLk

I partially blame the NeXT for my love of UNIX. SO much cooler than the Suns we had in the lab... and this was in 1995-7, when the NeXTs were pretty old. But come on, NeXTStep v. OpenWindows in the Sun labs v. System 7 in the Mac Labs v. Windows 3.1 in the PC labs was no contest. I know which lab I prefered to work in.

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I didn't know the guy personally, and I'm not an emotional kinda guy, but I feel quite sad that he's gone. Truly amazing guy.

Steve Jobs - "Computers are like a bicycle for our minds."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob_GX50Za6c&feature=player_embedded

Steve Jobs - "Computers are like a bicycle for our minds."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob_GX50Za6c&feature=player_embedded

He was a genius.

Easily the most visionary technologist of our time with an unmatched ability to bring his ideas to reality. A great light has gone out.

Whether you use his products or not, his work has affected yours. I particularly liked the image of him above that someone had on an Apple II. That's where I got my start.

My first animation portfolio was a 36 frame flipbook I made on an Apple II. using a 3D system and a paint program I had written myself. I loaned my Apple II to my Dad and that led to his buying an early Macintosh and becoming a lifetime Mac addict. Later I used a Mac Ivory when Symbolics had their 3D systems running on it. And the first laptop that I used in a corporate setting was a Mac. So even though I've mostly used PCs, his impact has been felt. Apple became a big company, but because of him, it never became a faceless big company.

He made a lot of money, but that's all gone now. So if you count days, I guess I'm richer than he was. Still able to go out and ride my bike, and for that I am very grateful. Today is all any of us have. We can't waste it. He didn't.

Some people may wonder what all the fuss is about, after all, he wasn't President, but really, he probably had more affect on our lives than a president. He will be missed. I took the liberty of modifying the Mac logo to reflect that.

Whether you use his products or not, his work has affected yours.


I do use Apple products...and last night, upon hearing the news, I reflected back on how many of my accomplishments over the past ~23 years were dependent upon a Macintosh computer at some stage of their creation, execution, and/or deployment.

Pretty much all of them.

Thanks, Steve.

Knew it was coming, but it was still sort of a surprise.

Even if you've never used an Apple product, they set the benchmark for desktop computers, personal audio devices, smart phones and invented, or at least created the need for the tablet.

Windows and Android are better OS's as a result of being constantly compared to and having the replicate the functionality of all those Apple products and I dare say that Windows would still suck if Mac had never been invented, IF we had Windows at all. We might well still be typing command lines in DOS.

Appropriately, the weather here in the Silicon Valley can't decide if it's to be dark and gloomy, or sunny and optimistic.

I guess the PC side is sunny. ;)

I guess the PC side is sunny. ;)

It's always foggy there.

Easily the most visionary technologist of our time with an unmatched ability to bring his ideas to reality. A great light has gone out.

The next thing you'll admit is recumbents are Fredly.

The next thing you'll admit is recumbents are Fredly.

While I have been a harsh critic of Jobs, his talent was undeniable as are his contributions to the technological landscape -- even for those who never buy an Apple product. I am genuinely saddened by his passing.

I can't imagine what the iSlaves must be going through now. But then again, they can't imagine anything at all so it's OK.

I am secure in my Fredliness. In any case, few road bikes can touch my highracer in terms of coolness and none can match its speed.* Besides, the chicks dig it.

* If I'm piloting it, this is true only on straight descents

Well done Steve
Thank you

Well done Steve
Thank you

Couldn't have said it any better myself.

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^^^ Presently my iPhone wallpaper...

I worked with NeXT computers in the 90s and swore I never wanted to touch a windows PC ever again. Some of the features of that OS were advanced even by today's standards. Safe home, Steve.

For school, I am required to write a dvar torah (means a commentary on the torah portion of the week). I will copy and paste what I wrote for it. I asked my teacher if I would write about Steve Jobs and he said I could, provided that I find some sort of connection between the torah portion and Jobs's death.

Read it if you like.


