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A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs - NYTimes.com
I grew up as an only child, with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria, I imagined he looked like Omar Sharif. I hoped he would be rich and kind and would come into our lives (and our not yet furnished apartment) and help us.
iThankYou — Steve Jobs mourners leave creative memorials (PHOTOS) | Local: In The Peninsula | an SFGate.com blog
San Jose computer engineer Edward Villegas brought his son to Cupertino's Apple headquarters to pay tribute to Steve Jobs. (Eric Johnson / Peninsula Press) Following Wednesday’s announcement that former Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs died, mourners flocked to the company’s Cupertino headquarters and Apple stores around the Bay Area to pay tribute.
As family and close friends planned for a private funeral for Steve Jobs, the technology world was left pondering whether one of its most innovative periods might have come to an end. For the last 30 years, the story of personal technology has in many ways been the story of Jobs and his successes: from the first popular home computer to the machine on which the Web was invented — and now iPods, iPhones and iPads, the most talked about, written about and imitated devices anywhere.
Technologists contemplate a world without Jobs - latimes.com
Gallery: Artists Pay Tribute to Steve Jobs | Underwire | Wired.com
As news of Steve Jobs' death ricocheted around the world Wednesday, people expressed their grief in many ways. Some took to Twitter or Facebook to respond to the loss; some held vigils outside Apple stores. Others used the very tools the Apple co-founder devoted his life to inventing to create their own artistic tributes to the man.A 1982 portrait of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been added to the first floor display at the National Portrait Gallery. Photographed by Diana Walker, the image depicts a different Jobs than the black turtleneck-clad, bespectacled one we’ve come to know: With a suit, a tie, and a mop of windblown hair, Jobs is casual, but poised. He stands tall before a brilliant blue sky as vast as his potential.
Steve Jobs portrait on display at National Portrait Gallery - Arts Post - The Washington Post
So sad. We all hoped he would beat his illness, but alas. Steve made an impact on so many, and for that we are thankful. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
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Isn’t it delightful how geek culture works? During my Christmas shopping last year, I stumbled into a favorite little pop culture shop in Little Collins Street in Melbourne which is well known for its comprehensive stocking of all things Lovecraftian. I was looking for some stocking fillers for the kids; instead I walked out with [...] The combination of a cloud service and verification that does not involve sharing data has allowed one company to provide a true bumper-to-bumper insurance policy, reports Victor Cruz.Steve Jobs of Apple Dies at 56 - NYTimes.com
The death was announced by Apple, the company Mr. Jobs and his high school friend Stephen Wozniak started in 1976 in a suburban California garage. A friend of the family said the cause was complications of pancreatic cancer.
Steve Jobs: February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011
Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, father of the Macintosh and the brains behind the wild success of the iPod, iPhone, and iPad, has passed away, Apple has confirmed on its website. He was 56. Jobs was the adopted son of a Mountain View, CA couple and grew up in Cupertino, the city where Apple is now based. He met his longtime friend and fellow Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak when he was 16 years old thanks to an introduction from a mutual friend.
President Obama on the Passing of Steve Jobs: "He changed the way each of us sees the world." | The White House
President Barack Obama: The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.