The world was saddened to learn today that Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc., has passed away. He was 56 years old.
I have never met Steve Jobs. We never exchanged emails or spoke on the phone. But when I learned he passed away today I felt deeply sad as if I had lost a close friend.
I have followed Steve Jobs for many years, he was a true visionary, an incredible business leader and an inspiration to many entrepreneurs. I cheered Steve’s triumphs (Returning to Apple, MacIntosh, Mac OS X, MacBook, iPod, iPhone and the iPad), and admired Apple’s comeback under his lead.
Having worked with PCs for over 15 years during the 1990s and early 2000s and knowing them inside out, Apple Mac has been something I occasionally worked on but never intended on buying. That was until I spent two months fixing my Windows based PC after which I had enough and bought my first iMac. I never looked back and has been a huge Apple fan ever since.
It was Steve’s genius, passion, attention to detail and hard work that made Apple products successful. Their devices are so easy and fun to use that now if you talk to an Apple product user, it’s as you were talking to Steve Jobs himself. His passion seeps through Apple products to their users.
Steve has had a profound impact on the world we live in, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come.
Thanks for the amazing products, inspiration, and life lessons Steve. Rest in piece.
To remember Steve Jobs, watch his famous 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University entitled “How To Live Before You Die:”
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