Steve Jobs
Looking at my last post on this blog I feel very somber.
It was written only a month ago and in it I talk about Steve Jobs as he was still with us.
Now he is gone and the world has lost a great man. A cutting-edge visionary, an inspiring preacher and someone who has moved the world great leaps and bounds forward - sometimes with us kicking and screaming, sometimes with our exhilarated approval. I like many others mourn heavily the loss of Steve Jobs and even typing this out now some two weeks after his passing, tears well up in my eyes.
I've been an Apple user for over 12 years, have bought nearly every product they released, would always stay up until 3am in the morning to watch the Stevenote product announcements, have been fascinated with Steve Jobs life story (read the books, watched the movie!) and more recently have become part of the iOS ecosystem building apps for iPhone and iPad. Apple is a massive part of my life.
There have been many, many tributes to Steve Jobs but one of the most emotional ones for me is by Steven Colbert. Himself a huge Apple fanatic, his farewell message to Steve is at once reverential and very human. It is impossible to not shed a tear in the last 10 seconds of this clip.
I will always remember Steve Jobs. He will continue to be an inspiration for me and millions of other people, that much is certain. I wanted some way to be reminded of him always, so that I can feel motivated to never fear, never listen to naysayers and never give up on my dreams and ambitions. Almost by fate, I attended an art exhibition called 100 Faces by 100 Artists last night and bought a piece by artist Calvin Ho.
I love this piece as it reminds me that Steve Jobs - for all his strategic genius, his flawless stagecraft, his inspiring, dogged ambition of his beliefs - was a man, a human being just like you and me. He wore goofy bow ties when he was younger, he messed up now and again, and as he got older some things were hard for him to see so he'd put his glasses on his head like that.
That's how I'll remember him. A man who showed the world they can do insanely great things.
Rest in Peace.
