Steve Jobs 1955-2011

[purepisces]

http://http://www.ted.com/talks/stev...e_you_die.html

I thought it would be nice to have a space to share our thoughts on the inspirational life of Steve Jobs.

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” ~ Steve Jobs 2005

[DapperButch]

Cancer is the true equalizer (fame nor fortune matters). RIP Steve Jobs. Thanks for the technology you brought us and the technology you inspired for others to bring.

[vixenagogo]

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
-- Steve Jobs

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by vixenagogo

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
-- Steve Jobs

Do you know what year he said this?

[Waldo]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

Do you know what year he said this?

This is from his 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech.

[Novelafemme]

I have long respected Steve and am truly very sad that he has passed at the young age of 56. He was a visionary and his legacy is remarkable. RIP, Steve. You are missed.

[Waldo]

To say that I've grown up with Apple products would be a bit of an understatement. I learned how to code on an Apple ][ while serving time in the principal's office of my elementary school. I would have been eight or nine at the time.

My mother broke the bank and bought me my very first Mac (the 512) for Christmas 1984. Years later I'd get one more Mac (Mac IIci) before going over to the dark side of Windows machines in the early 90s. I'd stay with PCs for 15+ years before I was forced to use a Macbook for my work in 2007.

At some time in 2003 I finally bought an iPod and have had a variety of iPods over the years until 2007 when I stood in line waiting for the first iPhone incarnation. It's the only Apple product I've ever returned. I wanted to love it, but it just didn't do everything I wanted at the time. It wasn't until January 2010 that I came back to iPhone with the 3GS and months later I upgraded to the iPhone 4.

Despite telling myself that I had no need for an iPad, I found myself awake early the morning it launched and stopped by the mall "just to see". Of course I walked out with one.

That's 31-32 years of using products envisioned by Steve Jobs. His legacy will be with us in ways obvious and subtle for decades to come.

My thoughts are with his family.