Steve Jobs 1955-2011

It’s pretty amazing that the first computer that I used as a child—an Apple ][+ with 48K of RAM and two floppy drives—and the computing devices I use every day today thirty-some odd years later were made under the watch of the same man. Well, he didn’t so much watch over them as he willed them into being by challenging everyone who worked on them to make something amazing. Sure, he built on the shoulders of giants and a lot of other people worked with him—and against him—during his years to shape our computing world. But his legacy is unique. Thank you, Steve, for pushing on the world in your own way.

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”