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Steve jobs died

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Saw this on Facebook, assume it is a real quote:

“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. Because almost 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. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” [Steve Jobs - Stanford commencement speech, June 2005]
 
ProfJohn said:
Saw this on Facebook, assume it is a real quote:

“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. Because almost 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. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” [Steve Jobs - Stanford commencement speech, June 2005]
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It is. Just watched it.
 
ProfJohn said:
Saw this on Facebook, assume it is a real quote:

?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. Because almost 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. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.? [Steve Jobs - Stanford commencement speech, June 2005]
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I have his Stanford speech saved in my document folder. You should Google and read the speech. It's good short speech.
 
manly said:
this is all you've ever got. It might be true if the legions of current Apple customers all watched his keynotes, which is far from the truth.

What Apple understands very well is user experience and industrial design. Your oversimplification of his role at Apple tarnishes his reputation more than anybody short-selling his salesmanship.

Wreckem stated it better than I have.
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QFT...most people know the story that Apple made it by stealing all it's ideas. What most don't realize is that was propaganda started by other companies that also stole ideas.

Jobs (and originally Woz) brought the 'PC' in to the home. They mass produced a great product, at an obtainable price (expensive still...my Apple //e outfit was about $2600 in 1984ish), and usable by normal people rather than techies.

He later went on to master packaging, fit/finish and marketing.

iPhone and the iPod are top of class devices. The Macbook Pro and the rest of apple's laptop line up may never be the ultimate gaming rigs, but they are a road warriors with some dough to spend tool of choice. Throw on Fusion/Parallels....install Windows 7 and have the best of the MacOSX and Windows 7 world running at the same time in an extremely durable and solid machine.

Don't get me wrong, I still love my PC and that's my main rig. My Mid-2010 MBP 15" is awesome though...I rarely use my T60 anymore and chose the MBP over current T4x0/X2x0/T5x0 company offerings. My wife loves her MBP 13".

I don't hate on Android, it's a great product...but it's not as easy as just popping into the App Store and downloading an application that you know will run and not hose your phone. Again if you are more a gamer than into productivity, then the iPhone is probably just over priced aluminum.

It's sad so many people find Jobs' death the time to make a stab at him.
 
Amazing man, would have loved to have met him.

His impact wasn't just with Apple, he had a hand in shaping a lot of things we surround ourselves with, material and otherwise.

Sad thing is, he was young and couldn't win the battle.
 
Zeze said:
RIP, but why is this stickied?
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son, you are on one of the largest 'tech' based boards out there.

One of the men that brought many of us into the tech world just passed away.

Show some fucking respect or just ignore the topic.
 
alkemyst said:
son, you are on one of the largest 'tech' based boards out there.

One of the men that brought many of us into the tech world just passed away.

Show some fucking respect or just ignore the topic.
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I don't care who you are....that right there is funny.

I think others will find your banning to be more amusing, or at least refreshing. -Admin DrPizza
 
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Sad to see him go. Don't have much to add that hasn't already been said.

I hadn't realized he was adopted until reading his obit on the BBC.
 
R.I.P.

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RIP.....i feel a certain sadness about the whole thing. I never met the guy but he really does represent a large part of what my life has been.
 
jzodda said:
What a difference between what is being said here and what is being said at HardOCP forums....Here mostly respect...There nothing but hate and bile..
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The difference is the forum moderation. The mods keep condolence threads focused -- those of us who don't think a mere marketing personality is very important will go on about it in other threads.
 
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