Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs passed away yesterday. I’m sure you’re swamped with articles and news about the man.
Here’s a few articles that I enjoyed reading:
How Steve Jobs changed my life, by Ronald Hayden
I sent email to Steve, thanking him for this strike for human rights. He responded, “Keep those suggestions coming!” As if I had come up with a way to save money on paper cups.
Steve, by Neven Mrgan
Steve used my app. It was the best and the worst. Of course you want to hear that someone big and important and smart is watching what you’re doing, but there’s a second meaning to that kind of attention. He was watching my every move. It was highly unlikely that a some crappy bit of UI I made would result in an email from Steve, of course. But what did happen was, I installed a sort of innerSteve, an Angel of Better telling me to make it simpler, try once more, don’t forget to delight, and remember that greatness is possible.
The Steve Jobs I Knew, by Walter Mossberg
He did what a CEO should. He hired and inspired great people; managed for the long term, not the quarter or the short-term stock price; made big bets and took big risks.
Steve Jobs Was Always Kind To Me (Or, Regrets of An Asshole), by Brian Lam
It was an honor to have a man who is extremely focused on quality and doing things in his own way approve of our work here. Especially with all the typos I make on a daily basis.
Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011, by Steven Levey
“I’m a big believer in boredom,” he told me. Boredom allows one to indulge in curiosity, he explained, and “out of curiosity comes everything.”
No One Needs Permission to Be Awesome, by Merlin Mann
Because, the sooner you care, the better you’ll make. The better you’ll do. And the better you’ll live.
Please don’t wait. The universe won’t.
Steve Jobs: Photo Booth 2005, by Mike Matas
A series of photos Steve took in Mike Matas’s office testing Photo Booth filters in 2005.
“I don’t know.” By Mike Monteiro
Steve Jobs taught me that the things you didn’t know could be infinitely more exciting than the things you did know. And he took fear out of the equation.
Steve Jobs: A Few Memories, by Stephen Wolfram
Over and over again he took complex situations, understood their essence, and used that understanding to make a bold definitive move, often in a completely unexpected direction.”
Steve Jobs didn’t, by Horace Dediu
Steve Jobs was not a gifted orator. He spoke plainly.
In Memoriam, by Hugh
The big story is what Steve helped us believe about ourselves. By putting his balls on the line, again and again, he made it easier for us to do the same.
I Made This on a Mac, by David Pell
What was all the excitement about? The same thing it was about the first time I used a Mac. Inspiration and creation. It’s about a guy making something awesome and by extension telling you to go make something awesome yourself.
Thanks for reading. Love you.