This weeks parshah is the last parshah of the torah. Everything that is great must come to an end. This past Wednesday marks the end of an era. Steven Paul Jobs, the CEO and icon of Apple has died. At age 56, he died an early death. He was a great man, who started what is now the most valuable company on wallstreet in his garage. He was truly an innovator, and admired by many. Jobs was adopted by his parents in 1955. When his biological mother found out that his adoptive parents were not college graduates, she was not pleased. Finally, her concerns were addressed when Jobs’ adoptive parents made a promise that he would graduate from college. Jobs attended Reed College in 1972. He dropped out one semester later. He learned about calligraphy there, which is what he attributed to the plethora of beautiful typefaces actually existing today. Jobs then went to India with a friend from Reed College. He came back a Buddhist with his head shaved and wearing traditional Indian clothes. In India, he experimented with drugs. When he returned to the US, he worked at Atari. He was given the task of creating a circuit board, to which he had no interest. He made a deal with Steve Wozniak to make the boards. Wozniak designed it so well that it only cost 50% of Atari’s estimate to produce. Jobs presented the boards to Atari as his own work. Jobs told Wozniak that Atari only paid him $700 instead of the promised $5,000, so he only gave Wozniak $350 which is half of $700. I can only assume that Jobs pocketed the difference. They then went on to create the first Apple computer, called the Apple I, and it retailed for $666.66.

Fast forward to 1985—Jobs was fired from the company he founded. Previous to this event, Jobs hired John Sculley to be CEO of Apple. Sculley decided that it would be best to fire Jobs. Imagine being fired from the company that you founded—it’s unthinkable! Jobs then went on to create another computer manufacturing company, called NeXT computers. Apple then ended up purchasing NeXT computers. So now Jobs is back on the board at Apple. He then became CEO of Apple in 1997. Jobs said that being fired from Apple was the best thing that had ever happened to him. He says that had he not been fired from Apple, he may not have gone on to create the iPod and iTunes.

So let’s remember Mr. Jobs as a great man who was both smart and deceiving. He will always have a place in my heart. Apple continues to be run by the former CFO of Apple, Tim Cook. I am glad to have been part of this era. “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”-words to live by.

Everyone gets there. Doesn't change the sadness of it all though. RIP bro.

Steve Jobs - "Computers are like a bicycle for our minds."
Obviously, he opted to build the computing equivalent of fixies for all hipsters...

Obviously, he opted to build the computing equivalent of fixies for all hipsters...

But fixies and macs are very mainstream.

^^^ Presently my iPhone wallpaper...

I worked with NeXT computers in the 90s and swore I never wanted to touch a windows PC ever again. Some of the features of that OS were advanced even by today's standards. Safe home, Steve.

I miss the NeXT. :( Even in glorious grayscale.

But fixies and macs are very mainstream.

And this is good how?

I'm going to cruise by his house in Palo Alto on my way to work in the morning.

But fixies and macs are very mainstream.
As is hipster culture

http://i.imgur.com/skMUk.jpg

I'm going to cruise by his house in Palo Alto on my way to work in the morning.

Oh that's classy. His grieving family will really appreciate that.

Oh that's classy. His grieving family will really appreciate that.

I was not the first by any stretch of the imagination. I was probably not the thousandth. Heck, I saw a pic of the house in the WSJ yesterday. There's a pile of flowers, photos, etc. on the fence, the side-street his driveway is on is blocked off, the streets are blocked from parallel parking for maybe 100' in any direction, and there are police and private security around.

See also: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-07/apple-talked-to-city-s-police-days-before-steve-jobs-s-death.html

I was not the first by any stretch of the imagination. I was probably not the thousandth. Heck, I saw a pic of the house in the WSJ yesterday. There's a pile of flowers, photos, etc. on the fence, the side-street his driveway is on is blocked off, the streets are blocked from parallel parking for maybe 100' in any direction, and there are police and private security around.

See also: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-07/apple-talked-to-city-s-police-days-before-steve-jobs-s-death.html

Good thinking.


Pile on with the rest of the herd.

Good thinking.
Pile on with the rest of the herd.

Nah, just a few (seriously, about as many police/guards as people) people standing around when I went by. I spent all of 2 minutes there, maybe less, and then I was off the last couple of miles to the office.