This evening Apple confirmed that the visionary man behind the company has passed away. I don’t normally do sentiment, I’m normally too wrapped up in my own concerns and worries to really spend time on others, but something hit me when I heard the news.
I’ve used a Mac since leaving school, introduced to one at my first design agency, but remember an old colleague running a Mac emulator through an Amiga years before that, in black and white. That’s how important they were back then, and that notion hasn’t changed a bit – I still use one for my job today.
Now, of course, the legacy that Steve Jobs leaves behind stretches much further than anyone but him ever imagined. He made computing accessible, friendly, intuitive, and he brought the world the iPod, quite probably one of man’s greatest ever feats of engineering and design.
And – as the figures clearly show – he changed the shape of mobile gaming forever with the iPhone.
There’s a strange, empty feeling inside me. I didn’t know the man personally, but I’ve used his ideas, projections and – yes – products for most of my adult life. Some scoff at Apple, the brand, the devices, but they’ve only ever had a positive impact on my life.
If that was Jobs’ only desire, as with everything else he did, he succeeded.
hazelam
it was genuinely shocking to wake up to this news.
Steve Jobs was one of the few people who you can say genuinely changed the world.
even if you don’t use apple product you most likely use something inspired by them.
would we even have the weekly TSA podcasts if apple had never created the ipod?
would your touch screen smart phone exist if there was no iphone?
personally i have an ipod touch and an ipod classic, and they are both fantastic little devices that i use just about every day.
and i believe we wouldn’t have any of those devices without Steve Jobs.
i guess all those stories about his health over the last few years were true.
it says something about him that he didn’t let his illness stop him for so long.
my thought go out to his family and friends right now though.
especially his children, who have just lost their father.
Rest in peace Steve.
mrfodder
Loved he creativity, hated his mindset. R.I.P. Steve.
BadBoyBoogie
Very sad news. R.I.P.
The Lone Steven
Jobs helped to bring us many fantatisic inventions. He was a decicated man. He brought us the Ipod which gave birth to the podcasts. He gave us the IOS platform which is becoming more popular every day.
He shall be missed by many people and may he rest in peace.
blackredyellow
What a man, he made so much possible through his visions and his desire to achieve them. R.I.P.
DrNate86
I don’t think I can add to the lovely sentiments displayed here with anything new, just a R.I.P. of my own for the great man.
dude90
R.I.P
Kennykazey
R.I.P. Steve Jobs. Few has made an impact as large as him on the modern worlds view and use of technology.
TRiLoGY
R.I.P!
Michael
Nice one, Nofi.
Steve has overseen amazing times in our tech-filled lives. Thank you, Steve.
And to all those opposed…hmm, well? – Axl Rose