A World Without Jobs

We now live in a world without Steve Jobs.

As President Obama noted, "much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented." I am among the many that learned of Steve Jobs's death via push notification on my iPhone. I immediately grabbed my iPad to read the news and now am on my iMac remarking on how Steve Jobs changed the way we live.

Steve gave us the personal computer, the mouse, the concept of a friendly user interface, a sleek desktop computer with a built-in CPU. More notable as of late, he gave us iTunes, iPhoto, iCloud, the iPod, the iPhone, and of course, the iPad.

But, what Steve gave us isn't nearly as important as what he taught us.

Steve taught us that technology isn't something you have to be savvy about. Rather, technology should be as intuitive as it is innovative. It should bring ease as well as aesthetic into our daily life. Just like the company's namesake fruit, Steve showed us how technology could nourish our lives and our connections to one another. Over the last decade especially, we have seen his vision burn so brilliantly that I know the light will continue to shine on, even though he is gone.

Steve, may you rest in peace.

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

                                                                         - Steve Jobs, 2005, Stanford University

...also, check out these photos submitted by NYT readers as a tribute to Steve Jobs' and his work.

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