I could go on and on about how Steve Jobs and the products he helped create changed the world. We all know that and I would think that even the Apple naysayers would admit that they helped pushed technology forward.
But if you were to look around you, at the movies and albums and books that you cherish, so many of them were created using products Steve and Apple created. Some may not even have been possible without them. Who hasn’t watched a Pixar film and been brought back to that feeling of awe and wonder that we have as children but most lose in adulthood?
I think about my wife, who is a graphic designer, and the art she is able to create using only a Mac and her imagination, or how having an iPhone made it so much easier to be in a long distance relationship when we lived 800 miles apart. How even today it helps us stay connected during long hours at work. Some mock the phrasing Apple uses but to me that’s magical. And I am grateful.
I may not have known the man but through his technology I have gotten to stay connected to my friends and family and know what is going on in their lives, sometimes as it happens. I mourn the loss of Steve Jobs, for his family, for Apple, and for the world.
Rest in peace Mr. Jobs.
