RIP: Steve Jobs

Edison, Ford, Jobs...

Steve was among the greatest of American inventors- brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.
- President Obama
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What a bummer for lack of a better word.

As they have been saying repeatedly on the news, its always been "fun" using Apple products.

My first experience with a Mac (besides the computer lab in elementary school) was in 1999 when I learned to edit media 100. I guess it was a g3? All the systems since then and fcp.....its been a fun ride so far.

Rip to one of the original pirates of Silicon Valley.
 
It is very sad to lose Steve at such a young age. My hope for Apple is that they will do as the Disney companies have done in parlaying their founder's vision into an even better, stronger company. Steve left a strong legacy for creativity and a commitment to excellence and it is on Apple to carry on with his principles as its foundation.
 
This is so very sad and too tragic. We were truly blessed with the time he was here. I'm thankful for all he did and my heart goes out to his family and loved ones.
 
RIP
Steve Jobs




But I gotta say it.
Really?

I realize that facebook ('specially in the last five years) has gutted and rerenovated the entire social landscape.
But I don't think there has been an out-poring of public grief at this level since...jeez...John Lennon?? Not for Jim Henson. for Carl Sagan. for Jimmy Stewart...not even for Sinatra or Reagan (or Mother Teresa for that matter).
I did, and continue to respect Jobs as one hell of an entrepreneur (on par with Carnegie, Rockefeller, Morgan, Gates, etc.)
Though comparisons to Ford and Edison are going a bit far IMO.
I especially love the Pixar/Disney chapters of his story.

That being said, what am I missing here?
Is this just the result of the ever shrinking world we live in?
-or-
Does it speak to this being a generation completely driven by mind/technology (as opposed to heart/passion)?



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Honest question.
I wanna know.

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...or has he, at some level, become a symbol for Cancer victims?
 
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CallaghanFilms said:
RIP
Steve Jobs




But I gotta say it.
Really?

I realize that facebook ('specially in the last five years) has gutted and rerenovated the entire social landscape.
But I don't think there has been an out-poring of public grief at this level since...jeez...John Lennon?? Not for Jim Henson. for Carl Sagan. for Jimmy Stewart...not even for Sinatra or Reagan (or Mother Teresa for that matter).
I did, and continue to respect Jobs as one hell of an entrepreneur (on par with Carnegie, Rockefeller, Morgan, Gates, etc.)
Though comparisons to Ford and Edison are going a bit far IMO.
I especially love the Pixar/Disney chapters of his story.

That being said, what am I missing here?
Is this just the result of the ever shrinking world we live in?
-or-
Does it speak to this being a generation completely driven by mind/technology (as opposed to heart/passion)?
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For the computer industry it is without a doubt equivalent to John Lennon dying, maybe even more so. I think what makes Jobs different from Gates or Rockefeller or Morgan is that there is an artistry to what he did. He wasn't just interested in selling a product and making tons of money. He was interested in making BEAUTIFUL products that made people's lives better, which is why folks feel differently about him, and view him like an artist as much as a businessman. They can see his soul in the products he made. That elevates him beyond the typical entrepreneur.
 
Well for my self it is easy, Job's was a figure that I learned about and who affected my life as a child being fascinating by computers. As I've grown older, he has always been a constant in many ways as a part of that little kid. As I've grown older, at least since 2003 (okay much older) I've used his products almost every single day. While all the people you mention (ESPECIALLY Sagan) were amazing people, their influence wasn't there with me in 4th grade writing:

10 print "hello world!"
20 goto 10
run

:)

It's why people don't understand why I was pretty sad when Michael Jackson died. Again, his record my mom had was one of my first memories of music growing up. When he died, a part of my childhood died with him. It feels the same now. Had I been an adult when learning of either of them, probably wouldn't have been the same feeling.
 
Batutta said:
For the computer industry it is without a doubt equivalent to John Lennon dying, maybe even more so. I think what makes Jobs different from Gates or Rockefeller or Morgan is that there is an artistry to what he did. He wasn't just interested in selling a product and making tons of money. He was interested in making BEAUTIFUL products that made people's lives better, which is why folks feel differently about him, and view him like an artist as much as a businessman. They can see his soul in the products he made. That elevates him beyond the typical entrepreneur.
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I agree he wanted to do things differently.
Hence his hiring the ad company to create the infamous "1984" commercial.
But I see all history's great entrepreneurs taking that "different" (dare I say out-of-the-box) approach.
That's, in large part, what brought them to the level of Titan...
 
CallaghanFilms said:
I agree he wanted to do things differently.
Hence his hiring the ad company to create the infamous "1984" commercial.
But I see all history's great entrepreneurs taking that "different" (dare I say out-of-the-box) approach.
That's, in large part, what brought them to the level of Titan...
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Yes, but the artistry he imbued his creations with is why people have more emotional feelings about him. The kind of emotions people have about artists. His soul is in those machines. So his death reaches people in a more emotional way. Also, his work affects people now. It isn't a past success. People are realizing how much of their life today is connected to the things he did, and in a way is still doing, even though he's gone.
 
It's a sad day.
Thinking of his life I want to remember this latin expression that is a beautifull description of
his life, of his ispiration for all of us: Ad maiora!
Ad maiora Steve.
 
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"There's always the hope that if you sit and watch for long enough, the beachball will vanish and the thing it interrupted will return."
 
I watched all 11 parts of the interview with Jobs and Gates last night. It's very interesting to see them together and laughing and talking. It seems that it was never what things were made out to be. At a time when people either had stopped or were contemplating dropping the Apple platform Microsoft still made software for Apple. There was a lot there on what they were both after, but Jobs comes off like a true artist. But I gained a lot of respect for Gates too. Both men were in it for the love of what they did. People who get big like this usually go through some hard times, but they keep pushing and listen to their intuition. I could've gotten a degree in Film/Video, but I did liberal arts instead, which allowed me to take film classes, creative writing, graphic design, computer, journalism and marketing classes. My studies seemed very random. When I actually did get to teach college I ended up teaching Digital video, Writing for Multimedia and even Journalism. Writing is at the core of everything I do and the classes I excelled in were creative writing, screenwriting and storytelling. I use all of that right now in filmmaking. I'm trying to connect the dots, but truly you can really only see it in hindsight.

-Nate
 
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