Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
Yeah, I’m going totally stray from this blog’s purpose (something regulars are quite accustomed to anyway) and join the millions sharing their thoughts on Steve Jobs.
I was at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art when the alert of Jobs’ death appeared on my phone. I was sitting in a crowd, listening to a brilliant architect, Jon Pickard, share the inspiration for his design of Devon Energy Center. I was marveling at the incredible changes I’ve been blessed to witness over 20 years. And there it was – the end of an era with Steve Jobs.
My first connection to Apple was back in high school, when my parents bought me my first computer – an Apple IIc. It was wonderful – word processing, a spread sheet program and plenty of cool games. Twenty-five years later I see his iPad as the last, best hope for journalism in the future to not just survive, but thrive.
I could go on and on about Jobs’ extensive patents. He was our generation’s Thomas Edison. And in his 2005 speech at Stanford, he leaves us inspiration for moving forward, especially in this difficult time we’re in today. It’s ok to be creative. It’s good to be creative. It’s good to actually love what you for a living. Yeah, there maybe some narrow minded folks in management who don’t subscribe to such ideas, who feel threatened if they have underlings who aren’t tied to a desk all day obsessed with following company policy. Jobs inspires us to break free of such shackles – even if it results in getting fired (an experience he dealt with personally at age 30).
It’s a tug-of-war that will continue forever.
“Stay hungry, stay foolish.” It doesn’t get any simpler than that.
RIP Steve Jobs.
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I’ve heard before that he had was very rare and has a very low survival rate.
Either way we lost one of the most brilliant minds of our time yesterday. He made wonderful contributions to our society that no one else may even have thought of.
Thanks for the tribute to Mr. Jobs, Steve.
CJ, Jobs was given six months to a year to live after his first diagnosis. He made it eight years. What a fighter! And to think some of Apple’s most innovative projects debuted while he was fighting the battle for his life.
Mr. Jobs was certainly one of a kind. His focuses on quality, user-friendly interfaces, style, and the everyday people who use and need technology completely flipped the tech sector on it’s ear.
I’ll never forget my introduction to the world of Apple. My office purchased a MacSE to handle our pre-press production. As time moved forward, other staff members in the PR office switched to Macs. I estimate that my office has owned almost 20 different Macintosh computers during the past 24 years.
Personally, I’ve owned three iMacs, three Mac laptops, three iPods (and I purchased a few iPods as gifts), and two iPhones.
Oh Yeah, I also owned an iPad 2 but sold it. I just wasn’t using it. I’m too in love with my MacPro laptop!
What really sucks about it is that, statistically, he shouldn’t be dead. This is what happens when you let your naturopath decide your treatment for the first nine months after being diagnosed with a highly treatable form of cancer. It didn’t have to go down like this.