Steve Jobs has died

[Paradoxium]

Conflicted about him, he definitely made his mark and I do appreciate what he has done. I love his story and background, and how he made it past the drug and dropout scene. To make it big, to fall and return again. His Stanford speech was fantastic. But he is a technofascist unfortunately. Hence having conflicted feelings.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

RIP even though I hate everything he made.

 

[bullets]

RIP, good sir. If there is a heaven, I no doubt think he's already improving it.

He's developing an iCloud.

 

[Sam Fisher]

RIP Steve Jobs. You will be missed

He's developing an iCloud.

I'm sorry. I laughed at this

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

But he is a technofascist unfortunately.

What a cool, hipster word. So cool. Down with "the man", man.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

This guy would have been an Edison or a Da Vinci if he was born centuries earlier. I really believe that. Terrible news.

 

[craigdbfan]

This guy would have been an Edison or a Da Vinci if he was born centuries earlier. I really believe that. Terrible news.

Couldn't agree more.

 

[KRIM]

I think they have many other things planned to come down the pipeline before Steve left. He's been preparing for this, I'm sure.

And the resurgence of Apple owes a lot to Jobs finding industrial designer Jonathan Ive in a basement at Apple and bringing him and his work to the forefront of the company. The iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, all the notebooks...those were all designed by Ive. So if Ive is still there, I think the current innovative look of Apple's products will stay.

Ive is one of the most important people working at Apple, but even as the main designer, it was Jobs that directed him. Steve was the brains of the entire operation and you don't become a pioneer by simply having excellent designing sensibilities. Apple is going to be tested within these next few years to be sure. For the first time in a while they don't have a singular, brilliant mind to push them to utilize all the talent they have employed.

 

[Dark Sentinel]

RIP Mr. Jobs, you truly were the Edison of our time. My iPhone 4 is as indispensable as your genius. Thank you for this and everything else.

sent from my iPhone

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

R.I.P Mr Jobs

p.s **** you cancer

 

[Sam Fisher]

 

[KRIM]

^ That started Apple's resurgence, but I think the introduction of the iPhone cemented Apple's status even further:



It's a long keynote, but in retrospect that was an industry changing event that day. Skip around and you can see Steve demoing simple features we take for granted today, and the audience were in awe of what they were witnessing. I still remember the backlash from naysayers, insisting it was a gimmick product and it would never have traction. Come to think of it, it's always the same response -- but damn, did Steve ever prove them wrong.

iPod > iPhone > iPad

Like them or not, each of these products' influence has trickled down to all of its competitors and have shaped the tech industry to a great degree.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Watching those videos I am now convinced God took Steve Jobs because he was moving humans too fast into the future.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

A lot of cool people have died these past few months.

 

[SnuffTheRooster]

I almost shed a tear when I went to Apple's website. Steve Jobs was a great innovator, the world will miss him deeply whether you're an apple fan or not

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

Source: http://jmak.tumblr.com/post/9377189056

 

[dark_b]

RIP Mr. Jobs, you truly were the Edison of our time. My iPhone 4 is as indispensable as your genius. Thank you for this and everything else.

sent from my iPhone

interesting post. i see a lot of comments that apple did innovations.

and from what i understand you think that iphone 4 is something special on this world. so i must ask why? because from what i understand(and trust me i know a lot about those things ) there are a lot of phones on this planet right know with more functions and are more practical to the iphone 4............and they are cheaper. i am no apple hater. but as always i am going to be the badguy here and ask this

Jobs was a great guy. and he was very smart.

 

[dark_b]

^ That started Apple's resurgence, but I think the introduction of the iPhone cemented Apple's status even further:


Like them or not, each of these products' influence has trickled down to all of its competitors and have shaped the tech industry to a great degree.

do a little more research. a lot of competitors already invested money and years into the same technology. Apple just realesed it faster. they deserve credit for that. i bow down to them. everyone always remembers who was the first.

 

[KRIM]

do a little more research. a lot of competitors already invested money and years into the same technology. Apple just realesed it faster. they deserve credit for that. i bow down to them. everyone always remembers who was the first.

I'm quite aware that behind-the-scenes tech is always evolving and in far greater advancement than products we have today. Working on the "same technology" is irrelevant to the point that Apple put it out first as a fully working product with a cohesive ecosystem that was consumer friendly. As a consequence, the industry was practically forced to produce competing alternatives.

I don't think I need to tell you that the iPhone single handedly sparked a new boom in smartphone creation, UI, and consumer usage. I'm sure there will be those that will make up excuses and say stuff like "well this tech was already here" or "Apple aren't that innovative" -- and it's blatantly ignoring who made the big splash and had the most influence from the onset.

In the immortal words of Jesse Eisenberk (as Zuckerberg):

"You know you really don't need a damn forensic team to get to the bottom of this. If you guys were the inventors of Facebook you'd have invented Facebook"

 

[Casius--J]

RIP Steve, whilst I was never a fan of Apple and don't think I'll ever be I do recognise his contributions to the technology world. And of course Pixar.

 

[Ahura Mazda]

RIP Mr. Jobs. You left an incredible legacy behind you.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

I still use my iPod from 2001. Yes, the original oldschool model. Never upgraded. A decade lasting-power. That's something I haven't seen since the original green-screen Gameboy.

Of course, I'm not on the techological cutting-edge. Don't have an iPhone or an iPad, but I do have a Mac notebook that I find much more convenient than my old PC. I found out about Jobs' death because the default homepage is apple.com. That was a pretty shocking (and sad) moment.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

He's developing an iCloud.

Funnily enough (maybe "funnily" is the wrong word) the iCloud was the last product (a storage device?) that Jobs revealed in June before he stepped down.

 

[Teelie]

I don't care for the attitude of Mac fanboys or the elitism of Mac products but Jobs certainly knew his business and you have to respect that. He innovated a lot when innovation was stagnating. First at the PC level (making them practical in the late 70's/early 80's) then he bounced back in the early 2000's with the "i" gadgets.

It's too bad he went so early. Even if it was expected I don't think anyone expected him to pass so soon.

 

[craigdbfan]

I've owned both PC and Macs and I like both for different reasons.

I don't care what anyone says but Steve Jobs in a way isn't dead. In death he's become immortalized as an icon immediately associated with Apple in a big way. Not trying to take anything from Wozniak who also contributed a lot for Apple.

But the rebirth of Apple with the Ipod being the key turning point to the now quite dominant Apple that exist today.

This is a great address he gave to Stanford for those who haven't seen it.